Space System Software Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•Huntsville, AL

18h•Remote

About The Position

As a full stack developer, you can resolve a problem with a complete end-to-end solution in a fast, agile environment. If you’re looking for the chance to not just develop software, but to create a system that will make a difference, we need you on our team. We’re looking for a seasoned developer and leader like you with the expertise needed to build software and systems from vision to production ready. This role is more than just coding. As a lead full stack developer at Booz Allen, you’ll lead a team as they learn new tools and techniques and identify needed system improvements. You’ll help develop software-enabled products and help overcome our most difficult challenges using the latest architectural approaches, tools, and technologies. You’ll make sure the solution developed by the team considers the current architecture and operating environment, as well as future functionality and enhancements. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

10+ years of experience leading space system or missile defense systems software development teams in production
Experience with weapon system requirements, design, and performance analysis for features such as engageability, interceptability, and lethality
Experience with DevOps principles, including automated CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, infrastructure automation, and cloud monitoring technologies
Experience with systems architecture, requirements management, and technical baseline management
Ability to effectively communicate, work independently and collaboratively on a cross-functional team, and demonstrate initiative to complete complex tasks to achieve program goals in a fast-paced environment
Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

Experience with strategic and operational-level missile defense planning, employment, and concepts of operations
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins
Experience with embedded programming and scripting languages such as Rust, C, C++, Python, Java, or JavaScript
Experience developing software within an Agile framework and DevSecOps infrastructure as part of a CI/CD pipeline
Experience designing the architecture and containerized services with Kubernetes
TS/SCI clearance
Master’s degree

Responsibilities

Lead a team as they learn new tools and techniques and identify needed system improvements.
Help develop software-enabled products and help overcome our most difficult challenges using the latest architectural approaches, tools, and technologies.
Ensure the solution developed by the team considers the current architecture and operating environment, as well as future functionality and enhancements.
Provide technical leadership for a software development team and mentoring and supervising employees within a collaborative team environment to help them grow.
Conduct reviews of complex systems in accordance with the System Engineering Technical Review (SETR) process.