Staff Software Engineer

Moseley Technical Services, Inc. • Huntsville, AL

19h • $120,000 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer / Product Owner to lead development of the Engagement Planner Integrated Tasker (Tasker) supporting the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Weapon System (GWS). This role blends hands-on software engineering (Ada/C++) with Agile product ownership and technical team leadership in a secure DoD environment.

Requirements

• Federal Law requires U.S. Citizenship
• Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math)
• Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret
• 8+ years (BS) / 6+ years (MS) / 4+ years (PhD) relevant software development experience
• Programming: Recent experience with C++ or Java; willingness to develop proficiency in Ada
• Implementing and debugging event-driven systems
• Developing and integrating complex algorithms
• Maintaining software interfaces across distributed systems
• Jira, Confluence
• Jenkins, Ansible
• Git/GitLab
• CI/CD automation
• Experience as Product Owner OR leading technical teams (5+ engineers)
• Estimating, planning, and scheduling software development efforts
• Must be able to work on-site in a secure/closed-area environment

Nice To Haves

• Active Top Secret clearance
• Experience with Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) or Midcourse Missile Defense
• Background in: Battle Management Threat State Processing Weapon Target Assignment
• Experience supporting the MDA GMD program
• Strong proficiency in Ada
• Experience developing analysis tools in MATLAB and Python
• Experience with algorithm development

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the product roadmap, vision, and backlog for Tasker software
• Lead Sprint planning, estimation, and prioritization for the Scrum team
• Develop and brief performance metrics and program status to leadership
• Provide hands-on software development (primarily Ada; modular C++ integration)
• Implement and maintain complex algorithms within event-driven architectures
• Support and maintain inter-product interfaces across the GMD ecosystem
• Contribute to CI/CD and DevSecOps automation pipelines
• Operate in a secure, closed-area environment supporting national defense

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level