Cloud Security Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

If you enjoy learning about and working with breakthrough technologies and are enthusiastic about working in the space industry, then you will be excited about the Senior Software Engineer opening with Iridium for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. As the Senior Software Engineer within the Ground Systems Development team, you will apply cutting edge technologies to rapidly develop and deploy ground system operations and user service capabilities within a satellite operations environment. Additionally, the Senior Software Engineer will identify and autonomously implement ideas/solutions within the larger development team to support cross-functional efforts across all areas of ground system software development.

Develop high performing/scalable App Cyber Security architecture and implementation to meet the requirements of the SDA project

Engage in cross-team DevOps, Ground and Constellation development to support AWS PaaS deployment environment and automation.

Develop Work within the Agile/Scrum framework for software development (Atlassian tool suite desired)

Create or maintain build environments for software products

Play a key role in planning and executing software releases per stakeholder/program schedules and budgets

Update issue/feature data in Atlassian Project/Software tracking tools

Follow existing Iridium processes for Change Control, Prioritization, Risk Management, Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Management, Build and Test software deployments and use advanced knowledge to assist in development of process/procedure documentation materials

Edit, structure and present data, concepts and arguments clearly and succinctly through briefings and documentation

Respond to questions within scope from stakeholders, as appropriate

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, or other engineering discipline

8+ years software programming experience

Coding experience on Agile based teams

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues to groups outside of your team or those who are unfamiliar with the topic

Have confidence and be able to easily build relationships with leadership and colleagues outside of your team

Possess an analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions and come up with out-of-the-box solutions

Be proactive in providing feedback and be enthusiastic in sharing your knowledge with others

Capable of prioritizing your own tasks and potentially the tasks of others while making sure deadlines are met

Proactivity in seeking out ways to continuously improve yourself and gain new knowledge, including the ability to learn the different software that make up the System Performance and Analysis software

Ability to comprehend technical documentation

Have a positive attitude to take on ever increasing software development tasks

Passion for working in a team driven environment consisting of operators, software testers, senior developers, and system engineers

Experience with the following technologies:

Design and implementation of Role-based Access Control

Keycloak / Vault / IPA / IAM

mTLS / SSL or security protocol equivalent

Cryptography and PKI/Certifications

Authentication and Authorization architecture

Design and implementation of Kubernetes auto-deployment to AWS (Helm Charts)

Linux based environments and bash shell scripting

Security Vulnerability Analysis and Procedures (CVE, TLS)

Terraform

Python / Java / C++ / Type Script / Perl

RESTful / / ELK or similar / WebSockets

XML / JSON / SQL

SQL: (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL based DBs (e.g., Mongo)

js / Apache Web Server

Assist in software development response to security findings

Atlassian management/software development tools: Jira / Git / Crucible / Confluence

Micro services architecture

Automated testing frameworks

Gov and non-Gov Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environments

This position directly performs under, supports, or is exposed to a U.S. government contract. To comply with the requirements of Iridium's U.S. government contracts, applicants for this position must be U.S. citizens.

This position primarily works in an office setting and is largely sedentary with the majority of the position working with a computer. The role typically requires the use of basic office equipment such as a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse, and printer.

We believe in-person connection drives innovation, strengthens mentorship, and builds culture, while flexibility enables employees to do their best work.

Under Iridium's Hybrid Work Policy, employees are expected to work at least three days per week (approximately 60%) in an Iridium office to support collaboration, relationship-building, and professional growth.

This job description outlines the general nature and level of work for this role and is not a comprehensive list of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. Employees may be assigned additional responsibilities as needed.

Iridium is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.