Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities worldwide by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies.

Altamira Technologies is seeking Senior Software Engineers to join our world-class Space Systems engineering team in Denver, CO. As a candidate for this opportunity, you should have a good foundation in object-oriented software development and be experienced working in a LINUX or UNIX environment. The candidate should have a demonstrable understanding of software principles, theories, and concepts related to software engineering (including software development lifecycle and software development process), design patterns and Object-Oriented analysis, design, and programming.

U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. Able to obtain a TS/SCI.

Required Skills:

• Relevant experience in, but not limited to, Java and/or C++ Development for a high-performance system
• Experience developing complex software solutions in a Java environment
• Typescript, Spring Boot, React or Vue
• NoSQL databases
• API design and development in Java, Go, or Rust (Java preferred)
• Development of serverless and/or containerized software
• Automated testing
• CI/CD
• Experience working in Agile development teams
• Experience working in a software development environment that uses continuous integration methodology with automated test

Desired Skills:

• Java software experience
• Security+ Certification is a plus
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Full stack developer with cloud deployment experience
• Cloud experience and AWS developer certification experience with EC2, S3, Security Group
• Experience with scripting languages, including PowerShell, Bash or Python
• Experience with DevSecOps tool sets (JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Git etc..)
• Experience performing orbit propagation / orbit determination.
• Using with linear algebra for accessibility checks cs (dot products, vectors, matrices, etc)
• Experience with geospatial concepts:
• Reference frames:
• Earth Centered Earth Fixed (ECEF)
• Earth Centered Inertial (ECI)
• Coordinate Systems:
• Azimuth / Elevation
• Latitude / Longitude
• Right Ascension and Declination
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Chef or similar
• Database knowledge & familiarity (e.g., MongoDB, Postgres) a plus

Education & Experience Requirements:

• 8-12 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree (typically in STEM focused discipline - Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics). - OR -
• 4-8 years of relevant experience with a Masters degree (typically in STEM focused discipline - Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics).

In accordance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the salary range for these positions is $90,000 to $225,000. However, Altamira Technologies Corporation considers multiple variables when determining compensation, including but not limited to, the level of responsibilities, prior work experience, education/certifications, customer contractual specifications, and any clearance requirements.

Altamira is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. We focus on recruiting talented, self-motivated employees that find a way to get things done. Join our team of experts as we engineer national security!