Advance Software Engineer

Advance Software Engineer | Req # TLS-26-039

Support the MDA Next Generation Software Office to accelerate and modernize the development, integration, and delivery of resilient and secure Missile Defense System software - cloud-based development, DevSecOps, and system-of-systems integration and testing.

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Clearance: Secret | Level: Principal | Experience: 12+ years | Education: Master's | Location: Huntsville, AL | Type: Full-time

What You'll Do

• Provide technical and engineering analysis to support development of on-demand and cloud-based software for system-of-systems development, integration, and testing

Required Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance
• Master's degree in a STEM field with 12+ years working on missile-defense-related or other complex, large DoD programs/projects
• Design, development, and management of software libraries and cloud-based software architectures and requirements
• Experience in hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) and cloud-based testing to support software development and delivery
• Experience in management and review of application programming interfaces (APIs), interface control documents (ICDs), and enabling software used in cloud-based and HWIL environments
• Experience in artificial intelligence development and tooling and agentic operations
• Ability to work independently, as a team member, or leading teams/tasks, applying engineering rigor to solve engineering/scientific problems

Preferred Qualifications

• Cloud & containerization - practical experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure and migrating legacy enterprise applications to cloud-native architectures
• Agile & DevSecOps - strong working knowledge of Agile and Lean software development within a secure DevSecOps framework
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Terraform, Ansible for reproducible, auditable, secure cloud environments
• Modern configuration management and version control (e.g., Git) to enforce policy-as-code, baseline management, and compliance
• Top Secret clearance or the ability to qualify for one

About Telesis

Telesis is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business advancing missile defense, systems engineering, AI, and aerospace design. Small team, high trust, no bureaucracy: you work directly with customers who know your name, on problems that matter, with leadership still in the technical fight. xhyhwjd U.S. citizenship required.