Software Systems Engineer

Start Date: Immediate

JHNA, CTSi, and EXPANSIA have come together to form a Defense Technology platform named Aether Aerospace focused on delivering high-impact technologies, technology-enabled services and advanced manufacturing solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense and related national security customers. Backed by Falfurrias Management Partners, the platform brings together deep domain expertise across Army, Navy, and Air Force and Space Force programs, digital engineering, systems integration, and specialized manufacturing capabilities.

The combined organization operates as a multi-entity aerospace and defense technology and tech-enabled services and manufacturing enterprise positioned for scalable growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation

OVERVIEW

Full-time/Permanent Employee

Location: Remote, preferred Boston, MA or Dayton, OH

\n RESPONSIBILTIES

• Provide analysis, design, development, and integration of hardware, software, human-machine interfaces, and all system level requirements and functional objectives to provide an integrated solution while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, and cost.

• Develops integrated system test requirement, strategies, devices, and systems.

• Install new software releases, system upgrades, evaluating and installing patches and resolve software related problems.

• Perform system backups and recovery.

• Maintain data files and monitors system configuration to ensure data integrity.

• Possesses and applies expertise across key tasks and high impact assignments.

• Plans and leads major assignments.

• Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success.

• Supports ATO efforts by generating documents and gathering system artifacts.

• Functions as an expert across multiple project assignments.

• May supervise others.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Clearance: Active Secret Clearance
Education and Years of Experience: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 10–12 years of cumulative relevant professional experience, including experience with the technologies and responsibilities outlined below.

• Security+ CE Certification (or other IAT Level II or III Certification)

• Hands on systems administration in Linux environments (RHCE equivalence)

• Keycloak Integration

• DevOps, AWS, Terraform

• Securing systems by following STIGs, best practices, and government/compliance requirements (such as NIST 800-53, NIST 800-27, NIST 800-137, FISMA, FEDRAMP), and negotiating/working-with IA personnel to arrive at sensible and effective solutions

• Customer interactions, including presenting, answering questions, proactively resolving issues

• Experience creating and analyzing Ansible, Bash, YAML and Python scripts

PREFERRED ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with IT Security concepts and implementations

• Experience implementing, managing, and configuring with AWS

• Experience with enhance data protection and compliance (such as OpenSSL, Keystores, Azure Key Vault, Cyphers)

• Experience with log management, network firewalls, and testing. (Being able to track down the root cause of a service/application failure through the use of logs and CLI-based tools (Log-based Analysis))

• Experience with researching, analyzing, documenting and presenting Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) for key product solutions

• Experience with Agile/Kanban, GitOps

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$99,093 - $171,000 a year

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility Aether Aerospace allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our unique mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. Employment benefits include health and wellness programs, income protection, paid leave and retirement and savings.

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Aether Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.