Software Architecture Engineering and Cloud Computing Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space.

Job Summary

Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, technology development, warfighter capability enablers, systems integration, defense industrial base, and threat reduction to help shape existing and future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, Air Force Materiel Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of technical support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers’ portfolios as well as horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. Additionally, DSG provides deep technical expertise to the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) in the conception, design, acquisition, launch and operations of satellite, launch vehicle, ground control, and range systems. 

As the Software Architecture Engineering and Cloud Computing Engineer (Senior Project Engineer), you will support Air Force Futures (HAF A5/7) in developing an enterprise portfolio management solution integrating mission engineering with capability development data across a variety of areas (manpower, budget, acquisition, operations, etc.) to create fully burdened capability development plans and force designs. This position will focus on implementing and improving data decision tools.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Crystal City, VA or El Segundo, CA.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Collaborating with product owners to understand core application needs and inform the product roadmap

• Translating product requirements into technology requirements and work items

• Setting attainable goals for sprints and milestone planning

• Designing and validating architecture decisions to support the above

• Overseeing software development and providing quality assurance by guiding development and testing output

• Overseeing application maintenance and providing quality assurance

• Creating and maintaining project documentation (development practices, quality assurance guidelines, etc.)

• Oversee release process, change management, and migration strategies

• Providing cloud subject matter expertise to Joint and Multi-Domain customers

• Developing prototypes to help customers understand the latest software technologies & concepts

• Providing guidance on reference cloud architectures and best practices for customer enterprise solutions

• Growing departmental knowledge through work, training assignments, and technical leadership

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements for the Software Architecture Engineering and Cloud Computing Engineer (Senior Project Engineer):

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM, with an emphasis in Computer Science or other sciences/engineering discipline is required

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience developing, and delivering software applications and managing software development teams is required

• Strong problem-solving, communication, organizational, and leadership skills

• Experience with managing software development teams across the full stack, including UI development, data schema management, API development, UX best practices, etc.

• Proven experience with commercial cloud technologies (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)

• Familiarity with containerization systems (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

• Familiarity with cloud security concepts (e.g., network security, identity and access management)

• Familiarity with DevSecOps processes and tools (e.g., SonarQube, Fortify, etc.)

• Proficient in Python, HTML, and CSS