Senior Software Engineer

Altamira Technologies is seeking Senior Software Engineers to join our world-class Space Systems engineering team in the Northern Virginia, Washington DC Metro Area. 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
• 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..)
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Chef or similar
• Database knowledge & familiarity (e.g., MongoDB, Postgres) a plus

Education & Experience Requirements:

• 5-8 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree (typically in STEM focused discipline - Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics).  - OR - 
• 3-6 years of relevant experience with a Masters degree (typically in STEM focused discipline - Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics).