Software Engineer

Location: Aurora, CO (On-site)
Clearance: Active TS/SCI
Employment Type: Contract-to-hire
Pay: $100,000 - $115,000 with full benefits.

Our client's Air & Space Defense Systems (ASDS) strategic business unit specializes in multi-domain integrated air and missile defense, advanced sensors, space-based systems, hypersonics, effectors, and cyber solutions. Focused on program execution, business growth, and customer satisfaction, the ASDS team provides world-class capabilities in detection and sensing, command and control, and air-to-air, air-to-surface, and surface-to-air munitions to support critical air, space, and missile defense missions.

Within ASDS, the Space Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) sub-business unit delivers information superiority from space, multi-mission automation and orchestration, multi-intelligence (Multi-INT) fusion, secure processing, and resilient operations for advanced space defense and situational awareness.

Seeking a Software Engineer to support and upgrade an advanced hardware/software system critical to U.S. defense and space-based operations. This engineer will work on modernizing system infrastructure, integrating new capabilities, and maintaining performance through software and hardware upgrades.

This position is 100% on-site in Aurora, Colorado.

• Update and modernize software versions for COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf) and FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) components.

• Develop, integrate, and test software required to upgrade and enhance system performance.

• Support upgrades to both software and hardware infrastructure to align with evolving mission needs.

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including engineers, architects, and program leaders in an Agile environment.

• Contribute to DevSecOps and CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery) processes for secure and efficient software delivery.

• Cutting-edge technologies in software engineering, DevSecOps, and automation.

• Exposure to large-scale defense systems and enterprise-level modernization projects.

• Best practices in system lifecycle management, integration, and secure software development.

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM).

• 2+ years of experience in software engineering.

• Strong proficiency in object-oriented programming, specifically Java.

• Experience with Visual Basic and Python.

• Hands-on experience with Oracle databases.

• Familiarity with both Windows and Red Hat Linux operating systems.

• Proficiency using development tools such as Jira, Git, and Eclipse.

• Active and transferable U.S. Government TS/SCI security clearance (or active Top Secret eligible for crossover).

• U.S. citizenship is required due to security clearance restrictions.

• Experience upgrading complex hardware and software systems within secure or classified environments.

• Experience upgrading and maintaining COTS and FOSS software.

• Background supporting large-scale, mission-critical defense or aerospace programs.