Sr SW Development Engineer

Ready for the next step in your Career? Come join Kratos, the leader in assured aerospace communication solutions and services. We are cutting-edge innovators and creative problem solvers working collaboratively to solve our customers' toughest challenges. Our culture is fast-paced and innovative. We are a trusted partner-driven by doing the right thing and achieving maximum success for our customers, our partners and ourselves.

Kratos is a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment that is team oriented, and relationship driven to foster innovation and creativity within the space industry.

Kratos is seeking a Sr. Software Development. The position will support dynamic, agile projects implementing a SecDevOps approach across all phases of the software development lifecycle, to include design, development, test, and operational support / user feedback. The ideal candidate must be able to work independently as well as within a team setting on the design, implementation, and maintenance/troubleshooting of new and existing software solutions, primarily within the satellite command and control (c2) domain space. Knowledge of Container and Cloud implementations is required.

The candidate must be self-motivated, be a self-learner, and able to work well within a Dynamic schedule. Candidate must show ability to effectively communicate with various team members, customers, as well as communicate with vendor support. Candidate must be able to leverage modern industry standard technologies in the engineered solutions and quickly and efficiently generate estimates and status of design efforts, including materials (such as presentation slides), for use internally as well as externally with customers. This candidate may be expected to support more than one project at a time, bringing their knowledge and experience to help not only their primary project but others project address critical issues and challenges, and guide them to an effective resolution. This position is available in Colorado Springs, CO, and the candidate needs to be willing to travel approximately 10% CONUS.

The successful candidate must have advance industry software development experience in order to be proficient in the following:

• Java and C/C++ programming (including network, multi-threaded, client-server programming where applicable) on Linux platforms

• C++ backend implementations, driver development

• Experience in addressing race conditions

• Batch File, Python Scripting

• Solid understanding of relational database applications and creation of expressions

• Proven Docker/Container & Kubernetes design and implementation knowledge and experience

• Proven ability to design software solutions to complex engineering problems

• Proven ability to lead teams in software development, and mentor/coach newer software engineers

• Proven ability and experience in defining and developing requirements with customers, defining/architecting a solution to satisfy them, and developing the test methodology to verify them

• Batchelor of Science in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related degree and at least 10 years of relevant work experience

• Ability to learn, take ownership, and deliver high-quality results in an unstructured environment

• Experience using Atlassian tools and working in an Agile software development environment

• CI/CD Pipeline Experience

• Applicant selected must be able to obtain and hold a government issued security clearance up to a TS/SCI level.

• Applicant must have a TS Clearance

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Experience and or knowledge of OpenShift and or Kafka implementations

• Basic knowledge of satellite operations, signal processing, digital communications theory, network communications,

• Oracle data base experience

• Unix Shell Scripting

• Structured Query Language (SQL)

• Lead Software Architecture Design experience

• RHEL 7.x & 8.x experience

• TS/SCI