Software Architect
El Segundo, CA

Job Description

Requisition ID: 43286

All Locations: Chantilly, VA (Virginia); El Segundo, CA (California)

A trusted partner. A national resource. A leader in national security space. We are THE Aerospace Corporation. A team that takes pride in our readiness to solve some of the most complex technical challenges in existence. With challenges spanning government to commercial, you'll have the unique opportunity to work on projects that are literally evolving our nation's space and launch capabilities. We all share a common passion and aspiration - to serve a mission much bigger than ourselves. When you join our team, you'll be part of a rare collection of thought leaders and game-changing innovators. Are you ready to launch your career?

Responsibilities

The Software Architecture & Engineering Department is seeking a Software Architect to join their team! Software focused General Systems Engineering and Integration (GSE&I) for ground and space systems and expertise in the areas of software systems architecture, software system engineering, ground and space software, software engineering lifecycle, tools, and analysis.

The Software Architect can be located in El Segundo, CA or Chantilly, VA.

Key Functions

* Plan and conduct work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection and adaptation/modification of technical solutions, industry standards, methods, and criteria. Devise new approaches to problems encountered. Frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts on matters of importance.
* Support includes requirement analysis, modeling and simulation, architecture and design evaluation, code analysis, performance and test assessment and developing software tools and databases for internal use and proof of concept.
* Serve as a technical contributor. Identify system level risks, supports software risk mitigation activities using software best practices, and analysis methods.
* Prioritizes tasks, facilitates communications, and acts as spokesperson for the working group to management/customers. Scopes requirements for and initiates acquisition of technical support from appropriate corporate resources.
* Monitors and assists in resource allocations to accomplish tasks, and may be given additional administrative coordination and management liaison responsibilities.
* May participate in new business and/or technical planning efforts.
* Tasking will include full life cycle software systems engineering and software architecture support to National Security Space, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Civil and Commercial programs.

Qualifications

This position can be filled as a Software Architect or Sr. Software Architect

Required for Software Architect

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or a related technical discipline
* 8 or more years of professional engineering/scientific experience, including a minimum of 5 years designing, writing, testing, and fielding software.
* Experience developing software using both agile and waterfall approaches to software development
* 7 or more years of hands-on experience designing, writing, testing, and fielding software using one or more of the following languages: C/C++, SQL, Java, PHP, C#, Python, SQL; familiarity with development frameworks and tools, such as Spring, JDBC, AWS, and/or Azure
* Excellent technical written and oral communication skills
* This position requires an active or previous Secret clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
* Identify and diagnose software design, implementation and cyber-security conformance issues; participates in the development of design improvements
* Ability to work both independently and on small teams collaboratively and with minimal oversight

Required for Sr. Software Architect

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or a related technical discipline
* 12 or more years of professional engineering/scientific experience, including a minimum of 5 years designing, writing, testing, and fielding software.
* Experience developing software using both agile and waterfall approaches to software development
* 10 or more years of hands-on experience designing, writing, testing, and fielding software using one or more of the following languages: C/C++, SQL, Java, PHP, C#, Python, SQL; familiarity with development frameworks and tools, such as Spring, JDBC, AWS, and/or Azure
* This position requires an active or previous Secret clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
* Identify and diagnose software design, implementation and cyber-security conformance issues; participates in the development of design improvements
* Ability to work and act as a leader both independently and on small teams collaboratively and with minimal oversight

Preferred

* Expertise/knowledge real-time space and ground systems, including, program management, risk assessment, and process improvement
* Expertise/knowledge of service oriented architectures, cloud computing service models, and software ecosystems, MVC and RESTful architectural styles, patterns, and tactics
* Perform analytical studies, conduct tests, prepare details of analytical report findings and assists in planning and development of studies and design projects.
* Experience design and evaluating software architectures using one or more of the following methods: ATAM, SAAM, ARID
* Expertise/knowledge using quantitative approaches to support technical decisions and developing metrics
* Advanced technical degree in a related discipline
* Exhibits high level of innovation, creativeness, and initiative.
* Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers.
* Strong technical mentoring skills
* Familiarity with SMC and NRO programs and current SBI is highly desirable.

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