Space Force Software Architect
General Dynamics Mission Systems4 days ago
Scottsdale, AZ, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$201k - $223k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead software architecture definition, maturation, governance, and technical direction for GMI capabilities.
- Architect secure, distributed, highly available, resilient, and maintainable ground-system software for classified mission environments.
- Align GMI architecture with Ground Segment, Enterprise, Space Segment, User Segment, mission-system, and integration objectives.
- Define architecture patterns and standards for service design, APIs, data exchange, event-driven systems, messaging, workflow orchestration, identity and access management, logging, monitoring, and observability.
- Lead technical integration of SUPERNOVAs, NOVAs, Ground Entry Points, ground networks, cloud services, and supporting infrastructure.
- Maintain logical, physical, deployment, interface, data-flow, security, and operational architecture artifacts.
- Lead architecture reviews, design reviews, technical interchange meetings, integration readiness assessments, and technical risk-reduction activities.
- Provide direction for cloud migration, cloud-native development, hybrid-cloud integration, secure deployment, and DevSecOps practices.
- Guide automated testing, containerization, infrastructure as code, configuration management, artifact management, and continuous monitoring.
- Support technical planning, roadmaps, estimates, proposal efforts, schedules, and transition-to-operations activities.
- Mentor software architects, software engineers, systems engineers, and technical leads.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least 25 years of progressive experience in software engineering, software architecture, systems engineering, or technical leadership.
- At least 10 years of recent experience designing, architecting, integrating, or sustaining complex distributed software systems.
- Experience with classified, defense, intelligence, space, satellite ground, command-and-control, or other mission-critical operational systems.
- Active DoD Secret security clearance and ability to maintain the required clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
- Experience designing, implementing, or integrating cloud, cloud-native, hybrid-cloud, or on-premises-to-cloud architectures.
- Experience designing secure cloud solutions using AWS services, including compute, storage, networking, identity and access management, monitoring, logging, security controls, and disaster recovery.
- Experience operating cloud deployments in controlled, restricted, regulated, or classified environments; AWS GovCloud or comparable government cloud experience is strongly desired.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, service-oriented architectures, microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, data architectures, and secure software design.
- Experience integrating software with complex networks, external interfaces, mission systems, hardware platforms, and geographically distributed operational environments.
- Experience with cybersecurity engineering concepts including secure communications, encryption, authentication, authorization, audit logging, vulnerability management, secure configuration, and zero-trust principles.
- Preferred qualifications include an advanced degree, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification, AWS GovCloud or AWS Secret Region experience, PWSA or satellite-ground experience, DevSecOps and platform engineering experience, and familiarity with RMF, NIST 800-53, STIGs, ATO processes, and DoD cybersecurity requirements.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, infrastructure as code, Model-Based Systems Engineering, architecture frameworks, interface-control documentation, requirements traceability, system-of-systems integration, and technical team leadership is preferred.
- Active Top Secret clearance or eligibility to obtain one is preferred.
Benefits
- Flexible schedules with an optional every-other-Friday-off 9/80 schedule.
- Competitive benefits including 401(k) matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health and wellness programs, and employee resource and social groups.
- Fully onsite or hybrid/flex work arrangement with a minimum of three days onsite per week at the Scottsdale, Arizona facility.
- Primarily work from the Scottsdale, Arizona area with travel as required for program, customer, and integration activities.
- Opportunities for continuous learning and development and research-oriented work with award-winning teams.
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About General Dynamics Mission Systems
General Dynamics Mission Systems designs and manufactures secure communications, C4ISR, cyber defense, and maritime/underwater systems used across land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains. It sells integrated hardware and software to U.S. and allied defense and intelligence agencies under government contracts and long-term programs. The company is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, and operates as a business unit of General Dynamics.