Senior Advanced Software Engineer - Cloud

Location: Scottsdale, AZ

Position Type: Contract

Rate: $84.40-$89.40/Hour

The Senior Advanced Software Engineer job in Scottsdale, Arizona is available with Moseley Technical Services Top Space and Defense . To qualify for this Hybrid/Flex job, you must be a U.S. Citizen, able to obtain Secret security clearance, and have 8+ years of experience preferably in the Space/Defense industry.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy cloud-based, mission-critical software solutions supporting defense and security operations.
• Develop and implement secure cloud-based applications using AWS, Kubernetes, and DevOps best practices.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and containerized environments.
• Apply security best practices , including encryption, compliance, vulnerability management, and incident response.
• Develop, test, and optimize API integrations to ensure scalability and reliability.
• Utilize Python, Java, and scripting languages (YAML, JSON, Linux/UNIX) for cloud-based application development.
• Implement AI-driven solutions to enhance workload efficiency and automation.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams in a Scaled Agile environment.
• Maintain documentation and knowledge-sharing for cloud infrastructure and software development.

Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizen, with the ability to obtain Secret security clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, or a STEM field, and 8+ years of experience, or Master's degree and 6+ years of experience
• Proficiency in Python / Java programming languages
• Understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, automation, configuration management, and infrastructure as code
• Familiar with Scaled Agile methodology
• Familiarity with security best practices, risk, compliance & vulnerability management, encryption & PKI, incident response, auditing and monitoring
• Experience with AWS (AWS Solutions Architect strongly preferred) and its services
• Containerization using Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of API Design, testing, development, and management

Tools:

• CI/CD tools: Gitlab, Nexus Managed Artifacts
• AWS: AWS EKS, EC2, Lambda, S3, EBS/EFS, VPC, DNS, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail
• Configuration management: Ansible, Terragrunt, ArgoCD
• Build/Development: VS Code, Maven
• Event streaming platform (nice to have): Kafka messaging
• Container orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker
• Security, Monitoring and logging: ACAS/Grype vulns scanning, SIEM (Splunk), Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
• Version control: Git
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
• Collaboration: Jira, Confluence

Still have questions? Reach out to:
Brian - (Phone) (256) 213-1261 (Email)

What to Expect:

Moseley Technical Services, Inc. (Moseley) was incorporated in 1994 to provide engineering and professional services to the aerospace/defense, manufacturing, government, and commercial industries . Our mission is to deliver superior service to our customers and employees.

We stand by our 30-year commitment of “World Class Service. World Class Company.”

Moseley Technical Services, Inc. is an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled Employer.

• Applicants selected for employment will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation which may include education, criminal and work history verifications.
• Accepted applicants will have the opportunity to be eligible for benefits, including medical and supplemental insurance and a 401K.
• Final pay offered will be based on experience.

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