Staff / Sr Staff Platform Software Engineer

SciTec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. For the past forty-five plus years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions.

• →Design, maintain, and improve CI pipelines (GitLab CI) for secure software builds and deployments
• →Orchestrate automated deployments across development, test, and production environments using Kubernetes and Helm
• →Integrate CI pipelines with tools for artifact management, testing, code quality, and security scanning
• →Monitor and troubleshoot CI/CD pipeline performance and deployment issues
• →Manage software release processes including version promotion, branching, integration, and validation
• →Maintain and implement Helm charts for application deployments
• →Perform deployment validation and issue resolution in Kubernetes-based environments
• →Ensure adherence to cybersecurity protocols and secure coding practices
• →Support software vulnerability scanning (Static & Dynamic Analysis Tools) and remediation processes
• →Other duties as assigned

• U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a DoD security clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline
• At least 2 year of professional experience with:
• Python3
• CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins)
• Git version control
• Container orchestration with tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Kustomize, or Helm
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred

• Container security tools (e.g., Grype, Syft)
• SAST/SCA tools (e.g., Fortify, SonarQube, Snyk, Trivy, ZAP)
• AWS (EKS, EC2, Lambda)
• Application networking with tools such as Istio, NGINX, or Traefik
• Monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
• Authentication tools (e.g., Keycloak)
• Artifact repositories (e.g., JFrog Artifactory, Nexus)
• Additional programming experience with strongly typed languages such as C++ or Rust
• Familiarity with secure software development and vulnerability management workflows