Senior Specialist, Software Engineering

About the role

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance our Kubernetes-based cloud architecture
• Implement and maintain security automation using AWS EventBridge, GuardDuty, and Inspector
• Support Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions using Keycloak
• Assist in migrating third-party toolchains to AWS native solutions
• Design, develop, and maintain advanced software applications for our Satellite Ground Systems
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives, driving adoption of DevOps pipelines, automated testing, containerization (Kubernetes), and cloud deployment practices across the enterprise
• Collaborate with systems and SI&T engineers to analyze, implement, and test system modification requests to the existing system baseline

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience
• Experience working in a continuous integration/continuous development environment, and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience developing and deploying containerized applications using Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, or equivalent
• Experience with the Kubernetes Container Network Interface (CNI) and Custom Resource Definitions (CRD)
• Experience of networking principles and security best practices in an AWS cloud environment
• Experience with Linux environments, including scripting, configuration, and software deployment
• Experience with AWS services such as license management
• Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet) and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CDK, OpenTofu, Cloud Formation)

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Agile workflow tools and collaborative version control practices (Git, JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
• Experience with container observability tools such as Prometheus, PromQL, and Grafana
• Experience with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
• Experience implementing security best practices in cloud environments
• Experience managing licenses within cloud environments
• Experience with monitoring and logging solutions (Splunk sidecar, CloudWatch, AWS Forwarder, etc.)
• Experience with iterative software development processes (Agile, SCRUM, Kanban)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Associate

Skills

• Software Development Best Practices
• Cloud Ready Applications and Services
• Cloud Infrastructure Operations
• Containerization and Kubernetes
• DevOps Pipelines and Automation
• Linux Environments and Scripting
• AWS Services and Tools
• Security Best Practices in Cloud Environments
• Agile Workflow Tools and Version Control
• Monitoring and Logging Solutions
• Iterative Software Development Processes

Benefits

L3Harris is committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and more. We also offer opportunities for professional development and career advancement, as well as a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $120,000 - $150,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications. L3Harris offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Schedule

The job schedule is 9/80, which means 9 hours per day, 5 days a week.