Specialist, Software Engineering

About L3Harris

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.

Job Details

• Job Title: Specialist, Software Engineering
• Job Code: 38011
• Job Location: Palm Bay, FL
• Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description

The SWO-MOS Cloud team leverages Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) in delivering modern solutions to support customer operations and information management services. We value a strong knowledge of software development best practices and experience delivering & deploying Cloud-ready applications and services. Seeking experienced Software Engineers to join our dynamic team, focusing on operating, maintaining, and sustaining an AWS cloud operational system.

Essential Functions

• Design and implement software for satellite ground systems, including TT&C, mission management, data ingest, processing pipelines, and operator workflows.
• Monitor and implement updates from AWS and third-party suppliers
• Maintain and enhance our Kubernetes-based cloud architecture
• Proficiency in Python, Java or C++ programming languages
• Support Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions including single sign on, active directory, or Keycloak
• Assist in cloud migration of applications
• Write and maintain comprehensive documentation for developers, administrators, and operators
• Ensuring consistency across the baseline (version tagging, naming schemes)
• Develop secure, reliable, and maintainable software using modern engineering and DevSecOps practices.
• Write automated unit, integration, and system tests, including negative and failure-mode scenarios.
• Support system architecture, interface definition, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with mission operations, systems engineering, cybersecurity, and test teams to deliver operationally ready capabilities.
• Contribute to documentation including requirements traceability, interface control documentation, design artifacts, and user/developer guides.
• Ability to obtain a High-Risk NOAA Public Trust clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• 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 configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet) and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CDK, OpenTofu, Cloud Formation).
• Experience with container deployment including YAML manifests, Helm and ArgoCD

Preferred Additional Skills

• 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 with Helm charts and Kub...