Distinguished Software Engineering Lead
FTI - Frontier Technology Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Huntsville • Alabama • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
AirflowAWSCloudCyber SecurityJavaKafkaMicroservicesPythonSparkTerraformTypeScript
About the role
- Architect and deploy secure, distributed platforms supporting modular, multi-service software environments.
- Design and integrate APIs, microservices, and data pipelines that enable interoperability across mission, simulation, and analytical systems.
- Define and enforce architectural principles, modularity standards, and software best practices across development teams.
- Engineer solutions that bridge cloud, on-prem, and classified enclaves, ensuring interoperability and compliance.
- Engineer cloud-native solutions in AWS GovCloud or hybrid IL4–IL6 environments with strict security and accreditation requirements.
- Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK) to automate provisioning, configuration, and accreditation workflows.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that embed security, compliance, and automated testing from development through deployment.
- Ensure all platform designs support zero-trust principles, multi-enclave deployment, and repeatable accreditation (ATO) processes.
- Design or oversee large-scale data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration environments (Kafka, Airflow, Spark, or Databricks).
- Shape data architectures that balance throughput, latency, and cost across distributed mission environments.
- Enable secure and efficient data access and synchronization across analytical, AI-enabled, and simulation workloads.
- Transition software and platforms from prototype to production, ensuring maintainability, observability, and configuration consistency.
- Establish automated testing, release governance, and performance monitoring standards for ongoing sustainment.
- Partner with program and product leadership to align delivery with mission lifecycle requirements.
- Engineer architectures for redundancy and resilience under degraded or disconnected operational conditions.
- Design and maintain secure enclave architectures, boundary controls, and cross-domain integration solutions.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity and ISSM teams to support ATO and ongoing accreditation automation.
- Integrate emerging technologies, open standards, and modern frameworks into operational systems.
- Collaborate with AI/ML, data, and simulation teams to enable model integration and inference services within production software (familiarity with MLOps concepts preferred).
- Evaluate new tools and frameworks to improve developer productivity, performance, and automation efficiency.
- Lead by example as a hands-on technical authority, guiding design and implementation decisions.
- Mentor software engineers and architects to raise technical standards, code quality, and architectural maturity.
- Partner with fellow Distinguished Engineers and organizational leaders to align platform strategy with enterprise innovation goals.
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both executive and engineering stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field (Master’s preferred)
- 10–15 years of progressive software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a technical leadership or architecture role.
- Proven success architecting and deploying secure, distributed, cloud-native software platforms.
- Deep experience with AWS GovCloud or IL4–IL6 hybrid environments.
- Hands-on proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK) and CI/CD automation.
- Strong understanding of DevSecOps, zero-trust principles, and mission accreditation (ATO/RMF) processes.
- Demonstrated ability to operationalize software systems from prototype through accreditation in secure environments.
- Strong coding experience in one or more core languages (Python, Java, C++, TypeScript).
- Active Secret clearance required; TS/SCI strongly preferred.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
API designmicroservicesdata pipelinesInfrastructure-as-CodeCI/CD automationdata ingestiondata transformationdata orchestrationcoding (Python, Java, C++, TypeScript)cloud-native solutions
Soft skills
technical leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationguiding design decisionsproblem-solvingstrategic alignment
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree (preferred)Active Secret clearanceTS/SCI clearance (preferred)