Advanced Software Engineer (Job ID:4569)
Summary
Advanced Software Engineer in Huntsville, AL supporting the Missile Defense Agency's Next Generation Software Office. Day to day: engineering analysis and design/management of cloud-based software, libraries, and architectures for missile defense system-of-systems integration and testing, spanning hardware-in-the-loop/cloud testing, API and interface control work, and AI/agentic tooling.
- Valkyrie Enterprises has need for a Advanced Software Engineer in Huntsville, AL.
- In this role you will support the Missile Defense Agency Next Generation Software Office to accelerate and modernize the development, integration, and delivery of resilient and secure Missile Defense System software
- Provide technical and engineering analysis to support development of on-demand and cloud-based software for system-of-systems development, integration, and testing
- Design, development, and management of software libraries and Cloud-based software architectures and requirements
- Must have a Master’s degree in a STEM field with at least 12+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program/project.
- Must have experience in hardware in the loop and cloud-based testing to support software development and delivery.
- Must have experience in management and review of application programming interfaces and interface control documents and enabling software utilized in Cloud-based and HWIL environments.
- Must have experience in artificial intelligence development and tooling and agentic operations.
- Must hae the ability to work independently, as a team member, or leading teams/ tasks, applying engineering rigor to solve engineering/ scientific problems.
- Cloud and Containerization: Practical experience with software containerization concepts (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure) and migrating legacy enterprise applications to cloud-native architectures, preferred.
- Agile and DevSecOps: Strong working knowledge of Agile and Lean software development principles, particularly within a secure DoW DevSecOps framework, preferred.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Knowledge or direct experience deploying IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) to establish reproducible, auditable, and secure cloud environments, preferred.
- Experience using modern configuration management and version control platforms (e.g., Git) to enforce policy-as-code, baseline management, and compliance configurations, preferred.
- Top secret clearance or the ability to obtain, preferred.
- Must have an Active or Interim Secret clearance and the ability to maintain it.
- Minimal Travel; 10% or less
- If position requires travel by domestic flight or access to secure federal facilities/military bases, candidate must be able to obtain (by start of position) and maintain appropriate identification credentials, such as REAL ID. (More information regarding REAL ID can be found: )
- Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods
- Able to sit and work on a computer for long periods of time
- Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
- Communicating with others to exchange information
- Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds