Software Engineer needed for a contract opportunity with SOC's client to work onsite in State College, PA.
An active TS/SCI clearance is required for this opportunity.
Contract Length: 12 months
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain advanced software applications for our Satellite Ground Systems.
- Collaborate closely with systems engineers, hardware designers, and other software engineers to deliver reliable and high-performance software solutions.
- Design, implement, and test AI, ML, Java and Python based applications and software components for satellite ground systems.
- Work in parallel with legacy platform teams to eventually migrate workloads onto your pipelines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define software requirements and specifications.
- Work with previously written code and make modifications as necessary.
- Ensure software performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Participate in software design reviews, code reviews, and system integration activities.
- Contribute to the completion of program and project milestones under the specific guidance of their immediate supervisor.
- Follow established Software processes and procedures, development, documentation and maintenance/management of operations concepts, requirements (system, element, segment level), external and internal interfaces, and other software engineering work products/artifacts.
Required Qualifications:
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM):
- ENG02 - two (2) years of Software Engineering experience.
- ENG04 - five (5) years of Software Engineering experience.
- Experience in object-oriented software design and development using Java or Python in a Linux environment.
- Experience with unit testing tools (e.g., JUnit).
- Experience in Machine Learning and Data Science.
- Experience working with large datasets and performing data analysis.
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Desired Qualifications:
- Strong analytical skills and proactive problem-solving abilities, with a deep understanding of AI/ML technologies, cloud architecture, and enterprise software.
- Security+ certification.
- Experience with Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes.
- Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (e.g. JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket).
- Experience with cloud computing platform (e.g. AWS or Azure).
- Experience with satellite communication systems and protocols is highly preferred.
- Familiarity with secure coding practices, especially in a defense or aerospace setting.
Employment Prerequisites
The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation and drug urinalysis.
SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.
Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations, which may have been provided by job boards. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.
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Estimated Min Rate: $56.00
Estimated Max Rate: $80.00 |
SOC LLC
Aug 11, 2025