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Software Engineer - Developer ( Experienced or Lead)

Boeing logoBoeing$135,150–$182,850/yrChantilly, VA, United StatesFull-timePosted 1w ago

This posting asks for U.S. citizenship. It also names a Top Secret clearance.

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About the role

Software Engineer - Developer ( Experienced or Lead)

Company

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space & Security** (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineer - Developerto join the Space Mission Systems (SMS) team in Chantilly, VA or **Seal Beach, CA.

Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including; Experienced and Lead Software Engineers.

This position will focus on Mission Management and Mission Planning software development, working alongside a cross-functional team to develop solutions to allow stakeholders to advance the mission. The selected candidate’s primary focus will be Oracle Middleware including implementing, administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting middleware platforms that enable application integration, API delivery, messaging, and identity/access flows.

As a member of the Boeing software team, you will be involved in the entire product development lifecycle, from conceptualization and development to the maintenance and support of the delivered system for our customers. These roles provide opportunities for you to significantly influence project outcomes. The Boeing SMS Software team fosters a collaborative mentoring environment, allowing you to learn, mentor others, and contribute to shaping the future of our organization.

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that is welcoming, respectful, and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. At Boeing SMS we work with commercial, government, and proprietary customers.

Position Responsibilities

  • Leads the planning of software development tasks including detailed software design, coding, and unit/integration/functional/system testing of customer desired features/user stories, ensuring successful achievement of acceptance criteria
  • Partners with appropriate stakeholders to inform system definition and review translation of system-level requirements into software requirements and models that meet customer, operational and performance requirements and have clear traceability to design, code, and test artifacts
  • Reviews completion of software system-level analyses to identify risk, issues, and opportunities; lead integration and deployment of mitigation actions throughout the software lifecycle
  • Leads code reviews to ensure alignment to requirements and standard
  • Leads monitoring and reviewing test completion, verification processes and issue resolution for software systems
  • Lead review of product and process for alignment with project plans and industry standards by tracking and evaluation of internal team and supplier performance
  • Install, configure, administer, and patch middleware platforms (on-prem and/or cloud)
  • Diagnose end-to-end integration issues across apps, middleware, and network layers
  • Assist development teams with deployment packaging, configuration, and connectivity
  • Tune middleware settings; analyze thread dumps, heap usage, logs, and connection pools
  • Support CI/CD pipelines for middleware components
  • Containerize middleware components where appropriate and support deployments

Security Clearance

This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

  • Bachelor degree or higher
  • Experience with message-oriented Middleware (ActiveMQ, Redis, Kafka)
  • Experience with system administration of complex infrastructure and software development systems
  • Experience administering and troubleshooting java application servers (Weblogic, Websphere, Jboss, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

  • Level 4 : 9 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and 5+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 9+ years of directly related work experience OR 13+ years of related, relevant experience
  • Familiarity with practices such as test-driven development (TDD), DevSecOps, and Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) management Experience using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI to automate build, test, and deployment processes Experience in API management including API security policies and rate limiting
  • Experience in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift)
  • Experience with Cloud technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI) and messaging/API services
  • Experience in writing and executing test cases, including unit, integration, and system testing, to ensure software functionality and performance meet specifications
  • Experience with systems engineering or software development on space-based or ground-based systems
  • Adjudicated CI Polygraph pre-start

Conflict of Interest

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Work Location

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Note: Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates.

Travel

Position may require travel up to 10% of the time.

CodeVue Coding Challenge

To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.

Drug Free Workplace

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies .

Total Rewards

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary Pay Range for Experienced level (Level 3): USD $135,150 – $182,850

Summary Pay Range for Lead level (Level 4): USD $171,700 – $232,300

The Boeing 401(k) helps you save for your future, with contributions from Boeing that can help you grow your retirement savings. Our best-in-class retirement benefit features:

  • Best in class 401(k) plan: we'll match your contributions dollar for dollar, up to 10% of eligible pay with immediate 100% vesting
  • Student Loan Match:The Boeing 401(k) Student Loan Match allows eligible enrolled U.S. employees to have their qualified student loan debt payments counted, along with any match-eligible contributions they make, for purposes of determining the Company Match to employees' Boeing 401(k) accounts.

Language Requirements

Not Applicable

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Export Control Requirement

This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Safety Sensitive

This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance

This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift

Shift 1 (United States of America)

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Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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