Software Systems Engineer

Start Date: Immediate JHNA, CTSi, and EXPANSIA have come together to form a Defense Technology platform named Aether Aerospace focused on delivering high-impact technologies, technology-enabled services and advanced manufacturing solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense and related national security customers. Backed by Falfurrias Management Partners, the platform brings together deep domain expertise across Army, Navy, and Air Force and Space Force programs, digital engineering, systems integration, and specialized manufacturing capabilities. The combined organization operates as a multi-entity aerospace and defense technology and tech-enabled services and manufacturing enterprise positioned for scalable growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation OVERVIEW Full-time/Permanent Employee Location: Remote, preferred Boston, MA or Dayton, OH As Chief Architect, you will provide technical leadership across complex U.S. Air Force programs, guiding the integration of systems engineering, software delivery, cloud platforms, and digital engineering capabilities. You will establish the architectural vision, principles, standards, and technical roadmaps needed to connect mission needs with executable program solutions. Working across Government, contractor, and mission-partner organizations, you will shape architectures that support capability development from concept and requirements through design, integration, test, deployment, sustainment, and modernization. You will promote disciplined systems engineering, model-based approaches, modular open systems, secure software factories, and reusable digital infrastructure while balancing mission effectiveness, affordability, schedule, cybersecurity, interoperability, and technical risk. You will serve as a senior technical authority, align diverse engineering teams, resolve cross-domain architectural issues, and communicate complex technical decisions to program leadership, customers, and stakeholders. RESPONSIBILTIES Provide analysis, design, development, and integration of hardware, software, human-machine interfaces, and all system level requirements and functional objectives to provide an integrated solution while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, and cost. Develops integrated system test requirement, strategies, devices, and systems. Install new software releases, system upgrades, evaluating and installing patches and resolve software related problems. Perform system backups and recovery. Maintain data files and monitors system configuration to ensure data integrity. Possesses and applies expertise across key tasks and high impact assignments. Plans and leads major assignments. Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success. Supports ATO efforts by generating documents and gathering system artifacts. Functions as an expert across multiple project assignments. May supervise others. KEY QUALIFICATIONS Clearance: Active Secret Clearance Education and Years of Experience : Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 10–12 years of cumulative relevant professional experience, including experience with the technologies and responsibilities outlined below. Security+ CE Certification (or other IAT Level II or III Certification) Hands on systems administration in Linux environments (RHCE equivalence) Keycloak Integration DevOps, AWS, Terraform Securing systems by following STIGs, best practices, and government/compliance requirements (such as NIST 800-53, NIST 800-27, NIST 800-137, FISMA, FEDRAMP), and negotiating/working-with IA personnel to arrive at sensible and effective solutions Customer interactions, including presenting, answering questions, proactively resolving issues Experience creating and analyzing Ansible, Bash, YAML and Python scripts PREFERRED ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Experience with IT Security concepts and implementations Experience implementing, managing, and configuring with AWS Experience with enhance data protection and compliance (such as OpenSSL, Keystores, Azure Key Vault, Cyphers) Experience with log management, network firewalls, and testing. (Being able to track down the root cause of a service/application failure through the use of logs and CLI-based tools (Log-based Analysis)) Experience with researching, analyzing, documenting and presenting Analysis of Alternatives ( AoA ) for key product solutions Experience with Agile/Kanban, GitOps Aether Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.