Maintain software used to establish connections for status & control of ground equipment. Provide Java software development. Perform all aspects of software engineering support required to implement systems. Also maintain software that handles scheduling of on-orbit contacts, and orbit calculations. Write software that supports launch operations with trajectory calculations for the SpaceX and ULA vendors. Provide assistance for team members primarily on Java development and utilizing the Spring Boot framework. Develop React-based user interfaces for operator interaction. Assist writing microservices that interact with a variety of vendor interfaces for data processing. * Deploy new containerized applications in Kubernetes environments. Assist with new customer requests by extending and enhancing existing capabilities and creating new ones where needed. This position is open as a dual level opportunity. We will consider candidates at a level 3 or level 4:

Based on your overall experience, education, years of experience, fit to the position, and interview evaluation will determine which level you are selected for. Level 3:

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience OR a master's and 3 years' experience OR a High School diploma / equivalent with 9 years' experience may be considered in lieu of degree Level 4:

Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience OR a master's and 6 years' experience OR a High School diploma / equivalent with 12 years' experience may be considered in lieu of degree Work on-site at Schriever SFB, near Colorado Springs, CO TS/SCI CI poly - Open to candidates without an active poly clearance. Please note, if you are selected without an active poly you will receive a contingent offer and cannot start until your poly clearance is complete. This process can take 18+ months. Experience and proficiency with Java Knowledge with Spring Boot framework or other similar experience Knowledgeable with IDE for Java software development or other similar experience Experience with Gitlab or other similar experience and Git distributed version control system. Experience Software design and development Experience with Java build systems Ability to collaborate with internal and external developers and integrating their components into a larger framework with NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB. Experience with NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB. Experience with Docker/Kubernetes. Experience using/writing Ansible automation scripts. Experience with C++ programming language. Working knowledge of SQL databases.