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Specialist, Software Engineer

Salt Lake City, Utah

Job ID 11794
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L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Title:Specialist, Software Engineering

Job Code: SWP3

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule:9/80

Job Description:

We areseeking a mid-level Software Engineer with a DevOps focus to join our L3Harris Broadband Communications Systems team in Salt Lake City, Utah.   The successful candidate will work as an integral member of our DevOps team working with 5 -7 other DevOps engineers serving two distinct environments in the unclassified and classified space. Typical day-to-day activities include CI/CD pipeline maintenance, deployment and system configuration management, automation, virtualization, and containerization optimization. Work is done using the Agile methodology in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.  We are mission-focused, agile, and innovative and require these traits in the successful candidate as well.

Essential Functions:

  • Analyzing, designing, and developing release automation for deployment using Salt, Ansible and Puppet
  • Work with DevOps team to design and deploy Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines in hybrid virtual machine and Kubernetes deployment targets
  • Ability to script in various languages (e.g. Python, Bash, etc.)
  • Experience with Git, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps
  • Build tools as needed to improve automation, reduce occurrences of errors, and continuously improve our pipeline
  • Ensure all systems security operations and maintenance activities are properly documented and updated as necessary
  • Support integration of disparate systems for customer end systems in air-gapped environments
  • Ability to work independently or as part of a multi-disciplinary team, while adhering to development processes
  • Excellent computer skills
  • Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written
  • Promote DevOps as a culture
  • Travel requirement – less than 10%

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field and 4 years of software experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience.  In lieu of degree, 8 years of software experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • “Relevant Experience” means demonstrable experience at the level requested in some of the following areas:
    • Infrastructure-as-code (IAC) using Salt, Ansible and Puppet
    • Developing CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins and/or Gitlab-CI
    • Application containerization and Docker, Podman, Vagrant, and on-premises Kubernetes integration
    • Utilizing and developing in primarily Unix, as well as some Windows environments
    • Working knowledge of software engineering and quality assurance processes 
    • Technical background in software development (language agnostic)
  • Due to the nature of our work, qualified candidates must have or be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.
  • Experience with bash and Linux build debugging
  • Experience in make, cmake, and C++ development
  • Familiarity with Platform One tools
  • Experience with RHEL 7/8 environments as well as Ubuntu or Debian
  • RedHat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
  • Experience configuring network interfaces
  • Knowledge of network firewalls, routing, and port mappings
  • Experience with security implementations such as SELinux and security scans
  • Security certifications (e.g. CISSP)
  • Experience developing and implementing REST APIs

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Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

By submitting your résumé for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your résumé, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

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