General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc

Software Developer III

Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in Computer Science or related field required; equivalent experience may substitute education.
  • 4+ years of software development experience with a bachelor's or 2+ years with a master's degree.
  • Proficiency with deployment technologies like Kubernetes for container orchestration.
  • Experience with metrics monitoring and dashboards (e.g., Grafana).
  • Knowledge of user access practices and security controls.
  • Strong understanding of system administration across various operating systems.
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain development, testing, and production environments under general direction.
  • Build and deploy automation, monitoring, and analysis solutions.
  • Manage continuous integration and delivery pipeline to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Implement industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
  • Develop solutions for operational administration, including backup, disaster recovery, and performance monitoring.
  • Continuously evaluate systems against industry standards and suggest improvements.
  • Build and maintain tools and microservices for deployment and operations, minimizing errors.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a high uptime production environment.
  • Collaboration with a growing team focused on innovative solutions.
  • Engagement with open-source technologies and industry best practices.
  • Possibility of involvement in meaningful projects for the Intelligence Community and DoD.
  • Access to continuous learning and development opportunities.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

GA-Intelligence is looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to manage the configuration, deployment and maintenance of one or multiple environments. The ability to maintain a production system in a high uptime environment is a key success factor. Join our growing team in taking our systems to the next level, giving end-users the power to see beyond the data and truly understand the world around them.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Under general direction, this position is responsible for maintaining development, testing, and production environments.
  • Builds and deploys automation, monitoring, and analysis solutions.
  • Manages continuous integration and delivery pipeline to maximize efficiency.
  • Implements industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
  • Develops and maintains solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance monitoring.
  • Continuously evaluates existing systems with industry standards, and makes recommendations for improvement.
  • Builds and maintains tools, solutions and microservices associated with deployment and our operations platform, ensuring that all meet our customer service standards and reduce errors.
  • Tests system integrity, implemented designs, application developments and other processes related to infrastructure, making improvements as needed.
  • Manages code deployments, fixes, updates and related processes.
  • Works with open-source technologies as needed.
  • Works with CI/ CD tools, and source control such as GIT and SVN.
  • Offers technical support where needed, developing software for our back-end systems.
  • Stays current with industry trends and source new ways for our business to improve.


Job Qualifications

  • Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or a related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; four or more years of experience with a bachelors degree or two or more years of experience with a masters degree. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
  • Experience with deployment technologies, such as Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration.
  • Experience with metrics monitoring and dashboards (Grafana).
  • Understanding of user access practices and security controls within a system.
  • Understanding of system administration in various OS environments.
  • Strong knowledge of configuration management tools.
  • Strong communication and documentation skills.
  • Understanding of software development lifecycle best practices.
  • Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment.
  • Able to work extended hours as required.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
  • Understanding of AWS services and cloud management.
  • Experience executing against database technologies.
  • Experience with configuration management tools (Puppet).
  • Continuous integration processes and tools such as Jenkins.
  • Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaboration tools.
  • System monitoring and analysis.
  • Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets.
  • CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified.

About General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is a leading designer and manufacturer of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems, including the Predator® RPA series and the Lynx® Multi-mode Radar. GA-ASI provides long-endurance, mission-capable aircraft with integrated sensor and data link systems required to deliver persistent situational awareness and rapid strike capabilities. The company is headquartered in Poway, California, and has additional offices and facilities around the world.
Learn more about General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc
Size
14,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1955

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