Lead, Software Engineer (Platform, Operator Systems, DevSecOps)

Job Title:Lead Software Engineer (Platform Operator Systems and DevSecOps)

Job Code:40437

Job Location:Colorado Springs CO

Job Schedule:9/80 schedule (Every Other Friday Off)

Job Description:

The Lead Software Engineer Platform Operator Systems and DevSecOps is a hands-on technical lead for a new program and leads a small software engineering team building the initial shared platform and operator-systems baseline. GBRD is a L3Harris radar software modernization effort focused on delivering a common open-interfaces baseline that supports Missile Warning Missile Defense and Space Domain Awareness missions through shared backend services equipment integration workflow orchestration secure delivery automation and operator-facing status integration. Using broad experience across platform integration automation and operator systems the role provides technical leadership for a consolidated team that keeps the broader GBRD baseline buildable operable and coherent. The teams mission is to provide the common services equipment-facing control seams automation and operator-system integration including coordination around React-based operator workflows status views and control interfaces that let mission and signal-processing software run reliably across lab and field-representative environments.

Essential Functions

• Lead a hands-on software engineering team delivering shared platform operator-system integration and secure-delivery capabilities for a new program initial implementation.
• Make architecture decisions within the team scope and represent backend platform workflow and operator-integration tradeoffs in cross-team and program-level architecture discussions.
• Contribute directly to implementation peer review interface closure integration planning troubleshooting and technical risk reduction.
• Coordinate across teams to keep common services interfaces and operator-facing behavior aligned and operationally coherent across the baseline.
• Drive development of shared platform services equipment integration workflow automation secure delivery observability and operator-system integration across the baseline.

Qualifications

• 2 years of technical leadership experience leading small engineering teams in software delivery.
• Bachelors Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience or in lieu of a degree minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Experience with shared backend services event-driven or message-oriented architectures or interface-contract definition across multiple teams or suppliers.
• Experience developing and integrating platform or operator-system software with depth in one or more of these areas:
• shared backend or distributed platform software
• Equipment control device interfaces or representative simulators
• Workflow orchestration or recovery automation
• DevSecOps CI/CD Kubernetes-based platform automation or secure software delivery
• Human-machine interface or operator-console integration using React or similar modern UI frameworks
• Experience with distributed or interface-heavy mission systems in Linux environments.
• Experience with modern UI frameworks and client technologies such as React.
• Proficiency in backend systems programming languages such as C and Go.
• Familiarity with identity federation workload identity policy-enforcement patterns audit-event design or least-privilege access controls.
• Experience with configuration frameworks that support baseline and location-unique behavior.
• Experience with equipment-control software hardware-control systems timing-sensitive interfaces or mixed hardware-and-simulator integration labs.
• Experience with fault injection degraded-mode testing maintenance or safe-mode behavior simulator adequacy assessment or compare-to-hardware validation.
• Experience with workflow orchestration configuration-driven automation calibration flows startup or recovery automation or operator-visible automation for mission systems.
• Experience operating in air-gapped or restricted development environments using Kubernetes Helm GitOps artifact registries package mirrors or similar platform tooling.
• Experience integrating code-quality test compliance vulnerability-scanning signed-artifact or release-governance gates into delivery pipelines.
• Experience with operator consoles status displays or control-room software in defense aerospace or industrial environments.
• Familiarity with front-end state management UI test automation or performance tuning for complex operational interfaces.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements the salary range for this role in Colorado state is $117000-$218000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits including health and disability insurance 401(k) match flexible spending accounts EAP education assistance parental leave paid time off and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire schedule type and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The application window for this position will close on 9/30/2026.

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