Computer Engineer

Cepeda Systems and Software Analysis, a rapidly growing small business in Huntsville, AL, is currently seeking a Computer Engineer to support our Gov’t customer on a major DoD program.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Contribute to system hardware and software architecture decisions based on customer performance, schedule, and cost requirements.
• Design electrical architecture and integrated systems for real-time, mission-critical systems including flight systems, sensors, and ground control stations.
• Perform hardware and software design/review/build cycles for prototype construction and implement plans for prototype testing at customer location.
• Troubleshoot network issues on virtual and physical switches and firewalls.
• Use scripting languages to develop automated network installation and configuration using Bash, PowerShell, Java, and Python.
• Develop engineering technical material including but not limited to System Description Documents, System requirements, Data Flow Documents, and Network Diagrams.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• US Citizenship required
• Bachelors or minimum six (6) years or more of related experience
• Experience developing systems using Linux and Windows computing environments.
• Experience with operating system virtualization utilizing Type I and II hypervisors (vSphere, KVM, VMWare Workstation)
• Experience with containerization (i.e. Docker and/or Podman)

• Experience with Cisco Systems, network administration and firewalls.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
• Experience with C, C , and C# development.

• Experience performing remote network configuration.
• Strong understanding of general computing system architectures and virtual machines.

Preferred Experience and Knowledge:

• Experience with datacenter architectures (cluster computing, fault tolerant, or high availability system)
• Experience writing technical documentation
• Experience creating automated systems
• Experience deploying and maintaining container orchestrators such as Kubernetes
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Security SE and a Network SE

Benefits and pay range:

• Cepeda offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience.
• We also offer a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, paid leave and paid holidays, a 401(k) plan, short-term disability, long-term disability, and company-paid life insurance.

About Cepeda:

Formed as a corporation in 2001, we are a HUBZone, woman-owned small business. We focus on serving DoD, NASA, and the commercial sector, our services span the complete product life cycle from concept to software development to product release. Our services include software engineering, systems engineering, and process improvement.

We are passionate about meeting customer requirements while minimizing costs and maximizing performance. We have achieved a rating of Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3 for services and development. We have a 100% customer satisfaction rating and have won numerous awards at the local and national level. We are also extensively involved in the community and make generous charitable contributions.

Cepeda Systems and Software Analysis, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors.

Prospective an/or new employees will be required to adhere with CSSA’s COVID-19 policy. Customer site requirements will take precedence over CSSA’s policy.