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Software Engineer 1

First Tek, Inc.
Colorado, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 12/10/2025 CLOSED ON 1/11/2026

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My name is Gaurav and I'm a Sr. Technical Recruiter at First Tek. We are currently sourcing candidates with the following skills. Kindly forward your resume if interested, do share with your friends and colleagues as well.

 

Job Title: Software Engineer 1 

Client: Major Aerospace Company

Location: Colorado Springs, CO-Onsite

Duration: 7 Months Contract

Pay Rate: $82/hr on w2

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
WORK SHIFT: 1st Shift (9/80A)
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

 

Job Description:
A major aerospace Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU) has an exciting career opportunity for a Software Engineer supporting an Internal Research and Development (IRAD) to join our team of qualified, diverse, and innovative individuals located in Huntsville, AL.

 

As a software developer on an Internal Research and Development (IRAD) team. You will work in a collaborative environment to understand system requirements, create and implement new capabilities and algorithms. Many of the algorithms and capabilities implemented by the team will be mathematics and physics intensive complex solutions that will be highly critical to the system performance. In addition to software development you will also be expected to support reviews of requirements and test cases that are developed for the software capability.

Basic Qualifications:

·         Bachelor's degree in STEM related field, and 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD.

·         Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start.

·         Recent and extensive Experience Developing Software in C or Java.

·         Quick to learn and absorb new concepts and information.

·         Recent MATLAB and or Python Experience.

·         Must have an Interim or Active Secret Clearance.

·         Unix/Linux Operating System Experience.

·         Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

·         Highly experienced with Linux, scripting, and operations

·         Experience with automated software requirements testing and analysis

·         Experience with the battle management and or fire control systems

·         Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and container orchestration.

·         Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using tools like Gherkin and Cucumber for automated acceptance testing

·         Experience with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools such as: Coverity, Fortify, AND/OR SonarQube

·         Experience developing software in an Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environment.

·         Experience with CI/CD, containers, and pipelines.

·         Experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, Code Quality, Static Analysis, and CI/CD tools such as: Atlassian tool suite, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SonarQube, Coverity, and Jenkins.

·         Very solid background in math and physics.

·         Advanced degree in Mathematics or Physics or Computer Science.

 

Gaurav UpadhyaySR. Technical RecruiterFirst Tek, Inc. 

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371 Hoes Lane, Suite 201, Piscataway, NJ 08854 

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