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Software Engineer V with Security Clearance
Cornerstone DefenseAurora, CO🇺🇸United StatesPosted 15 Jul 2026
Quick Overview
Salary
$135k - $175k/yr
Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior
Job Description
Software Engineer - ENG05 Aurora, CO TS/SCI Compensation Range: $135,000 - $175,000 Company Overview: Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense. Job Responsibilities: • Design, develop, test, deliver, and maintain software for cutting-edge satellite ground systems. • Work with talented teams of engineers, architects, and leaders in an Agile environment. • A breadth of advanced software technologies and techniques including multi-tiered architectures, AWS web services, and microservice software design. • Modern DevSecOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery techniques. • Software lifecycle practices for large-scale defense projects. • Satellite ground system technologies including command & telemetry, flight dynamics, planning and scheduling, and spacecraft operations. Basic Quals: • Requires a Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and 8 years of relevant software engineering experience. • Experience developing object-oriented software using Java and C++. • Experience developing software in a Linux environment. • Experience with Atlassian tools such as Confluence, Jira, and Bitbucket. • Experience developing software on the M2C2 or Rushmore program • An active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. Preferred Quals: • Software development lifecycle experience using the SAFe Agile methodology. • Experience developing software using Python. • Experience with AMMP, Cucumber, GIT, Khaos (M2C2 FD), Kubernetes, Oracle, Postgres, SonarQube, Weblogic, WIGS/Angular. • Experience with cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and CI/CD processes. • Experience working with full stack development.
Skills
Oracle
AWS
SonarQube
Agile
Angular
Confluence
Cucumber
C++
Git
Java
Jira
Kubernetes
Python
SAFe
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