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Software Engineer with Security Clearance

Cornerstone DefenseAurora, CO🇺🇸United StatesPosted Sep 8, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Advance your career with Cornerstone Defense, an employer of choice in the defense sector, where you'll develop cutting-edge software for critical national security missions. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary and the chance to collaborate with top engineers, honing your skills in advanced technologies and DevSecOps practices. If you possess a TS/SCI clearance and a passion for impactful technology, this is an excellent opportunity to grow professionally and contribute to vital work.

Quick Overview

Salary
$95k - $115k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Aurora, CO, United States
Posted
4 weeks ago
SpringSpring BootAWSAgileConfluenceC++JUnitJavaJenkinsJiraKafkaPython

Job Description

Software Engineer Aurora, CO TS/SCI Compensation Range: $95,000 - $115,000 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 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 • Satellite ground system technologies including command & telemetry, flight dynamics, planning and scheduling, and spacecraft operation Basic Quals: • Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and 2 years of relevant software engineering experience • Experience developing software using C++ and Java • Experience with the satellite command & telemetry or similar domain • Active and transferable Top Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain TS/SCI without Polygraph prior to start.

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance Preferred Quals: • Experience with the Raytheon Eclipse Command & Telemetry Product Line • Experience developing software using Python • Experience with Agile development • Experience with development tools such as Confluence, Eclipse, Jira, Jenkins, Junit, Kafka, and Spring Boot

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