Senior Software Engineer at Torch Technologies, Inc. in Huntsville, AL

Torch Technologies

Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

Torch Technologies has an immediate opening for a Senior Software Engineer to develop applications and simulation infrastructure for the US Army Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC).

As a Senior Software Engineer your duties will include the following, but are not limited to:

• Manage repositories (Git) and implementing branching strategies.
• Define key stages (e.g., releases, milestones) to establish stable, approved versions.
• Create scripts to build, test, and deploy applications automatically.
• Manage environment settings and configurations across development, testing, and production to avoid configuration drift.
• Performing configuration audits to ensure the deployed product matches the documented requirements.
• Manage revisions to modeling and simulation software in parallel development related to Army defense systems.
• Gather and analyze user and business requirements to define the scope, objectives, and functionality of new software or systems.
• Design the overall architecture of applications and systems, create detailed flowcharts and diagrams, and write clean, efficient, and testable code in various programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, C++).
• Must be able to work independently day-to-day towards team-established milestones with consensus from leadership.
• Less than 10% travel to support test integration events, as needed.

Job Requirements:

• US Citizenship.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Physics, Engineering, or another technical discipline from an accredited university.
• 10+ years applicable progressively complex software design engineering experience or a Bachelor's Degree.
• Strong programming skills with experience in C++ and Python.
• Experience developing for Windows operating systems.
• Experience in Red Hat-based Linux operating Systems (e.g., RHEL, Rocky, Oracle).
• Experience with CMake build tools and Git version control.
• Ability to collaborate in a multi-contractor team environment to deliver software solutions on schedule.
• Ability to work independently and with small teams on collaborative design.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• The position requires that candidate currently hold an active secret level security clearance to access classified information.
• Inability to maintain a security clearance will result in the candidate being ineligible for this position.
• Experience in computer virtualization, including containerization technologies and orchestration tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with GitLab.
• Experience with a containerization environment such as Docker or Podman.
• Experience with a virtualization environment such as Kubernetes.
• Experience writing shell scripts, real-time software, and working with hardware.
• Experience with Army software systems and applications, modeling and simulation, and statistical analysis.

Schedule: M-F; 8-5

Work Location: Customer- site

Travel: Yes, 0-10%

Relocation Assistance Available: No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No

Benefits:

Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays. 

Applying to Torch Technologies:

Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.

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