# Space Force Software Architect

Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering, plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree in Engineering, plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required. Responsibilities for this Position General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) is seeking an experienced Software Architect to provide technical and architectural leadership for the Ground Management and Integration (GMI) program supporting the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). GMI is part of the PWSA program and continues GDMS’s Ground Segment work performed under the Tranche 1 (T1) Operations and Integration (O&I) program. The successful candidate will define, guide, and evolve the software architecture for critical ground capabilities supporting Tranche 2 (T2), while ensuring the architecture supports interoperability, scalability, and co

- **Id**: 3843162
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/general-dynamics-mission-systems-space-force-software-architect>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Scottsdale, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 25
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T23:46:09Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T04:47:10Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 11373
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Continuous learning, Flexible schedule, Parental leave, Wellness
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space Defense, Cyber Warfare, Military Communication, Information Security

## Company

- **Id**: 1836162
- **Name**: General Dynamics Mission Systems
- **Domain**: gdmissionsystems.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/gdmissionsystems-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: iCIMS

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 6
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 15
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 200723
- **Max**: 222678
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 222678

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Configuration Management** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Zero Trust** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: yes
- **Amazon CloudWatch** — Optional: yes
- **Amazon EC2** — Optional: yes
- **Amazon ECS** — Optional: yes
- **Amazon EKS** — Optional: yes
- **Amazon S3** — Optional: yes
- **Ansible** — Optional: yes
- **AWS Lambda** — Optional: yes
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **Helm** — Optional: yes
- **IAM** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **NIST 800-53** — Optional: yes
- **Terraform** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 25
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T23:46:09Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 222678
- **Is top pay**: no

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