# Senior Specialist Software Developer

As a Senior NMS Developer, you will lead the design, development, and evolution of Lightspeed's Network Management and OSS platforms, enabling service fulfillment, assurance, automation, and observability across a carrier-grade LEO satellite network. You will leverage modern software engineering practices, cloud-native technologies, and AI-assisted development tools. Main Responsibilities Design and develop NMS/OSS applications supporting service fulfillment, assurance, inventory, fault, performance, and configuration management. Develop model-driven management solutions using YANG, NETCONF/RESTCONF, gNMI, gRPC, and related standards. Build network automation, telemetry, monitoring, and workflow orchestration capabilities. Integrate NMS/OSS platforms with network elements, EMS systems, inventory platforms, service orchestration systems, and operational tools. Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex software and network issues. Design and maintain automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native deployment solutions. Utilize AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, code quality, and delivery velocity. Education and Experience Required Bac

- **Id**: 4287473
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/telesat-senior-specialist-software-developer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bethesda, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2025-08-07T22:45:33Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2025-08-07
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T22:16:32Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 463
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2502
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Communications, Space Services

## Company

- **Id**: 6592
- **Name**: Telesat
- **Domain**: telesat.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/telesat>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 14
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.571
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 84
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **BGP** — Optional: no
- **ChatGPT** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Claude Code** — Optional: no
- **Configuration Management** — Optional: no
- **Copilot** — Optional: no
- **Cursor** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **gRPC** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **MPLS** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **MBSE** — Optional: yes
- **UML** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 463

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T22:16:32Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 11
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.375
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 463
- **Expected fill days**: 84
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T23:47:21Z

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