Momentum Engineering, Inc., a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication—ensuring long-term stability and expertise for our customers’ critical needs.
Job Summary
- Seeking a Cloud Software Engineer to support a mission-critical enterprise service delivering software security solutions across customer enclaves
- This role supports a cloud-based platform leveraging microservices and containerized technologies to enable secure, scalable, and resilient operations
- The engineer will work within a collaborative team environment, partnering with cross-agency stakeholders to design, develop, and sustain enterprise software capabilities in support of national security missions
Primary Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain cloud-based software solutions
- Support full lifecycle software engineering including design, integration, testing, and sustainment
- Contribute to architecture and design reviews
- Troubleshoot and resolve software and system issues
- Support system enhancements, performance optimization, and reliability improvements
- Collaborate with team members to review and refine software components
- Assist in shaping technical approaches, timelines, and project scope
Required Qualifications
- Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
- Minimum 8 years of relevant software engineering experience
- Experience across the software development lifecycle including design, development, integration, testing, and maintenance
- DoD 8570 IAT Level I certification (Security+ or higher)
- One of the following certifications is required:
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate
- AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- Elastic Certified Engineer
- Candidates must provide proof of certifications during the screening or offer process
- Technical Skills:
- Java
- Linux development environment
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Python
- Ansible
- MongoDB or similar database technologies
- Git
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with Pig scripting
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or in a related technical field is highly desired which will be considered equivalent to two (2) years of experience. A Master's degree in a Technical Field will be considered equivalent to four (4) years of experience. NOTE: A degree In Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, or similar degree will be considered as a technical field.
Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
- At least fourteen (14) years of experience in software development/engineering
- AWS Certified Developer-Associate or equivalent Cloud Developer Certification
What We Do
Momentum Engineering understands that our customer's unique missions require innovative software solutions and data-driven engineering methodologies. These approaches leverage DevOps principles and cloud-based automation ensuring that applications and systems can be characterized and reliably measured. Our specialists, working as trusted partners to our customers, have been developing, integrating and maintaining data-centric solutions since our founding in February 2015. Momentum Engineering provides highly-skilled System Engineers, Software Engineers, and formally trained Department of Defense Test and Evaluation Subject Matter Experts to our customers to help them move their missions forward.
