Software Engineer
Colorado Springs, COJob$145–170K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Kratos seeks a Software Engineer to lead software architecture and development in an agile environment, applying a SecDevOps approach across the software lifecycle. The role includes designing enterprise integrations, deploying and scaling services with Kubernetes, building automated testing infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, and providing operational support. The candidate will guide collaborative teams, establish engineering standards, and communicate technical direction to stakeholders.
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Kratos is seeking a Software Engineer to lead and innovate within our dynamic, agile environment. This role architects and champions a SecDevOps approach across the entire software development lifecycle, driving the strategic design, development, testing, and operational scaling based on user feedback. The ideal candidate will operate with high autonomy, guiding collaborative teams to design, implement, and maintain complex software solutions while establishing modern industry standards and communicating technical vision clearly to stakeholders. Key responsibilities include architecting system integrations to develop and deploy enterprise applications, as well as orchestrating containerization strategies using Kubernetes to manage and scale critical services. Additionally, the role involves engineering testing infrastructure and automation by designing and maintaining robust automated test scripts within optimized CI/CD pipelines, and delivering advanced operational support through technical requirements verification, system documentation, and complex troubleshooting in simulated environments. REQUIRED EXPERIENCE - BA/BS Degree in STEM field of study - 10-15 years of relevant, industry experience - Leading the design, development, and optimization of Java and C/C++ applications (including advanced network, multi-threaded, and high-performance client-server architectures) across Windows and Linux platforms - Designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-grade automation using Python, Unix Shell scripting, Batch files, and Windows script files - Architectural mastery of relational database design, advanced query optimization, and complex Structured Query Language (SQL) data manipulation - Architecting and driving innovative solutions to complex, ambiguous engineering problems while mentoring junior and mid-level engineers Preferred Skills and Experience - Platform Expertise: Subject matter expertise in architecting and scaling Red Hat OpenShift and enterprise Kubernetes infrastructures. - Domain Leadership: Deep domain knowledge of satellite ground station processing systems (including advanced planning, ground control, and high-throughput data processing). - Enterprise DevSecOps Tools: Advanced proficiency driving automation via Python, optimizing CI/CD workflows within GitLab/Azure DevOps, and managing lifecycles using Jira/Confluence. - Comprehensive Testing Architecture: Proven track record designing and leading automated functional, integration, regression, and high-load performance testing strategies. - Security & Compliance: Possession of an active Top Secret/SCI or Secret security clearance. - Industry Certifications: Advanced professional certifications such as Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD). - Modern Infrastructure: Extensive experience implementing advanced Infrastructure as Code (IaC) architectures (e.g., Terraform) and mature GitOps workflows. #LI-Onsite The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skills. Competitive salary based on experience and education Salary Range: $145,000-$170,000
How this job compares
Set against the 41,748 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$145–170K/yr
- Colorado median$122–193K/yr1,161 salary ranges
- US median$135–219K/yr33,246 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $158K, is close to the Colorado median midpoint ($155K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in Colorado.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,380 open Software Engineer jobs in Colorado and 41,748 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 34,144 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 13,035 of the 41,748 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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