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Umbra is seeking a Ground Systems Engineer & Architect to define, design, integrate, and validate secure, mission-critical ground systems for advanced space, ISR, and national security missions. This role involves leading system verification, operational testing, and customer design reviews, working closely with various engineering teams to leverage modern IT technologies like virtualization, containerized services, and DevSecOps.

Required Skills

Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Infrastructure Engineering
Ground Systems Engineering
Communications Security (COMSEC)
RED/BLACK architectures
Kubernetes/Docker containerized services
Virtualization
DevSecOps practices
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Automation
Modern Software Deployment Pipelines

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Required Previous Experiences: Active TS/SCI security clearance with the ability to maintain access.
Experience designing, architecting, integrating, and verifying mission-critical ground systems supporting Intelligence Community (IC), DoD, space, ISR, or other national security programs, including system architecture, interface definition, requirements development, and verification planning.
Strong understanding of RED/BLACK architectures, secure system boundary design, cross-domain considerations, and classified network security principles.
Experience with IT infrastructure and network integration, including secure networking, virtualization, storage, servers, and enterprise computing environments.
Experience developing Kubernetes/Docker containerized services.
Strong systems engineering experience leading system integration, verification, validation, operational testing, and requirements decomposition for complex ground systems.
Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
15+ years of professional experience in systems engineering, software engineering, infrastructure engineering, or ground systems engineering supporting complex government or aerospace programs.
Experience supporting ISR, SAR, or other space-based intelligence collection missions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience collaborating across multidisciplinary engineering teams and government stakeholders.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, C/C++
Hands-on experience with enterprise IT hardware, including servers, networking equipment, storage appliances, and virtualization platforms.
Experience with automated integration and test frameworks, scripting, and laboratory development.
Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and modern software deployment pipelines.
Knowledge of satellite mission operations, TT&C systems, mission planning, or ground data processing architectures.
Experience supporting U.S. Government, DoD, Intelligence Community, or NRO space programs.

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