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Junior Software Engineer

Defense Unicorns

Junior Software Engineer

Colorado Springs, CO
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    ABOUT SPARKLE ACADEMY:

    Defense Unicorns is launching a training program called "Sparkle Academy". (Unicorn Fun Fact: A baby unicorn is called a "Sparkle" and that is where Sparkle Academy gets its' name!) The Academy will help our newest junior engineers onboard, train in a focused way over several weeks, and grow skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to support contributions to Defense Unicorns' products and mission impact.

    WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

    • Gaining understanding of continuous delivery within air gap and semi-disconnected environments using Zarf.
    • Conducting usability testing of Zarf
    • Perform one on one training and troubleshooting of Zarf
    • Execute in a highly collaborative, agile, team-oriented environment
    • Foster and enrich a learning environment
    • Being interactive and engaged in an all-remote environment

    DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

    • Software development experience
    • Familiarity setting up a local development environment
    • Familiarity with Linux command line
    • Experience with a scripting language
    • Building/packaging software
    • Strong communication skills
    • Comfortable talking with users one on one
    • Ability to listen to feedback and observe objectively
    • Experience in qualitative or ethnographic research
    • Customer service experience
    • Technology training - or customer support
    • Facilitating usability testing
    • Facilitating research interviews
    • Empathy for users
    • Ability to trouble shoot issues in real time with users

    DO YOU THINK YOU SPARKLE? APPLY!

    Don't meet every single point mentioned above? Studies have shown that underrepresented groups such as women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single item on the description. At Defense Unicorns we are dedicaed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with everything in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate to sparkle in this or another role at Defense Unicorns!

    ABOUT DEFENSE UNICORNS

    WHO WE ARE:

    At Defense Unicorns, we search the world to identify, hire, and train other unicorns to solve problems for our customers so they become the heroes our world deserves. We share a vision of a free and secure world that enables progress and innovation. We are on a mission to develop and integrate revolutionary solutions that advance the common good. We are innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the Department of Defense and the broader federal market. We believe every mission-driven organization has the capacity for digital transformation and we exist to accelerate the impact of digital warriors within their organization. At the heart of our approach is a commitment to security and optionality. We believe that advancing any mission means not having to compromise flexibility for security (and vice versa).

    WHAT WE DO:

    We create solutions for continuous software integration and delivery. We develop and support secure, open, and infrastructure agnostic DevSecOps platforms. We continuously expand the base of software product companies accessible to the federal and commercial market. We make it easier for mission-driven organizations to develop, integrate, and deliver software solutions that help make the world a better place.

    Defense Unicorns consolidate the best practices for security pipelines, application testing, and automation around deployments in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners. The secure connection from development teams to mission owners through infrastructure creates a force multiplier impact for a better world. We believe that creating a robust ecosystem of secure, cloud-native software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.

    WHO WE SERVE:

    Defense Unicorns’ customers are mission-focused leaders across public and private enterprises. We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and accessibility of commercial software products.

    WHAT WE WORK ON:

    • Airgap software delivery
    • Kubernetes
    • Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
    • Infrastructure-as-code (like Terraform)
    • Continuous Delivery
    • GitOps
    • Containers
    • CNCF projects and open source products and packages
    • Helm/Kustomize
    • Value Stream Mapping
    • Building and improving security delivery

    BENEFITS OUR UNICORNS ENJOY:

    Health:

    • Medical/Dental/Vision
    • Premiums are 100% Company Paid
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Life Insurance
    • Disability Insurance

    Financial:

    • Annual Salary Range: $110,000 to $125,000
    • 401k with Employer Contribution
    • Company Stock Options
    • Home Office Setup Budget

    Leave:

    • Unlimited paid time off with minimum of 10 days taken each year.
    • We also take off 11 federal government holidays, the week of Thanksgiving, and the last two weeks of December (including New Year’s Day)
    • Paid Parental Leave

    Learning:

    • Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
    • Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)

    EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

    Defense Unicorns is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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