Technical Debt Engineer (DevOps/Software Sustainment)

Location: US

Company

hirify.global is a defense technology company developing integrated hardware and software systems for U.S. and allied defense organizations across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains.

What you will do

• Debug, analyze, and resolve complex defects, performance bottlenecks, reliability concerns, and integration issues across large-scale distributed software systems.
• Perform root cause analysis and refactor legacy code while preserving functional behavior, maintainability, modularity, extensibility, and testability.
• Identify, prioritize, and remediate technical debt in collaboration with developers, systems engineers, architects, program leadership, and government stakeholders.
• Improve software quality through static analysis, automated testing, code reviews, performance optimization, and modern engineering practices.
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automated build, test, deployment, integration, verification, validation, configuration management, and release processes.
• Document software changes, technical debt remediation, and engineering recommendations while minimizing program risk and maintaining delivery schedules.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience debugging, refactoring, and sustaining complex software systems in defense, aerospace, or other mission-critical environments.
• Strong proficiency in software debugging, root cause analysis, performance optimization, code quality improvement, and modern software development tools, including AI-assisted development tools where appropriate.
• Strong proficiency with DevOps practices and tools, including SonarQube, GitLab CI/CD, automated testing, and containerized development environments.
• Strong proficiency with CMake, Conan, Maven, Poetry, and NPM.
• Experience developing or sustaining large-scale distributed systems using messaging technologies such as ActiveMQ, DDS, ZeroMQ, or similar frameworks.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving integration and interoperability issues using standards-based interfaces and APIs.
• Ability to collaborate with software developers, systems engineers, architects, and government stakeholders; strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance; the candidate must be a US Citizen and maintain the required national-security eligibility.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or PhD in a related technical discipline.
• Experience systematically resolving technical debt while preserving functional behavior and architectural compliance.
• Knowledge of autonomy and robotics integration, mission planning, task allocation, and command-and-control architectures.
• Experience with SysML architecture models, Interface Control Documents, software requirements, and rootless Podman environments.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and proficiency in Java, Python, or TypeScript.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, containerized development, and highly regulated software programs.
• Active-duty military experience or an active U.S. national security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Work supports defense and mission-critical programs across strategic, operational, and tactical environments.
• Regular computer-based desk work is required; the role may require lifting up to 15 pounds.
• Paid time off and paid company holidays.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• Optional HSA and FSA, 401(k) matching, and an employee assistance program.