Job Description
Job DescriptionSalary: $115K-$160K depending on experience
Acuity Innovations LLC is a small defense contracting company that provides enterprise architecture, solution design, digital engineering, defensive cyberspace operations, system integration, and test and evaluation products and services that improve performance and decrease decision timelines. Our fundamental, repeatable service offering is bound in architecting, designing, securing, integrating, and verifying the operational readiness of defense systems. Acuity Innovations was named as Colorado Springs Gazettes Best Workplaces 2024 and a Colorado Companies to Watch Winner 2025.
Do you want to be part of a unique, small business that differentiates itself by:
- Delivering the best products, integrated systems, and mission capabilities for the warfighter
- Building long-term relationships and treating its employees as family
- Deploying small but powerful High-Performance Teams, like elite Special Forces teams to each task
- Collaborating within and across the Acuity Innovations teams as well as with the customer
- Providing a growth path to partnership/ownership opportunities
If you have this type of passion and desire to be part of a collaborative team environment with the innovation, initiative, and confidence to make things better, then Acuity Innovations may be the right place to realize your personal and professional goals.
Package includes:
- Competitive salary
- 3 weeks paid time off
- 11 Federal Holidays
- Flexible Hours
- Benefits
- Career Development/Mentorship Opportunities
- Company Sponsored Social Events
We seek technical individuals who will succeed in a highly collaborative work environment.
Acuity Innovations LLC: Overview | LinkedIn
Job Description:
The MILSATCOM Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (MSEIT) effort provides leading edge Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) for the Air Forces Space and Missiles System Center. We support the Air Forces acquisition of state of the art Military Satellite Communications systems, providing global secure, survivable, and protected communications for our nations warfighters. We seek technical individuals who will thrive in a highly collaborative work environment of small teams, using the most modern tools and methodologies to tackle the challenges of integrating complex space and ground communications systems. You must be authorized to work in the US and able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and manage secure cloud infrastructure solutions (AWS, Azure).
- Automate cloud resource rollout using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines with security best practices (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD).
- Help with release management and deployment of microservices in a Kubernetes environment (AWS EKS, Azure AKS).
- Maintain and enhance helm charts for deployment of Docker-based microservices
- Enhance logging, monitoring, and alerting capabilities using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or ELK Stack.
- Ensure compliance with industry security standards and frameworks (NIST 800-171).
- Help with vulnerability assessments, security monitoring, and incident response automation.
- Work with developers to implement secure coding practices and application security testing.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize cloud costs, security, and performance.
- Develop documentation and training materials to promote DevSecOps culture across the organization.
Education & Experience Required:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Security, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Proficiency with cloud security best practices.
- Proficiency with continuousintegration/continuousdelivery (CI/CD) principles and tools
- Proficiency with administering Linux-based operating systems.
- Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash).
- Proficiency with git-based development workflows and pipelines.
- Experience with security tools such as SAST, DAST, SIEM, and IDS/IPS.
- Proficient working in Agile teams and associated tools (JIRA, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, as well as part of a team
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance
Desired Skills & Experiences:
- Top Secret clearance
- Knowledge of programming languages such as Java, Golang, JavaScript
- Knowledge of SQL and experience with database management
- Knowledge of IAM, RBAC, and Zero Trust security models.
- Security certifications (CISSP, CISM, OSCP, AWS/Azure Security).
- Experience with serverless architectures and microservices security.
- Experience working in air-gapped environments (IL6)
- Familiarity with software supply chain security (SBOM, Dependency Scanning).
- Familiarity with security testing methodologies and tools, such as vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
- Familiarity with SATCOM, spectral processing and EMI (Electromagnetic Interference)
Clearance: Secret / Top Secret