Software Developer Job at Aquila Technology (Lexington)

Software Developer

Aquila Technology

Location:
United States , Lexington

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Not provided

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Job Description:

At Aquila Technology, you will see our team’s passion every day, whether we are building a robust, policy-compliant IT system or stress-testing a system to identify gaps and security vulnerabilities. To own the advantage, we ensure our team owns results and gets the work done right the first time by deploying smart, purposeful solutions that work. Aquila is the right people with the right skills driving the right outcomes. We call this the Aquila Advantage. Aquila Technology is seeking a Software Developer will support development of virtual testbed infrastructure software and automation tooling to run tests that evaluate IP networking and data sharing application performance.

Job Responsibility:

Support development of virtual testbed infrastructure software and automation tooling to run tests that evaluate IP networking and data sharing application performance
Contribute to the design and development of a test orchestration framework that integrates existing tools for virtual machine management and network emulation to enable large-scale virtual system-level evaluation
Extending and building network emulation capabilities as needed using Linux networking features to model virtual networks
Help execute tests, collect data, debug anomalies, and analyze results

Requirements:

Must be US Citizen and able to obtain a Secret Clearance
5 years – Experience with Layer 2 networking protocols (e.g. VLAN)
5 years – Experience with Layer 3 networking protocols (e.g. OSPF, BGP)
5 years – Networking experience (routers/switches/firewalls/servers)
5 years – TCP/IP
7 years – Scripting Languages: Perl, Python, C/C++
7 years – Software Integration
7 years – Experience with Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)
5 years – GIT/CI/CD (as both user and admin)
5 years – Ansible and/or Salt
5 years – Containerization (Docker, podman, etc.)
5 years – Experience with DevOps workflows and common CI/CD tools
7 years – Linux Environment
7 years – Linux OS and scripting
Familiarity with communication systems and abstraction layers (TCP/IP, OSI models)
Experience using Linux networking capabilities, tools, and advanced features
Experience with Python (or similar programming language such as C++, Java, etc) software development, bash/POSIX shell scripting, and git workflows
Understanding of layer-2 Ethernet switching
Understanding of layer-3 IP routing
Experience running containerized software and VMs, such as Kubernetes, Docker etc
Experience with automated complex software provisioning, deployment, and configuration management
Experience with commercial and/or open-source routers

Nice to have:

C/C++, Java, Python, Bash, SQL, Java Script / HTML / CSS, Matlab
Software Build Scripting (Make/Cmake/Nmake)
Software Design/Development
Software development of networking protocols
CI/CD with containers/Cloud technologies
Network performance data collection and analysis experience
Experience with data visualization frameworks (Grafana or similar tools)

What we offer:

PTO – 15 days (vacation/sick)
10 paid holidays – 6 standard (New Year’s, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) – 4 floating holidays prorated based on your day of hire
1.5 paid days, or 12 hours, for approved volunteer work
1 week of paid maternity/paternity LOA after 1 year of Full-time employment
Tuition & Training Reimbursement – 5K annually for pre-approved, job-related tuition, certification, or professional conferences
401K with Fidelity 100% immediate vesting
Plan eligibility begins 90 days following the date of hire. Aquila matches 50 cents on the dollar, up to 6%
Cell Phone & Internet Reimbursed up to $150 monthly to cover cell phone, data, and home internet expenses
Buy Your Own Device (BYOD) Allowance Reimbursed up to $1500 for the purchase of a qualified technology device. Eligible after 90 days of employment, and benefit renews every three years

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 13, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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