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Senior Network Software Engineer

Hamilton, Australia

Job ID 16476
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Overview

On the L3Harris team, your job is to secure the world. We don’t work here just for the advanced technology and equipment: We work here because we know what – and who – we’re protecting. From families to the intelligence community, and from our climate to our men and women in uniform – we’re making the world a safer place. Working in Software with L3Harris you'll join our team of qualified, diverse individuals and work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, global scope, and a collaborative team setting.

  • Full Time
  • Level: Experienced
  • Location: On Site
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  • Innovative
  • Technical
  • Influential
  • Critical Thinker
  • Analytical
  • Detail Oriented

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As a kid, I would watch a lot of space shuttle launches and build a million space-themed LEGO sets. Today, I’m part of a team supporting NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon and beyond. Building flawless solutions for the final frontier is a dream come true.

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L3Harris Work Perks

  • Health

    • Medical with a High Deductible and traditional PPO plan options, as well as, vision and a full array of supplemental health benefits
    • A doctors' service to help with referrals and second opinions for you, your family, and parents
  • Family

    • 4 weeks of paid parental leave for moms and dads
    • Fertility treatment
    • Subsidized backup childcare and eldercare
    • Adoption assistance - $5,000 per adoption/$15,000 per employee
    • Pet insurance
  • Well-Being

    • No cap to your PTO time (for exempt employees)
    • Dress for your day - wear what works for you at work
    • Legal plan for you, your family, and parents
    • Discount platform

Job Description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Senior Network Software Engineer

Hamilton, Brisbane

About the opportunity:

If you’re ready to take the next step in your career developing innovative Battlespace Communications Systems solutions, the Land C4 (Command, Control, Communications & Computers) Sovereign Capability team are seeking a talented Senior Network Software Engineer experienced in Layer 2/3 Networking protocols to work on next generation scalable Software-defined Networking products. The successful engineer will have the opportunity to extend, design and develop core features that manage and control the data plane of deployed communication networks.

Responsibilities of the role include the following:

  • Develop and maintain Software and Networking components within an Agile, Systems Engineering-based environment
  • Product improvement through innovation
  • Develop low-level requirements, design and verification procedures
  • Document Product design and function and lead Product demonstration
  • Improve system performance through analysis, review & defect fixing

Skills and Qualifications:

  • Extensive experience in software engineering
  • Experience development in IP network protocols and paradigms (SDNs)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or an equivalent qualification
  • Proven development skills within the following areas:
    • Object-oriented Development (Java/C#)
    • RESTful application development
    • Networking protocols (e.g. ICMP, RIP, PIM)
    • IPv4/IPv6 unicast/multicast routing, VLANs, VXLANs
    • Secure network & encryption standards (SSL/TLS, AES/SHA)
  • Some experience in frontend or backend web development (e.g. React, C#.NET)
  • Strong communication skills

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Applicants that retain expertise or certifications in Cyber Security (or the ability to develop) is considered highly desirable.

About us

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defence technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defence and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 48,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries

A few of our employee benefits are:

  • 5 Weeks annual leave
  • 9 day fortnight option
  • Flexible working hours
  • Flexible annual leave (buy & sell up to 2 weeks)
  • Salary continuance insurance (SCI pays 75% of your base salary and bonus for up to
  • 2 years)
  • Discounted private health insurance
  • Life & Total Permanent Disability Cover
  • Novated Car Leasing

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require an Australian nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet eligibility.

Eligibility and clearance process information can be found at;

https://www.defence.gov.au/security/clearances/about/overview

L3Harris respectfully requests no agency submissions at this time.

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