Software Engineer, Senior

Torch Technologies

Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

Torch Technologies is seeking a Software Engineer (Senior) with Oracle EBS or SQL Database Experience to join a team to support the testing of systems assigned to the Air Force Human Resources Systems Division. The person that fills this position will apply their software engineering and database expertise directly to enterprise automation, unattended workflow execution, and integration-focused quality verification across the Military Personnel Data System (MilPDS), broader legacy applications, and adjacent enterprise personnel systems. Working in close coordination with the Test Manager, Senior Software & Database Systems Engineer (SME), and software/configuration management personnel, this role supports the program’s broader testing and modernization vision by sustaining existing automation, expanding unattended automation capability, and integrating automated validation into the emerging CI/CD pipeline and future agentic quality workflows. The ideal candidate possesses practical programming skills, enterprise automation experience, and the ability to maintain legacy DISA-hosted automations while helping transition the program toward more scalable, governed, and reusable automation practices. This position supports the AFLCMC/GB Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate (BES)/GBH Human Resources Systems Division.

This position requires a highly motivated individual.  This individual shall perform work that applies a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of Agile-based software engineering with responsibilities such as, but not limited to:

• Preparing/creating, reviewing, and analyzing all types of documentation for: Planning, Requirements, Design, Coding, Support, and Test Source code, configuration files and engineering resolution support.
• Determining operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions;
• Demonstrating solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, and code comments;
• Determining and designing system specifications, and standards, and programming/coding and installing solutions;
• Improving operations by conducting systems and process analysis plus recommending changes in policies and procedures;
• Advising (licensed) software procurements by researching, analyzing, comparing, and documenting results of vendors and products, which may include installation, configuration and testing (of products);
• Providing information and recommendations by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service related issues;
• Accomplishing engineering and organization mission by completing related results as needed;
• Developing software solutions by studying requirements/user stories, user/system/data needs, conferring with users, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes, investigating problem areas, and following an Agile software development lifecycle;
• Evaluating software technologies such as containerization and the use of Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, configuration as code, micro services, standard application program interfaces (API), continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and maximizing the automation of the software development lifecycle (SDLC); and/or,
• Ensuring the rigorous application of information security/cybersecurity policies, principles, and practices to the delivery of application software services.

Required Qualifications: 

• U.S. Citizenship.
  • Master’s or Doctorate Degree in a related field and 10 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 5 years of which must be in the DoW.
  • OR, Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 5 of which must be in the DoW.
    • OR, 15 years of directly related experience with proper certifications as described in the PWS labor category performance requirements, 8 of which must be in the DoW.
    • Specific Work Experience
    • Experience evaluating Oracle database code, PL/SQL packages, stored procedures, triggers, views, and schema updates.
    • Experience applying software engineering practices to design, build, maintain, and refactor automated test scripts and utilities supporting functional validation, regression coverage, and repeatable execution across MilPDS and related legacy systems. Utilize enterprise automation and RPA platforms, such as UiPath, and other comparable toolsets as required by the environment.
    • Experience maintaining and troubleshooting existing automation routines operating in legacy DISA-supported environments, ensuring continued operational usefulness while reducing brittle dependencies, execution failures, and technical debt.
    • Experience executing structured manual test procedures, ad hoc verification, and exploratory testing as required for new features, edge-case analysis, automation gap coverage, or unstable areas not yet suitable for full automation.
  • Secret clearance (required to start) and/or ability to obtain and maintain a DoW Clearance.

• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Technical familiarity with enterprise Air Force/DoW personnel and HR Database architectures, Oracle PL/SQL structures, and personnel data models (e.g., MilPDS, DCPCS, DJMS, or equivalent DoW/Federal HR and payroll systems).
  • Expertise in Oracle RDBMS, advanced PL/SQL programming (packages, procedures, functions, triggers, dynamic SQL), execution plan analysis, and query optimization.
  • Experience building automated database test frameworks, decoupling legacy code.
  • Certifications
  • IAT/IAM level II certification (Minimum of Security+; equivalent or higher certification). (Highly Desired)

Schedule: (M-F; 8-5)

Work Location: Onsite, Randolph AFB

Travel: Yes, 10%

Relocation Assistance Available: No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No

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Benefits:

Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.

Applying to Torch Technologies:

Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.  Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify.