Senior Software/Platform Engineer - Grant-Funded (PT)

Senior Software/Platform Engineer - Grant-Funded (PT)

Location: Remote - New York State
Job Type: Part-Time, 12-Month

This is a grant-funded position. Grant-funded positions expire either at the end of the stated term or whenever funding for the position ceases.

Mohawk Valley Community College provides accessible, high-quality educational opportunities to meet the diverse needs of our students. We are the community’s college, committed to student success through partnerships, transfer and career pathways, and personal enrichment.

The College is looking for exceptional colleagues to join the MVCC community. We are currently seeking a Senior Software/Platform Engineer within our National Cybersecurity Competition initiatives. The Senior Software/Platform Engineer leads the design, architecture, implementation, and deployment of competition platforms, badging / competency tracking infrastructure, and cybersecurity exercises.

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Designs and implements training or competition scenarios intended to evidence competency of workforce readiness;
•  Provides technical leadership by guiding software architecture, design decisions, and development best practices across projects;
• Serves as Lead Technical Authority with deep expertise in core infrastructure domains (Windows/Unix/Linux, Network Devices, SIEM/SOAR) to guide system integration decisions;
  
• Architects, designs, and implements software solutions to be scaled to run multiple instances concurrently on affordable computing platforms. Leverage containerization, virtualization and virtual networking to achieve this scalability;
• Troubleshoots complex technical issues, identify root causes, and implement effective, long-term solutions to improve system reliability and performance;
• Creates realistic mock vulnerabilities within virtual systems, corresponding exploits, and corresponding patches to defend against those exploits;
• Creates a competency tracking infrastructure, including granular tracking of student behaviors within a contested cybersecurity environment and mapping of behaviors to student learning outcomes. Integrate infrastructure smoothly into existing cybersecurity competitions;
• Creates and implements monitoring and management tools within the virtual infrastructure;
• Produces tutorials, walk-throughs, and guides for faculty and staff participants;
• Produces technical documentation for internal and external audiences to train new / junior project staff and support technical integration with external competition partners;
• Interacts with technical and non-technical stakeholders including students, faculty, and industry representatives to gather user feedback and implement platform refinements based on feedback;
• Tests, administers, and supports virtual platform hardware and network connectivity for hundreds to thousands of simultaneous student users;
• Completes other duties as assigned by the AVP, Academic Affairs within the NSA/CAE National competition project.

Work Schedule: Will be based on the needs of the department and the availability of the applicant. 

Hours per week: up to 29

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Five (5) years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or information security

• Education may be substituted for experience as follows:
  
  -Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Security, or a related     field may substitute for six (6) years of experience.
  
  -Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Security, or a related     field may substitute for four (4) years of experience
  
  -Associate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Security, or a related     field may substitute for two (2) years of experience.

• Familiarity with containerization technologies and orchestration platforms such as Docker, LXC, and Kubernetes
  
• Demonstrated experience with virtualization technologies and platforms.
  
• Minimum of two (2) years' experience with any programming language.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cybersecurity competition design and implementation experience
• Five (5) or more years of experience with Python, Go, C, C++, Javascript, or Typescript programming

Additional Information:

• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility requirements.
• Offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
  

We encourage applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and have transferable skills to apply. If you have related experience that may not align perfectly with the job description, we’d still like to hear from you.

To learn more about MVCC, our culture, and employee benefits, please visit: https://www.mvcc.edu/about/discover

Special Instructions to Applicants: Official academic transcripts required upon hire. Please note that this is a remote position and you must live in New York State.

Salary: $120.00 per hour

For full consideration, apply by: 11/23/2026