Senior Software/Platform Engineer - Grant-Funded (PT)
- Employer
- Mohawk Valley Community College
- Location
- Utica, NY
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Community College
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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 / competencytracking 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, orinformation security
- Educationmay 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
Mohawk Valley Community College is an Affirmative Action,Equal Opportunity Employer deeply committed to a community of excellence,equity, and diversity. MVCC maintains an inclusive learning environment inwhich students, faculty, administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities,governance, and all other aspects of campus life reflect a diverse,multi-cultural, and global worldview. We value the many similarities anddifferences among individuals and groups. We are committed to preparingstudents to understand, live among, appreciate, and work in a world made up ofpeople with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, military backgrounds,religious beliefs, socio-economic status, cultural traditions, differentabilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. All qualified applicantswill receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran statusor on the basis of disability.Organization
Mohawk Valley Community College has more than 800 full-time and part-time employees at our campuses in Utica and Rome, NY. We are located in the Central New York region at the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains between Syracuse and Albany, NY in Oneida County.
Founded in 1946 as one of the first community colleges in New York State, MVCC is one of 64 campuses that are part of the State University of New York.
The College offers about 100 transfer and career technical programs, including liberal arts and sciences, healthcare, engineering technologies, trades, engineering science, business, human services and fine arts. A diverse institution with a global view, MVCC offers career, transfer, and transitional education, programs for personal and cultural enrichment, and supports community and economic development.
Interested candidates will find competitive salaries and outstanding benefits along with an enriched, collaborative work environment that is based on excellence in teaching and student service, employee success with continued contributions, and commitment to our surrounding communities.
Mohawk Valley Community College does not discriminate. MVCC is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. MVCC is committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, or criminal conviction.
Employees, students, applicants, or other members of the College community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law, or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.
The College's policy is in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations prohibiting discrimination and harassment. These laws include the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as Amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, and the New York State Human Rights Law. These laws prohibit discrimination and harassment, including sexual harassment and sexual violence.
Inquiries regarding the application of Title IX and other laws, regulations and policies prohibiting discrimination may be directed to the Executive Director of Human Resources.
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