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Software Engineer 2 - (Python, Docker, Kubernetes)
Software Engineer 2 designing, developing, testing, deploying, and sustaining complex government software systems (analytics, large data sets, real-time systems) on-site at Fort Meade; TS/SCI with polygraph required. Core stack is Python, Docker, and Kubernetes, alongside Java, Git/GitLab CI, MongoDB, and DevOps tooling.
Software Engineer 2 - (Python, Java, Apache Airflow)
Designs, builds, and maintains data workflow orchestration and automation pipelines in Apache Airflow, with recent Python and Java development on complex analytics and large-data systems for a government customer. Requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph; hybrid role in Annapolis Junction, MD.
Software Engineer 2 - (JavaScript, TypeScript, Python)
Builds and maintains large-scale, distributed web applications and microservices with Node.js, TypeScript, and Python, using DevOps/IaC and CI/CD in cloud environments to support an offensive cyber and vulnerability research team. Requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph; salary $199k-$244k.
Software Engineer 3 - (Python, AI, Vulnerability Research)
Senior engineer building AI-enabled tooling for computer network exploitation and vulnerability research: agentic LLM harnesses, sandbox-based dynamic analysis, and Python backend services (FastAPI/Django, PostgreSQL). Requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and ~12 years' experience; based in Columbia, MD.
Software Engineer 1 - (AI, Python, Bash)
On-site Software Engineer 1 in Columbia, MD building AI-assisted tools (AI agents, custom Skills, MCP servers) plus Python/Bash automation to streamline training and certification workflows for cyber (CNO/TAO) professionals. Requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, 3+ years SWE experience, and a CS degree.
Software Engineer 0or1 - (C++, JavaScript, Python)
Cleared software engineer (SWE-0 or SWE-1) at Fort Meade developing, maintaining, and enhancing complex systems such as processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithms, large-data manipulation, and real-time systems. C++, JavaScript, and Python preferred; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required.
Software Engineer 2 - (C++)
C++ software engineer (SWE2) at a government contractor in Fort Meade, MD, developing, maintaining, and testing complex systems such as processing-intensive analytics, large-data manipulation, and real-time systems. Requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph; work centers on a core team doing ingest processing and component development.
Application Developer 2 - (Ghidra, Linux, AI/LLM)
Builds AI/LLM-assisted tooling to automate reverse-engineering workflows — binary analysis, disassembly, annotation, and documentation — using Ghidra/IDA Pro on Linux, experimenting with agentic AI. On-site in Annapolis Junction, MD; TS/SCI with polygraph required; $213k–$260k/year.
Application Developer 3 - (CNO, Reverse Engineering, Ghidra)
Design, develop, and reverse-engineer CNO software for national-security missions at Fort Meade, working in C/C++/Python with Ghidra across Linux/Windows/embedded platforms alongside analysts and operators. Requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph; salary $245k-$299k.
Application Developer 3 - (Reverse Engineering, C/C++, Python)
Reverse engineer / CNO software engineer at Fort Meade, Maryland, designing, prototyping, and maintaining mission software in C/C++ and Python for intelligence community customers, from quick-reaction operational support to full development lifecycles. Requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph; salary $245k-$299k.