Software Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Description

The team builds and runs mission-critical capabilities for the Intelligence Community, where the software has a direct effect on national security.

The role is a senior software engineering position on a Top Secret SCI with Polygraph clearance, with a hybrid work model.

The company is a global technology and professional services firm with 26,000 staff serving US government, defense and intelligence agencies, working in 50+ countries across AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

Responsibilities

• Build event-driven applications on message queues and streaming platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ or SQS to coordinate distributed AI/ML workflows.
• Develop and maintain containerized Python microservices, writing Dockerfiles, managing dependencies and tuning images, and deploy them to Kubernetes.
• Connect applications to cloud storage, compute orchestration and serverless functions, such as AWS S3, Lambda and Step Functions or their GCP or Azure equivalents.
• Design dynamic workflow orchestration and state handling for multi-step AI/ML pipelines that run across several containerized services.
• Work with relational and NoSQL stores such as Postgres, Opensearch, Elasticsearch or MongoDB, covering query tuning, schema design and connection pooling.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and/or gRPC services for internal and external use, with error handling, authentication and rate limiting.
• Write production Python with unit, integration and end-to-end tests, logging, error handling and performance work.
• Troubleshoot distributed systems in production Kubernetes, using observability tools to trace requests and find bottlenecks.
• Work with platform engineers on deployment approaches, resource needs, health checks and scaling settings.
• Add monitoring, alerting and structured logging to applications so incidents can be spotted and handled quickly.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science.
• 5+ years of related experience.
• Demonstrable hands-on technical experience relevant to the role.
• Hold an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• US citizenship.
• Experience with message queuing, microservices architecture, RESTful APIs and software solution design.
• Ability to work with Agile/Scrum delivery teams in a hybrid setting.

Conditions

Based in Herndon, Virginia, USA, working hybrid with 40 scheduled hours per week.

Travel of less than 10%.

The likely salary range is $144,500 to $195,500. Actual pay depends on experience, location and possibly contract terms, and may fall outside this range.

Identity verification uses biometrics and AI. You must be on camera for virtual interviews, and the company may photograph you to verify identity.

Equal opportunity employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Benefits

• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, plus dental and vision plans.
• 401(k) with pre-tax and post-tax contributions up to IRS limits and a company match.
• Full flex work weeks where possible, and paid time off including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel accident insurance, provided or available.
• An AI-powered career tool that suggests career steps and learning, and an internal mobility team to help you reach your goals.
• A military-friendly workplace with an award-winning culture of innovation.