Software Developer/Engineer - Junior
ASM Research · Fairfax, VA
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Jul 7, 2026
Fairfax, VA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level software development role within a federal IT environment, focused on building and integrating enterprise and mission-critical applications across front-end, back-end, and data layers. Day-to-day work involves writing and testing code, implementing Infrastructure- and Configuration-as-Code, resolving defects, and contributing to API integrations — all within Agile teams and under secure coding standards. Requires an active Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.
Junior level · National · Secret clearance
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
Location is not specified in the posting; CBSA fields are left blank. The role is in a federal IT environment and requires a Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship, suggesting an on-site or hybrid arrangement at a government facility.
The degree requirement is listed as 'Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience)' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, no formal degree is hard-gated.
The programming language requirement names Java, C#, Python, and JavaScript as examples of 'at least one modern programming language.' Java is listed as the primary skill with the others captured as alternatives, reflecting that only one is required.
Terraform and Ansible are listed as examples of IaC/CaC tools under Required Qualifications ('e.g., Terraform, Ansible, or cloud-native templates'); Terraform is the primary with Ansible as an alternative. The open-ended 'cloud-native templates' has no single canonical substitute to name.
SOAP is listed alongside REST in the responsibilities section (not under a preferred heading), so both are treated as required.
CI/CD, version control branching, relational/NoSQL databases, HTML/CSS/JavaScript frameworks, and Agile tooling all appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
DoD 8140 compliance is required but names no specific certification tool or platform, so it is not emitted as a skill.
The overall years minimum is set to 0 reflecting the '0–3 years' foundational range stated in the posting.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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