Software Engineer
Sealing Technologies, a Parsons Company · Columbia, MD
$109,000–$140,000
Jul 7, 2026
Columbia, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on infrastructure automation and DevSecOps within a defense-oriented team. Day-to-day work centers on writing Ansible playbooks, building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, containerizing applications, and troubleshooting deployment issues across air-gapped and bare-metal environments. The role suits engineers with GitLab experience who are comfortable working across the full application stack on agile delivery teams.
Mid level · 4+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · Secret clearance · Full-time
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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 $141,954 (middle half $107,994–$205,328).
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Why we read it this way (10)
The title 'Software Engineer' carries no level modifier, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The 4+ years requirement and scope of work (agile team contributor, not a lead or architect) support a Mid-level classification.
The clearance requirement is 'ability to obtain a Secret' — not an active clearance — but it is a hard gate in the Minimum Qualifications section.
A Bachelor's degree is listed in Minimum Qualifications but is explicitly paired with 'or equivalent work experience,' so no minimum degree is flagged.
Ansible and Python appear together in the Preferred Qualifications section ('Ansible, Python not necessary but preferred'), so both are marked preferred despite Ansible being central to the described duties.
Containerization (Docker/container image management) is described as a core duty and implicitly required; no specific container runtime is named beyond the general concept, so 'Docker' is used as the canonical representative.
KubeVirt and Kubernetes appear only under Preferred Qualifications.
Splunk and Security Onion are listed together as interchangeable examples of cybersecurity tooling under Preferred Qualifications.
The role is hybrid (Columbia, MD) with 15% travel; it is not fully remote.
The alt SOC 15-1244 is noted because a significant portion of duties involve infrastructure automation and deployment operations, though the emphasis on CI/CD pipeline building and software delivery tips the primary classification to 15-1252.
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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