Software Engineer
BAE Systems · Sterling, VA
$132,962–$226,035from the description
Jul 6, 2026
Sterling, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on building and optimizing a new Digital Engineering Ecosystem, alongside maintaining legacy systems. Day-to-day work spans design, development, testing, and debugging, with a strong emphasis on DevOps practices — including CI/CD pipelines, version control, and containerization — as well as cloud architecture. Suits an experienced engineer with a background in Model-Based Systems Engineering and cloud platforms.
Senior level · 6+ years · National · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (5)
The job posting does not specify a work location (city/state/metro), so no CBSA could be determined. BAE Systems operates many US sites; the hiring manager should confirm the specific location.
The Security+ CE certification ('Security CE Certification') is listed as a hard requirement but names a certification rather than a technology tool, so it is not captured in the skills list.
Containerization is listed as a required skill without naming a specific tool; Docker and Kubernetes appear separately under Preferred, so they are captured there as preferred skills.
The preferred experience section raises the experience bar to a Master's degree with 10 years, but the hard minimum (Bachelor's + 6 years) governs the degree requirement and the overall years minimum.
Cloud architecture experience is required with AWS and Azure cited as examples ('AWS, Azure, etc.'); AWS is captured as the primary required skill with Azure and GCP as alternatives.
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