STINGRAI Software Engineer (Engineer Software 2) - 29228 at Huntington Ingalls Industries
Washington, DC
$90,166–$155,000from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role supporting U.S. Southern Command intelligence and surveillance operations, focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software applications and systems. Day-to-day work spans multi-disciplinary collaboration with hardware engineers, implementing open-systems architectures like FACE, applying Agile/DevOps practices, and potentially developing image and video processing software. The position suits engineers with backgrounds in system-level software, mathematical modeling, and defense or government environments.
Mid level · 2+ years · National · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (8)
This requisition explicitly covers multiple experience levels (Level 2 through Level 4), ranging from 2 years with a Bachelor's up to 13 years with a high school diploma. The advertised seniority of 'Mid' is taken from the posting's own 'Level of Experience: Mid HI' label, but the actual hire could land anywhere from Mid to Senior depending on the selected applicant.
No specific programming languages, frameworks, or named tools are required or preferred in the posting. The role is described in broad, functional terms (software design, testing, maintenance, mathematical modeling) with no concrete technology stack called out.
Agile, DevOps, and DevSecOps appear under the requirements section but are framed as 'familiarity with' — indicating preferred rather than hard-gated skills.
FACE (Future Airborne Capability Environment) is explicitly called 'highly desirable' in the requirements section, placing it as preferred.
The posting does not specify a work location city or CBSA — it references support for U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) but no specific duty station is named.
A Top Secret clearance is a hard gate: 'Must possess and maintain a Top-Secret clearance.' There is no TS/SCI or polygraph requirement stated, so this is classified as TopSecret (not TopSecretSci).
Degree is not strictly required — the JD offers a High School Diploma plus years of experience as an equivalent path at every level, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Requires a Top 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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