Junior Application Developer at CACI International
Denver, CO
$53,100–$106,300from the description
Jul 20, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level software development role on an Agile team building geospatial intelligence web applications for a U.S. government agency. Day-to-day work involves coding, testing, and maintaining features in Java and/or Python, integrating APIs and databases, and contributing to GIS-related functionality. Suited to early-career developers with limited professional experience who hold or can obtain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Junior level · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105). 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 (8)
The TS/SCI clearance is a hard gate; the posting also requires willingness to undergo a polygraph examination, making this effectively a TS/SCI with Polygraph requirement as stated in the job header.
Java and Python are listed as interchangeable ('Java and/or Python') in the required qualifications; academic or internship experience is explicitly accepted alongside professional experience.
The degree requirement states 'equivalent experience accepted,' so no minimum degree is hard-gated.
The salary range ($53,100–$106,300/year) is described as a national average across multiple possible work locations; actual pay will vary by location and contract wage rates.
GIS technologies (ArcGIS, GeoServer, OpenLayers, Cesium) are listed under Desired/preferred qualifications. The posting uses 'or similar,' so ArcGIS is shown as the primary with the others as named alternatives.
Git, CI/CD, and containerization tools are listed under Desired qualifications with 'familiarity' framing. Containerization is not tied to a specific named tool (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) in the posting.
The role is tied to NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) work, which is typically performed at or near NGA facilities in the DC/Northern Virginia area; no explicit city is stated but the TS/SCI + polygraph requirement strongly implies an NGA-adjacent location.
Requires a TS/SCI 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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