Software Engineer - MID
General Dynamics Information Technology · Peterson AFB, CO
$108,800–$147,200from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Peterson AFB, CO
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level software engineer role supporting U.S. Special Operations Command at Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs, requiring an active TS/SCI clearance. The work centers on designing and maintaining data-driven backend systems for secure search and analytics, building APIs and microservices, performing exploratory data analysis on open-source datasets, and implementing DevSecOps practices. The position is fully on-site, five days a week.
Mid level · 5+ years · Colorado Springs, CO · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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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 $137,233 (middle half $108,638–$170,529). 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 posting explicitly requires a current (active) TS/SCI clearance — not merely the ability to obtain one — per the 'What You'll Need to Succeed' section.
AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Go, and Java appear in the job duties narrative and a 'Certifications' note as preferred/familiar rather than in the Required Skills block, so they are marked preferred.
Streamlit is described as 'preferred' within the Python context in the duties narrative, so it is marked preferred.
Flask and FastAPI are listed together as a single interchangeable requirement ('Flask or FastAPI') in the Required Skills block; FastAPI is captured as an alternative.
JavaScript and TypeScript are listed as interchangeable in the Required Skills block; TypeScript is captured as an alternative.
The role has a meaningful exploratory data analysis component (EDA on CAI/PAI datasets), which creates some ambiguity with 15-2031 (Operations Research Analysts), but backend software development is clearly the primary function.
The posting's #OCONUS hashtag appears to be a tagging error — the role is explicitly located at Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO and is on-site five days a week.
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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