Systems Software Developer 713 at Freedom Technology Solutions Group
McLean, VA
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Jul 13, 2026
McLean, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A DevOps-focused engineering role supporting an enterprise language services team, centered on building and maintaining Kubernetes-based infrastructure and applications in a cloud environment. Core work involves container orchestration, infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, AWS architecture, and deployment automation. An active security clearance with polygraph is required.
Mid level · Baltimore, MD · TS/SCI clearance
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $141,954 (middle half $107,994–$205,328).
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 (7)
The posting requires 'an active security clearance with polygraph' — this is a hard gate for TS/SCI with polygraph.
The role is titled 'DevOps focused Software Engineer' with primary emphasis on building and implementing Kubernetes-based infrastructure and applications (IaC, CI/CD, cloud-native). Classified as 15-1252 Software Developers rather than 15-1244 because the role centers on implementing infrastructure-as-code and application deployment pipelines (writing and shipping code), not merely operating existing systems. 15-1244 is noted as a runner-up given the heavy infrastructure operations framing.
No explicit seniority level appears in the title; seniority is assessed as Mid based on the scope described — implementing a project's Kubernetes infrastructure without clear indicators of broad org-wide technical leadership or ownership of multiple teams.
Location is inferred as the Baltimore, MD metro area based on Freedom Technology Solutions Group's known headquarters (Columbia/Laurel, MD) and the phone area code (410). The posting does not explicitly state a city.
No compensation figures are provided despite the mention of 'extremely competitive compensation.' No experience year minimums are stated.
Prometheus and Grafana are listed together under 'Desired Skills' as a monitoring/logging/alerting pair; Grafana is captured as an alternative to Prometheus since they are commonly used together but either could satisfy the monitoring requirement independently.
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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