Senior Software Programmer at Core One
Washington, DC
$80,000–$130,000from the description
Jul 12, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software development role focused on building and maintaining applications that support Source Registry functions for national security purposes. Day-to-day work involves creating data visualization tools, integrating enterprise search and identity resolution systems, and developing Oracle database queries and stored procedures. Suited to experienced developers comfortable working within intelligence community environments.
Mid level · 5+ years · National · TS/SCI clearance
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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.
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 (7)
Work location is not specified in the posting. Given the TS/SCI CI Poly clearance requirement, this is almost certainly an on-site role at a cleared facility, but no city or state is named.
The posting requires an active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph — a counterintelligence polygraph, which maps to the TopSecretSci clearance tier.
This is a contingent role — the position is not yet funded and is pending contract award. Final compensation will be confirmed upon award.
The Qualifications section frames certifications/education in Power BI, Tableau, Java Fusion Charts, IBM Watson, IBM Enterprise Name Search, and Oracle as 'highly desired' rather than hard requirements, so these are treated as preferred. Oracle database experience is called out as a core responsibility (developing and optimizing Oracle queries and stored procedures), making it the strongest implied hard gate from the responsibilities section; however, since the qualifications section only marks it 'highly desired,' it is listed as preferred to be consistent with the posting's own framing.
The 5-year minimum is stated as 'programming, operations, and maintain databases' — a combined role-level requirement covering both software development and database work, which is why this role is ambiguous between Software Developers (15-1252) and Database Administrators (15-1242).
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): IBM Enterprise Name Search.
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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