Cloud Software Engineer at Belay Technologies
Annapolis Junction, MD
$190,000–$240,000from the description
Aug 18, 2026
Annapolis Junction, MD
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A cleared Cloud Software Engineer role at a DoD-focused small business, building and maintaining large-scale Big Data cloud systems with heavy back-end processing, indexing, and distributed computing. The work centers on Java-based application development within Hadoop and cloud ecosystems, with some expectation of guiding junior engineers. Requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Senior level · 8+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $141,954 (middle half $107,994–$205,328). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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A TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is an explicit hard gate for this role.
The degree requirement is effectively None: the JD accepts four years of additional SWE experience in lieu of a Bachelor's, and a Master's substitutes for two years of experience — equivalent experience is accepted throughout.
The 8-year total experience requirement is stated at the role level. The 6-year programming/development requirement and the 6-year high-level language requirement overlap substantially; the 8-year figure is used as the overall years minimum as the broadest stated gate.
Java is listed as the primary required language with 6+ years; C, C++, and JavaScript are named as interchangeable alternatives in the same requirement ('such as Java, C, C++, JavaScript').
Linux/UNIX/CentOS is required with 3+ years; Windows is named as an alternative operating system in the same requirement.
All technologies in Table 1 (Desired Skills and Technologies) are explicitly framed as desired/preferred ('Candidates are desired to have…familiarity with three or more'), so all are marked preferred.
The technology list in Table 1 is very long; all named tools have been captured as preferred skills. A few generic category terms from Table 1 (e.g., 'Front End UI Development', 'Agile Software Development Practices', 'Systems Engineering') were omitted as they name no specific technology.
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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