Arlington, VAremote

Salary
$75,000–$94,000
Posted
Aug 18, 2026
Location
Arlington, VA
Last confirmed open
Sep 24, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A software developer role supporting a U.S. Government mission-critical network operations program, focused on designing, building, and integrating software stacks across on-premises and cloud environments. The work spans application development, CI/CD pipeline automation, infrastructure-as-code, and containerized deployments in Linux-heavy environments. Suited to candidates with hands-on Python, IaC tooling, and container platform experience who hold an active Secret clearance.

Mid level · 2+ years · Remote · Secret clearance

Pay in the description: $75,000–$94,000

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Must have (10)
PythonLinuxAnsibleTerraformGitKubernetesDockerOpenShiftCloudFormationREST
Nice to have (9)
RHELJSONMongoDBMinIOVue.jsReactHTMLPodmanCI/CD

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What gives you an edge
Ansible8%Terraform11%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
Docker53%Python51%Linux45%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

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 Aug 20, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (8)

The posting requires an active SECRET clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI — the hard gate is Secret; TS/SCI is a desired upgrade, not a current requirement.

DHS Suitability is also listed as a pre-employment requirement, which is specific to DHS-supporting contracts and may further narrow the eligible candidate pool.

The title 'Applications Developer II' implies a mid-level band ('II'), consistent with the 2+ years experience floor.

Education requirement accepts either a BS in a relevant field OR a high school diploma with 4–6+ years of experience — no degree is strictly required, so the degree requirement is set to None.

The posting lists 'Redshift' under containerization experience, which appears to be a typo for 'Red Hat OpenShift' (OpenShift is also named elsewhere); Amazon Redshift is a data warehouse product unrelated to containers. It has been interpreted as OpenShift and not emitted as a separate skill.

The 'Desired Skills' section lists two-or-more-of items as a single bundled preference; all named technologies have been captured individually as preferred skills.

CSSLP and Security+ certifications are listed as desired, not required — they are not emitted as skills since they are certifications rather than concrete technologies.

Requires a Secret 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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