Software Developer (Systems Software)
Dezign Concepts LLC · Chantilly, VA
$215,000
Jul 9, 2026
Chantilly, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A DevOps-oriented software engineering role focused on building and maintaining Kubernetes-based infrastructure for an enterprise language services team. Core responsibilities center on container orchestration, cloud-native application deployment, and infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Helm, Terraform, and AWS. Requires an active Top Secret SCI clearance with polygraph.
Senior level · National · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $215,000
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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)
No work location or metro area is specified in the posting. Given the TS/SCI + polygraph clearance requirement, the role is almost certainly on-site at a cleared facility in the greater Washington, DC area, but this cannot be confirmed from the text alone.
The role is titled 'DevOps focused Software Engineer' — the primary day-to-day work centers on building and implementing Kubernetes-based infrastructure and applications (Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD), which aligns with Software Developers (15-1252). However, the infrastructure/operations emphasis makes 15-1244 a plausible runner-up.
Compensation is stated as 'Up to $215K' with no minimum given; only the maximum is captured.
All optional skills are listed under an explicit 'Optional Skills' heading and are treated as preferred accordingly.
Prometheus and Grafana are listed together as a monitoring/logging stack example; they are captured as a single skill with Grafana as an alternative since the posting presents them as a paired solution rather than independent requirements.
No total years of experience or degree requirement is stated in the posting.
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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