Senior Software Engineer - TS/SCI
Xcelerate Solutions · Bethesda, MD
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Jul 22, 2026
Bethesda, MD
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on building and maintaining biometric identification systems — specifically automated facial extraction and matching — within a government intelligence context. Day-to-day work spans C# development, API and ETL work, CI/CD pipelines, and integration of cloud and AI/ML components. Suits an experienced software engineer with an active TS/SCI clearance and a background in enterprise-scale, security-sensitive environments.
Senior level · 8+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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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.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105).
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 (8)
The degree requirement is effectively waived: the JD states 'Additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree,' so no formal degree is hard-gated.
The minimum experience floor is 8 years (Bachelor's + 8 years path); the Master's + 6 years path is an alternative, so 8 years is used as the overall years minimum.
The clearance requirement is Active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph — the poly is not yet required but is an expected future gate.
Elasticsearch is listed in the responsibilities section as an example of 'enterprise search capabilities (e.g., Elasticsearch)' alongside other required technical skills; treated as a hard gate given its placement in the responsibilities/required technical skills context.
GitLab and Jenkins are presented as interchangeable DevOps CI/CD tools ('GitLab or Jenkins'); captured as one skill with Jenkins as an alternative.
Biometric systems/SDK familiarity is listed under Preferred Qualifications but names no specific technology, so it was omitted per the no-generic-concepts rule.
Security+ certification is listed under Preferred Qualifications as an example of active certifications; captured as preferred.
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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