Software Engineer
AnaVation · Hanover, MD
$185,000–$190,000
Jul 20, 2026
Hanover, MD
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on building, maintaining, and improving complex software systems — including analytics pipelines, real-time systems, and large-scale data processing — for U.S. Intelligence Community and DoD programs. The work spans Python, C, or C++ development across Windows and Linux environments, CI/CD pipeline implementation using containerization and automation tooling, and contributing to system design decisions. Suited to an experienced engineer holding an active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
Senior level · 7+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $185,000–$190,000
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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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). 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)
The clearance requirement is TS/SCI with a Full Scope Polygraph (FSP) completed within the last two years — this is a particularly stringent gate beyond a standard TS/SCI.
The required qualifications gate on 'Python, C, or C++' (any one of the three); all three are listed as required but interchangeable per the JD's 'or' framing. The preferred section upgrades this to mastery of all three.
The CI/CD tooling list (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Bamboo) is presented as 'such as … or comparable technologies' — the capability is required, but any of these tools satisfies it. They are captured as required with alternatives noted.
Elasticsearch and Kibana appear only under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
The minimum required experience is 7 years; the preferred qualifications describe 14+ years, indicating the posting is targeting a wide range but gating at the 7-year floor.
The role is full-time on-site in Hanover, Maryland, which falls within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV CBSA.
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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