ME00659-Agile Developer 3 at Momentum Engineering, Inc.
Glen Burnie, MD
$165,000–$185,000
Aug 6, 2026
Glen Burnie, MD
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineer role focused on modernizing a legacy operational system by building and executing automated tests within a microservices architecture. Day-to-day work centers on authoring and running functional, load, performance, chaos, and end-to-end tests using frameworks like Cucumber and Playwright, while contributing to Agile delivery. Suits an experienced engineer with an active TS/SCI clearance and NSA Full Scope Polygraph.
Senior level · 9+ years · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 8, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
Location is not stated in the posting. Given the NSA Full Scope Polygraph requirement, the role is almost certainly on-site near Fort Meade, MD (Baltimore-Columbia-Towson CBSA), but this cannot be confirmed from the text alone.
The title 'System Automation Software Engineer' and the primary responsibilities blend test automation (Cucumber, Playwright, load/chaos/functional testing) with general software development (microservices, Agile delivery). The role leans toward QA/test automation as its primary function, but a Software Developer classification is a reasonable alternative.
Cucumber and Playwright appear in both the primary responsibilities (as firm requirements) and the desired qualifications list. They are treated as hard gates based on their placement in the required responsibilities section.
The degree requirement is stated as a Bachelor's plus 9 years OR a Master's plus 7 years OR equivalent experience/combined education. Because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, the degree is technically not a hard gate; however, a Bachelor's is the baseline framing and is marked accordingly. The 9-year figure is used for the overall years minimum as the lower bound under the Bachelor's path.
Compensation is described only as salary dependent on experience — no figures are provided.
The '508 testing tools (JAWS or NVDA)' entry is captured as a single skill (JAWS) with NVDA as an alternative, reflecting the interchangeable framing.
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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