Software Engineer
Search Results · Chantilly, VA
$128,000–$270,000from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Chantilly, VA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role supporting a government-focused team across data engineering, DevOps, and application development. Day-to-day work spans full-stack development (frontend and backend), cloud infrastructure automation on AWS, configuration management, and on-premises Linux provisioning. Suits experienced engineers comfortable across multiple languages and frameworks who hold an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
Senior level · National · 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 $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 (8)
No work location or metro area is specified in the posting. DCCA is headquartered in Chantilly, VA (Washington, DC metro area), and the TS/SCI with polygraph requirement strongly suggests a Northern Virginia / National Capital Region placement, but this is inferred — not stated.
The posting title contains a typo ('Softare Engineer') but clearly refers to a Software Engineer role.
An active TS/SCI with polygraph is an explicit hard gate ('CANDIDATES MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE TS/SCI w/ Poly').
All skills are drawn from the 'Required Skills' section. The full-stack requirement lists several interchangeable backend frameworks (SpringBoot, Django, Flask) and frontend frameworks (Angular, jQuery, React); these are captured as alternatives on a single skill each rather than separate entries, as the JD presents them as equivalent options for the same requirement.
The database/search requirement similarly lists multiple interchangeable systems (Elasticsearch, JanusGraph, DataStax Graph, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, SQLite); captured as alternatives.
Salt is listed as the primary configuration management tool alongside Chef and 'other'; Puppet is listed separately as its own distinct requirement.
The wide salary range ($128K–$270K) likely reflects the broad scope of the role and/or varying levels of experience accepted.
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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