Herndon, Virginia, United States · Hybrid
$84k–$209k/yr
Worker Type Regular Job Description Summary The Software Development Engineer role is for someone who wants to do more than just push code and sit through meetings that could’ve been emails. (well, we have some meetings,…
Skills: AWS, Agile Methodologies, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$87k–$198k/yr
Vulnerability Scanner The Opportunity: As a cyber professional, you know that understanding adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures is vital to producing the intel that enables the success of government agencies. A…
Skills: Vulnerability Scanning, Vulnerability Management, Nessus, Rapid7, Cyber Threat Analysis
Arlington, Virginia, United States · On-site
$99k–$160k/yr
Do you enjoy helping U.S. Intelligence Community and Defense agencies implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve unique technical problems? Would you like to do this using the latest cloud technologies whil…
Skills: Linux, Networking, Systems Design, Software Development, Automation
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$168k–$227k/yr
The AWS Networking organization is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join our Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) Networking team. As a Software Development Engineer on our team, you will define the technical archi…
Skills: Distributed Systems, Software Architecture, Computer Networking, Cloud Computing, Automated Provisioning
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$200k–$230k/yr
Overview Software Engineer Herndon, VA TS/SCI with Poly At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver impact to the mission. Whether it’s architecting critical IT solutions, producing actionable intelligence, or devel…
Skills: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, CI/CD
Arlington, Virginia, United States · On-site
$129k–$175k/yr
Do you believe cloud computing will be a disruptive force in government? Do you want to architect and develop new tools to help international governments implement the cloud-enabled agencies/ministries of tomorrow? Do yo…
Skills: C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$129k–$193k/yr
At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s po…
Skills: C/C++, Python, Ghidra, QEMU, Reverse Engineering
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
🔒 Clearance & Citizenship Requirements This position requires U.S. Citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance with Full Scope Polygraph. Candidates who do not currently hold these credentials will not be consid…
Skills: DNS, DHCP, IPAM, Load Balancing, F5
Herndon, Virginia, United States · Remote OK
The SOC / Incident Response Engineer supports enterprise security monitoring, incident response, and threat detection across a hybrid IT environment, including on-premises infrastructure and cloud services. This role pro…
Skills: Incident Response, Threat Detection, Security Analysis, Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$144k–$194k/yr
This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon's world class technical team in Herndon, VA, working with some of the best and brightest engineers and technical managers while also developing your skills and furthering y…
Skills: Linux, Networking Fundamentals, Java, Python, Distributed Systems
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
We are an employee-centric company that truly values our team members and the contributions they make to our customers and the missions they support. We pride ourselves on being forward-leaning thinkers and on building t…
Skills: Quality Management Principles, Quality Assurance Processes, Internal Auditing, Compliance Monitoring, SOP Development
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$112k–$179k/yr
Responsibilities Currently seeking an Information Systems Security Engineers (ISSE) to support an Intel Community (IC) customer in the Herndon, Virginia area. ISSE responsibilities for conducting information system secur…
Skills: Information Systems Security Engineering, NIST Risk Management Framework, Splunk, STIG Implementation, ACAS
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$135k–$216k/yr
Responsibilities Peraton is seeking an experienced Requirements Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer within our Brand New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) Architecture and Systems Engineering group to perform and …
Skills: Verification & Validation, Systems Engineering, Requirements Traceability, VCRM Management, IBM DOORS
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$138k–$210k
Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise, data acumen, and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. …
Skills: Program Management, Customer Engagement, Risk Management, Performance Management, Technical Team Leadership
Arlington, Virginia, United States · On-site
$159k–$202k/yr
Amazon Web Services is looking for a security focused Engineer for the Controlled Working Environment (CWE) program. We are seeking an experienced and motivated Security Engineer (SecEng) to expand our Security Operation…
Skills: Python, Cloud Security, Incident Response, Windows Forensics, Network Security
Denver, Colorado, United States · On-site
$154k–$208k/yr
Application deadline: Jul 5, 2026 The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking a skilled Senior Delivery Consultant - Security to join our team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, you'…
Skills: Cloud Architecture, Security Operations Automation, Incident Response, AWS Solution Design, Security Policy As Code
The Swift Group, LLCHerndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
Swift is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, …
Skills: AWS, DevOps, CloudFormation, Ansible, GitHub
The Swift Group, LLCHerndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
Swift is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, …
Skills: AWS, CloudFormation, Ansible, GitHub, Jenkins
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
🔒 Clearance & Citizenship Requirements This position requires U.S. Citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance with Full Scope Polygraph. Candidates who do not currently hold these credentials will not be consid…
Skills: Python, Django, Flask, MongoDB, MariaDB
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
🔒 Clearance & Citizenship Requirements This position requires U.S. Citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance with Full Scope Polygraph. Candidates who do not currently hold these credentials will not be consid…
Skills: Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS, CI/CD, Bash
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Design, build, and evolve mission-critical applications using solid engineering principles and Agile methodologies. The role involves coding high-quality software, supporting documentation, and implementing autonomous solutions for well-defined problems.
Requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance and at least 4 years of relevant experience or an equivalent advanced degree. Candidates must have experience with AWS tools and practicing Agile in a small team environment.
Worker Type
Regular
Job Description
The Software Development Engineer role is for someone who wants to do more than just push code and sit through meetings that could’ve been emails. (well, we have some meetings, but they are important-ish)
You’ll join a high-performing, genuinely smart (and refreshingly normal) team in Chantilly, VA, working on mission-critical systems that actually matter. This isn’t “update a button color and call it innovation” work. This is complex, meaningful engineering where what you build gets used in the real world. We’re talking: Real problems, not busywork. Real impact, not vanity metrics. Real collaboration, not “you’re on mute” energy.
And yes, one of the perks people actually care about: you can work from home two days a week. Enough flexibility to breathe, while still getting the in-person collaboration that makes good teams great.
The position is based in Chantilly with work at the Sponsor facility a minimum of three (3) days per week and two (2) days remotely.
Come build something that matters, with people who don’t make you question your life choices every Monday morning.
You’ll be designing, building, and evolving applications using solid engineering principles and Agile methodologies that the team actually believes in. Yes, actual Agile. Not “we renamed meetings and called it transformation.”
If you like:
Smart teammates who challenge you (in a good way)
Work that makes you better, not just busier
Shipping things that do something
You’ll feel right at home. You’ve spent some real time in the trenches with modern tools and don’t panic when someone says, “it’s in Kubernetes.”
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Clearance
Minimum 4 years of relevant experience
A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline may be substituted for 4 years of experience. A Master's Degree may be substituted for 6 years of experience. A Ph.D. may be substituted for 7 years of experience.
Experience developing/deploying solutions using AWS tools and services.
Experience working in a small team practicing Agile Methodologies.
Codes and tests high quality software in a responsive agile team environment driven by dynamically evolving software requirements.
Uses sound software engineering principles and practices to ensure that developed code is modifiable, efficient, reliable, understandable, and fault tolerant.
Follows software process management and control throughout the coding portion of the software development process.
Supports documentation, design, and process improvement activities.
Works with well-defined problems and analyzes, designs, and implements solutions autonomously
Leads small tasks in coordination with other technical resources.
Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies
Experience with AWS Cloud and AWS Certifications
Experience enhancing software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency
Experience developing and maintaining applications while addressing accessibility concerns
Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
We’re looking for experience with at least a few of these (not all, we’re not building a unicorn… yet):
Git, Selenium, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, React, Tailwind, TypeScript, JavaScript, NestJS, Scala, Akka, FluxCD, Playwright, GoLang
Bonus points if:
You know the difference between “it works on my machine” and “it works everywhere.”
You’ve automated something that made you feel like a wizard for at least 3 minutes.
You’ve willingly debugged something at 4:59 PM and lived to tell the story.
If you don’t know every single tool listed, that’s fine. If you’re curious, capable, and can figure things out without immediately opening 47 tabs… you’ll do just fine here.
Salary Range: $83,500,00 - $208,750.00
This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants will be asked to provide specific documentation to verify U.S. person status under the ITAR and the EAR. A “U.S. person” according to their definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee, or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.
Benefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.
We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.
Principals only need apply. NO agencies please.
Who We Are
Based in California, AeroVironment (AVAV) is a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Founded in 1971 by celebrated physicist and engineer, Dr. Paul MacCready, we’ve been at the leading edge of technical innovation for more than 45 years. Be a part of the team that developed the world’s most widely used military drones and created the first submarine-launched reconnaissance drone, and has seven innovative vehicles that are part of the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent collection in Washington, DC.
Join us today in developing the next generation of small UAS and tactical missile systems that will deliver more actionable intelligence to our customers so they can proceed with certainty – and succeed.
What We Do
Building on a history of technological innovation, AeroVironment designs, develops, produces, and supports an advanced portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense and allied military services use the company’s hand-launched UAS to provide situational awareness to tactical operating units through real-time, airborne reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.
ITAR
At AV, we build shoulder-to-shoulder with our customers, delivering systems shaped by real-world missions, not theoretical requirements. Now stronger than ever, we deliver integrated capabilities across every domain of modern warfare—from autonomous systems and loitering munitions to space-based platforms, directed energy, cyber and electronic warfare. We build to win today’s battles and shape tomorrow’s conflicts.
Offices: 241 18th St S, Arlington, Virginia 22202, US · Simi Valley, CA 93065, US · Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887, US · Lawrence, Kansas 66044, US · Huntsville, Alabama 35806, US
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