Mid-Level Software Engineer
Location: Gaithersburg, MD; Alexandria, VA; Chantilly, VA; Englewood, CO; St. Louis, MO; Tucson, AZ
Required Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Eligibility
Employment Type: Full-Time Regular
Shift: Day
Travel: No
Relocation Assistance: Yes
Company Overview
We are Ennoble First. The people supporting and securing some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that's important. Ennoble First is your place. You make it your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being trusted to deliver your best every day. We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge we can't turn into an opportunity.
Position Overview
Ennoble First is seeking a Mid-Level Software Engineer to join the Chinook Program supporting an Intelligence Community customer. In this role, you will design, develop, and deliver modern software solutions that enable critical national security missions while working within a collaborative Agile environment.
You will contribute across the full software development lifecycle, building secure, scalable applications and cloud-native services that support GEOINT data access, visualization, and dissemination while partnering with engineers, architects, product owners, and mission stakeholders.
Primary Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deploy software solutions that support our customer's GEOINT mission.
- Participate in Agile development sprints and contribute to daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
- Build and maintain secure, containerized applications using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.
- Develop RESTful APIs and user-facing interfaces with modern tools (e.g., React, Node.js, Flask, or Spring Boot).
- Collaborate with mission users and product managers to refine requirements and improve user experience.
- Support DevSecOps pipelines and ensure code meets security and accreditation standards.
- Participate in code reviews and mentor junior developers as needed.
- Resolve various tasks as prioritized by the team Product Owner.
Required Qualifications
- U.S. citizenship is required per contract.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience, or Master's degree with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience.
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to successfully pass a Polygraph examination.
- Proficiency with the following technologies:
- Web: HTML, CSS, JSON, Ajax, and REST APIs.
- Object-Oriented Programming: Python, Java, or JavaScript.
- Advanced Programming: Go.
- Front-End and Back-End Frameworks: React, Angular, Vue.js, jQuery, Spring Boot, Django, Node.js, Flask, or Svelte.
- Cloud Development: AWS, Azure, or similar cloud platforms.
- Relational Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server.
- Operating Systems: Windows and Linux.
- Deep understanding of modern software design patterns and coding standards.
- Experience architecting, developing, and delivering complex software systems into production.
- Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, Jenkins) and Agile collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence).
- Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS (C2S or GovCloud) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Understanding of secure coding practices and government system accreditation processes (e.g., RMF, STIGs).
- Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new programming languages, tools, frameworks, and techniques.
Preferred Qualifications
- Frontend web development and UI/UX experience.
- Experience with NoSQL databases such as OpenSearch or Elasticsearch.
- Experience with multi-cloud architectures, including AWS, IBM, Google Cloud, Azure, or Oracle Cloud.
- Experience with AWS services including S3, SQS, SNS, EC2, CloudFormation, and RDS.
- Experience working on a customer contract or within the Intelligence Community.
- Familiarity with geospatial tools and standards, including GeoServer, PostGIS, OAPIs, and ESRI ArcGIS.
- Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
- Certifications such as AWS Certified Developer, Security+, SAFe Practitioner, or similar.
Pay Range
$115,000-$140,000
The Ennoble First pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Ennoble First is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
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