Lead Software Engineer – Intelligence Community Applications

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Application Development, Software Solutions, Structured Query Language (SQL), Technical Leadership

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Software Engineer Sr Advisor

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Software Engineer Sr Advisor at GDIT. Here, you’ll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Software Engineer Sr Advisor you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Software Engineer Sr Advisor joining our team to drive the design and development of mission-focused software solutions for the U.S. Intelligence Community. This role requires both deep technical expertise and strong leadership capabilities to support national security initiatives through advanced application development.

As a lead engineer, you will guide a high-performing team building secure, resilient, and scalable systems that support critical intelligence operations—from data ingestion and analysis to real-time situational awareness and decision support.

HOW A SOFTWARE ENGINEER SR ADVISOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Technical Leadership: Oversee and guide the development of secure, high-performance software systems across the entire SDLC—from architecture and implementation to deployment and sustainment.
• System Architecture: Design modular, scalable, and mission-resilient systems using modern frameworks, cloud-native architectures, and secure development practices.
• Secure Development: Ensure systems are compliant with IC standards for cybersecurity, including RMF, ICD 503, and Zero Trust principles.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with analysts, mission users, data scientists, and systems engineers to translate intelligence requirements into operational capabilities.
• Classified Environments: Develop and support applications within classified environments, working with containerization, virtualization, or air-gapped networks as needed. Needs to work individually as well as collaborate with the rest of the team as needed.
• Code Quality & DevSecOps: Promote software quality through peer reviews, CI/CD automation, test coverage, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Mentorship: Provide technical mentorship and direction to junior engineers, and foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and mission alignment.
• Incident Response: Lead the resolution of mission-impacting bugs or vulnerabilities under strict availability and security constraints.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
● Education: Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Bachelors degree is required.

Experience: 8+ years of related experience, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role
● Required Technical Skills: **Specific skill sets required**
● Security Clearance Level: **If applicable**
● Required Skills and Abilities: Expertise in languages such as Python, Java, C#, or Go

• Experience with modern architectures (e.g., microservices, event-driven systems).
• Familiarity with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS GovCloud, C2S).
• Strong grasp of cybersecurity fundamentals and secure coding practices.
• Experience working in Agile or SAFe environments.

● Preferred Skills: Soft skills like presentation, documentation and customer collaboration

• Experience supporting U.S. Intelligence Community or Department of Defense missions
• Working knowledge of data ingestion, integration, search processing.
• Familiarity with tools such as Kafka, Elasticsearch, NiFi, or cloud-native services.
• Understanding of Zero Trust architectures, cross-domain solutions (CDS), and IC policy requirements (e.g., ICD 705, NIST SP 800-53).
• Experience integrating with geospatial, biometric, or analytic platforms used across the IC.
• Exposure to AI methodologies.

● Location: Hybrid subject to customer approval
● US Citizenship required

Clearance Active TS with eligibility for SCI required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
● Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
● 401K with company match
● Comprehensive health and wellness packages
● Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
● Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
● Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
● Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $153,850 - $208,150. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Hybrid

Work Location:

USA VA Fairfax

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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