4 days ago
Fairfax, VA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$129k - $194k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, debug, and maintain software capabilities supporting complex technical analysis.
- Transform manual analytical processes into repeatable, scalable software workflows and pipelines.
- Analyze unfamiliar software, data, and technical systems to understand their structure, behavior, and relationships.
- Collaborate with government sponsors, software engineers, analysts, and technical subject-matter experts to develop mission-focused solutions.
- Communicate technical findings, development progress, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- At least 2 years of related experience.
- Hands-on software development experience with Python or another modern programming language.
- Experience developing, testing, debugging, and maintaining software.
- Experience with or understanding of relational databases.
- Ability to analyze technical problems and develop software-based solutions.
- Active Top Secret U.S. government-issued security clearance and eligibility to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance within one year.
- U.S. citizenship is required for consideration for a security clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include 5 or more years of related experience, Python proficiency, data-processing or automation pipeline experience, software analysis or reverse-engineering experience, and experience in classified or restricted computing environments.
- Preferred qualifications also include experience with software supply chains, dependencies, package ecosystems, build systems, software provenance, multiple data-source integration, government sponsors, version control, code review, testing, and documentation.
Benefits
- Onsite work is required at least 3 days per week, including approximately 2 days per week at a sponsor location in Northern Virginia.
- MITRE offers competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About MITRE
MITRE is a nonprofit systems engineering and applied research organization that operates multiple federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies. It builds prototypes, frameworks (such as the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base), and provides technical guidance across defense, cybersecurity, aviation, and healthcare. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, MITRE runs FFRDCs for sponsors including the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, and health agencies.