Software Engineer, Cybersecurity
Columbia, Howard County, Maryland, 21046, USA
Listed on 2026-10-09
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity
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Location: Annapolis Junction, MD, Maryland, United States
Requisition Number:30436
Required Travel: 0 - 10%
Employment Type:
Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Anticipated Salary Range:$-$
Security Clearance:
TS/SCI with Poly
Level of
Experience:
Mid
This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5
ISR systems.
HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.
Mission Technologies' Cyber & Intelligence Team is seeking a motivated and experienced Senior Developer to join a high‑performing team supporting a range of dynamic mission areas, including technology trend analysis, corporate discovery services, and elite defensive cybersecurity operations. In this role, you will collaborate closely with mission stakeholders to capture requirements, design and prototype innovative analytics, and deploy solutions that automate and enhance data and metadata analysis across customer‑supported tools.
You will work alongside talented developers, systems engineers, integrators, analysts, and administrators in a fast‑paced Dev Ops environment supporting Red, Hunt, Blue, and JCMA missions dedicated to securing some of the nation’s most critical networks.
In these roles, you will collaborate closely with mission partners in a fast‑paced, highly integrated environment to design prototypes, answer emerging analytic questions, and enhance existing capabilities. Team members work directly with customers to develop solutions that automate and improve data and metadata analysis, federate and aggregate information across disparate sources, and capture holistic insights into analytic dependencies, performance, and governance.
Depending on your background, responsibilities may include developing Java‑based GHOST MACHINE analytics, enriching and summarizing data for downstream use, creatively leveraging diverse datasets to close knowledge gaps, or serving as a technical point of contact for specific cybersecurity missions. Primary support focuses on Blue Team operations, with opportunities to contribute to Red, Hunt, and JCMA missions as needed.
We are hiring across multiple levels with a range of professional experience. Salary ranges below:
- Senior Software Engineer : $155,000 - $205,000
- Software Engineer (mid): $125,000- $165,000
- Software Engineer (Associate): $95,000 - $135,000
-Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience or Master's degree plus 6 years of relevant experience. An Associate's degree plus 10 years of relevant experience or high school diploma/GED plus 12 years of relevant experience may be considered for individuals with in-depth experience that is clearly related to the position
- TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
Clearance:
Must possess and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph for consideration
- Experience with Python, JAVA, C++
- Front End Development (Angular JS, React JS)
- Gitlab
- Splunk
- Jupyter Notebooks and/or GHOST MACHINE
HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs;
Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and…
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