Software Developer, Python, Software Engineer

Requisition #: R71844

Locations: USA-FL-Eglin AFB Posting Date: 11/03/2026

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Clearance Required:

Secret Remote Type:
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MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Software Developer/Coder to join our team at Eglin AFB.The primary function of this role is to support the United States Air Force’s 53rd Wing Technical Support Services (53rd WTSS) contract. The ideal candidate has a passion for writing clean code, building efficient tools, and supporting operational software solutions, web applications, and structured business processes.

Working under direct or general supervision, you will apply solid programming, scripting, and problem-solving skills to satisfy the requirements of engineers, technicians, planners, and managers. Relying on clear communication and technical curiosity, you will collaborate within an Agile team to develop, test, and deliver functional software components.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Software Development & Maintenance:
Assist in conceptualizing, planning, designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software tools and web-based applications.

Automation & File Processing:
Write reliable scripts and utilities for data parsing, file transformation, process automation, and system administration support.

Restricted Network Operations:
Work comfortably with software deployment and maintenance routines inside constrained or offline/air-gapped government network enclaves.

Agile

Collaboration:

Participate actively in daily standups, sprint planning, and team tasks using Git version control and issue boards.

Support Operational Users:
Apply technical capabilities to meet the functional needs of technicians, engineers, and project leaders.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field and at least 3 years of direct software development and scripting experience. An additional 2yrs years of hands-on software development experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

A DoD 8140 certification (Security+ or higher) prior to starting. Solid programming competency in C# (.NET) and/or Python.

Strong scripting capability using Power Shell, Bash, or Python for file parsing and automation tasks.

Practical experience with Git version control (commits, branching, merge requests/pull requests).Familiarity or comfort working within restricted, offline government network enclaves.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience parsing, transforming, or validating structured and non-standard data formats (binary, CSV, XML, JSON, or telemetry).Experience developing desktop user interfaces (WPF) or internal web-based applications (Blazor / ASP.NET / HTML / CSS / JavaScript).Database planning, query creation, and modification using SQL.Basic exposure to Docker and containerized tool deployment.

Experience working within an Agile/Scrum team structure.

Technical/engineering exposure in a test laboratory or prototype engineering environment.

Clearance Requirements:

Must be willing and able to obtain a Top Secret clearance prior to starting.

Eligibility for access to Special Access Program Information.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD TS/SCI-eligible clearance (i.e. DCID 6/4…