Software Engineer I (TS SCI with Poly)

Aperio Global is seeking a Software Engineer I to support our program in Fort Meade MD.

This program enhances the cybersecurity posture of the Department of Defense and national security partners by developing and sustaining advanced capabilities to defend critical systems against sophisticated adversaries. Our team conducts vulnerability research, offensive and defensive prototype development, and exploitation analysis across Windows, *NIX, and enterprise network infrastructures. Using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and reverse engineering, we identify indicators of compromise, assess operational impacts, and create new tools and techniques to detect, prevent, and mitigate cyber threats—directly strengthening mission resilience and safeguarding U.S. military and government networks.

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements• Debug existing software and correct defects• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed datasets or data repositories• Write or review software and system documentation• Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project• Design or implement complex database or data repository interfaces / queries• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards• Assist with development and executing test procedures for software components• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, confer with users or system engineers; analyze systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigate problem areas• Modify existing software to correct errors, to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance• Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design

Required:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.Seven (7) years experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.Two (2) years experience for developing applications using specified programming language per the development requirements.Two (2) years of development for Windows or UNIX applications using general purpose languages (e.g., C, C++, C#, Java, and Python)Two (2) years of experience with DevOps building and deploying technologies (e.g., Artifactory, Dockery, Terraform, Ansible, Packer).One (1) year experience with Continuous Integration / Continuous Development (CI/CD) and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins and Bamboo), and building automated CI/CD pipelines.

Salary range: 120-140 Dependent on Experience Level