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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $150,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Systems Engineering, C++ (Programming Language), DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Jupyter Notebook, ReactJS, Gitlab, AngularJS, Information Technology, Front End Software Development, Splunk, Blue Team (Cyber Security)
- **Published:** July 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/304A56A52FB0460FB6E45A8982FD5792/job/

## About the Role

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

-Computer Science (CS) degree or related field

-TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

Clearance: Must possess and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph for consideration

Preferred

 * Experience with Python, JAVA, C++
 * Front End Development (Angular JS, React JS)
 * Gitlab
 * Splunk
 * Jupyter Notebooks and/or GHOSTMACHINE

## Description

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 DevOps environment supporting Red, Hunt, Blue, and JCMA missions dedicated to securing some of the nation's most critical networks.

Essential Job Responsibilities

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 GHOSTMACHINE 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.

This posting is to collect applications for current and future openings for HII Mission Technologies. Candidates will be screened as opportunities come available and selected candidates will be contacted about an opportunity.


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