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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Software Engineer - **Company:** Visionist, Inc - **Location:** Columbia, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $206,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Software System Penetration Testing, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Subversion, Spring Cloud, Malware, Git, Kubernetes, Apache Flink, Software Version Control, Docker, Microservices - **Published:** August 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a1fad5ab2e2158da ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in a technical field (Additional 2 years of experience may substitute degree) * 6 years of experience in software development * Willingness to obtain one of the following certifications (Visionist will pay for the exam and studying time if selected): AWS Certified Developer * - Associate AWS Certified Machine Learning * - Associate AWS Certified Machine Learning * - Specialty * AWS DevOps Engineer Professional * Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) * Experience with Java, Docker, and Microservice Architecture * Experience with streaming data frameworks (Flink, Spring Cloud Data Flow, Heron) * Experience with Version Control (Git, SVN) * Familiarity with agency data flow formats and standards * Interest in working on a small expert team that communicates regularly with analysts and willingness to take on tasks, from requirements gathering and design, to deployment ## Description Visionist has an exciting new, fully FUNDED opportunity for a Cloud Software Engineer. You will be joining a critical mission supporting our customers big data processing platforms. The analytics developed and deployed in these ecosystems are critical to ensuring that the data flowing through the agency can be leveraged by analysts to perform mission critical reporting and decision making. You will be working with the newest technology and methodologies for processing mass amounts of data and distilling them into actionable results. If you like this type of work environment, then this is for you! For over 14 years, Visionist has been solving the Intelligence Community's toughest software and analysis challenges. As a 100% employee-owned company, we prioritize our people-your job security is assured. We embed small engineering teams with analysts to rapidly identify and solve mission capability gaps playing a critical role in defending our nation's cyber infrastructure & providing expertise in malware analysis, attribution, mapping adversarial infrastructure, pen testing, and operational planning. Our open-door leadership team fosters a supportive culture, where internal growth and promotion opportunities are the norm. Don't just take our word for it-check out our 4.8-star review on Glassdoor. Join a company that feels like a family with regular happy hours, baseball games, activity clubs and more. Check us out at www.visionistinc.com. - Your contributions are… * Leverage Apache Flink to develop analytics to run on a new big data streaming analytic platform * Support a critical mission system with hundreds of active users * Work in a full stack environment while focusing on analytic development * Support the rapid development and deployment of patches and updates to an existing system in a dynamic role ## Related Videos - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Enhancing Workload Security in Kubernetes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/356-enhancing-workload-security-in-kubernetes) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)