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# CNO Focused Sr. Software Engineer

- **Company:** Set of X
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $247,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Confluence, JIRA, Cloud Computing, Signals Intelligence, Customer Data Management, Data Files, Data Presentation, Design of User Interfaces, Systems Analysis, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Web Applications, Large Language Models, Git, Kubernetes, Atlassian Tools, Software Version Control, Docker
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9284775/cno-focused-sr-software-engineer

## About the Role

* Production-grade software development experience in Python.
 * Experience within CNO domain developing tools to meet analyst and operator pain points.
 * Experience leveraging HTTP-based APIs to access data through queries.
 * Practical experience with platforms for processing Agency data sets.
 * Experience with software source control (git) and Atlassian tool suite - Jira, Confluence.
 * Experience presenting data analysis results to customers.
 * Experience interacting with stakeholders to elicit requirements.

Desired Skills:

 * Experience working as a lead for a development team.
 * Practical experience in one or more artificial intelligence domains (e.g., intelligent systems, autonomy, planning, LLMs).
 * Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems.
 * Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations.
 * Familiarity with cloud computing technologies (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes).
 * Experience with web application/UI development.

Education/Experience:
12 yrs., B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional yrs. in place of B.S.

Clearance:
TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

## Description

* Lead a project from inception to delivery in the CNO domain, including; problem decomposition, design, development, deployment, and maintenance of full-stack data analysis applications.
 * Interact with mission stakeholders to elicit requirements and devise solutions.
 * Navigate customer data types to identify and extract relevant information.
 * Collaborate with other software engineers to test workflows, identify issues, and recommend pathways for fixes.
 * Overcome inevitable obstacles.