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# Software Developer - OPIR (On-Site)

- **Company:** C-Star Solutions, LLC
- **Location:** Alexandria, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $150,000 - $220,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Amazon S3, Software Debugging, Python (Programming Language), NumPy, Cloud Services, SciPy, Shell Script, Web Application Frameworks, Flask (Web Framework), State Machines, Git, Cloudformation, Fastapi, Pandas, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Integration Tests, Deployment Automation, Front End Software Development, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Software Version Control, Devsecops, OpenSearch, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/9a3dee49-0064-4830-8e16-54f8694f711a/software-developer-opir-onsite

## About the Role

* 3+ yrs of experience developing and sustaining Python applications, including concurrent/multi-process systems, in an Agile environment
 * Experience working with real-time or event-driven architectures such as queues, and producer or consumer pipelines, or distributed or microservices systems
 * Experience with AWS cloud services, including S3, Batch, Lambda, or Step Functions
 * Experience designing, debugging, and testing software components against design specifications, including unit or integration testing
 * Knowledge of source control such as Git, and CI/CD pipelines in a DevSecOps environment
 * Ability to lead design and code reviews, and collaborate cross-functionally
 * A collaborative team mindset
 * Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
 * B.S degree

Preferred Requirements:

 * Experience with AWS Batch, ECR, Step Functions, OpenSearch, SQS/SNS, or Kinesis
 * Experience applying statistical or optimization methods in code such as similarity or distance scoring, probabilistic matching, or optimal assignment or matching algorithms
 * Experience with Flask or another lightweight Python web framework
 * Experience with JavaScript for web-based visualization or front-end development
 * Experience with containerization such as Docker, and Infrastructure-as-Code such as CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation
 * Experience with scientific or geospatial Python libraries such as NumPy, SciPy, pandas, or pyproj, for processing scientific data
 * Knowledge of shell scripting and build or deployment automation
 * Ability to comprehend scientific algorithms and the theories backing them
 * Good oral speaking abilities with the ability to present results at conferences, presentations and technical exchange forums.
 * TS/SCI clearance with a valid polygraph
 * Master's degree

## Description

Job DescriptionC-Star is an innovative small business developing cutting edge applications to solve our most pressing commercial, health and intelligence problems. Our team supports our customers with advanced remote sensing analysis and imagery science to aid analysts, the warfighters and decision makers. In this role, you will be supporting a team in Springfield, VA located at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This position is full-time on-site at our Alexandria location and a Top Secret Clearance with SCI access is required as well as a current CI polygraph or willingness to complete one. Flexible schedules are allowed