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# Backend Application Engineer (Python)

- **Company:** Shield Consulting Solutions
- **Location:** Linthicum Heights, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $225,000.0 - $235,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, Confluence, JIRA, Cloud Computing, Serialization, Django Web Framework, Middleware, JSON, Python (Programming Language), MariaDB, MongoDB, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Flask (Web Framework), Backend, Git, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** June 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/8982623/backend-application-engineer-python

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
 * 8 years of applicable professional experience., * Python
 * Docker
 * Experienced using Django or Flask
 * Databased experience using MongoDB or MariaDB
 * ReST endpoint development
 * Micro service model

Desired Experience:

 * AWS or other cloud experience
 * JSON and/or XML serialization
 * Jira
 * Confluence
 * Git version control
 * Agile

## Description

* As part of the Secure the Enterprise initiative, develop capabilities to shift from the current manual system security evaluation and authorization process to a new model that emphasizes automation, streamlined processes and approvals, continuous monitoring and assessment, and network data gathering across the entire life cycle of a project., * The Application Engineer (Backend) will provide the development, test, deploy, and sustainment of various Python based ReST end points, microservices, and data model management capabilities utilizing Django and Flask frameworks to interact with data models stored in MariaDB or MongoDB and send data upon request, in JSON format, to UI front ends.
 * The developer will provide middleware and backend support to all system applications.


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