Cloud Software Engineer (OpenStack, Python), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

BizFirst; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Five weeks paid leave per year

Eleven paid federal holidays per year

401k with 10% employer contribution

Training reimbursement

IEEE membership reimbursement

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

BizFirst is recruiting a Cloud Software Engineer for an Intelligence Community program, onsite at Fort Meade, MD. The role focuses on OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure, Python software, and secure government systems for SIGINT mission support.

You will develop and maintain complex software, review components for compliance, and decide when COTS/GOTS solutions replace new development, while advancing cloud architectures and Linux automation.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science with 12+ years of software engineering experience (16+ years may substitute).
• Experience designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure using OpenStack and other comparable platforms.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and enhancing complex software systems based on documented requirements.
• Proficiency with the Linux/Unix command line and scripting (Bash, shell).
• Ability to work onsite at Fort Meade, MD.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems based on documented requirements.
• Review and test software components for adherence to design requirements and document test results.
• Provide design decision support on using COTS and GOTS products in place of new development.
• Analyze usage and work processes and investigate problem areas.
• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using OpenStack and comparable platforms.
• Automate tasks on Linux with Bash, shell, and Python scripts.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Linux command line

Shell scripting

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science with 12+ years experience (16+ years may substitute)

Tools

OpenStack

Python

Linux

Job description

Cloud Software Engineer (OpenStack, Python), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

Howard, United States | Posted on 09/16/2026

CloudSoftware Engineer (OpenStack, Python), Intelligence Community Mission Program,Fort Meade, MD

Summary:

• Job Title: Cloud Software Engineer, Level 3 (OpenStack,Python)
• Openings: 1
• Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Full ScopePolygraph (FSP) required.
• Work Type: Onsite at Fort George G. Meade, MD, in asecure government facility
• Job Type: Full-time
• Benefits: Our client provides full benefits
• Program Name: Enterprise engineering program for SIGINTmission systems, covering cloud infrastructure, AI/ML software, and datadissemination process modernization
• Agency name: Intelligence Community (IC) customer, FortGeorge G. Meade, MD
• Start Date: Immediate, upon offer acceptance andclearance transfer

BizFirst is assisting our clientwith recruiting a skilled and experienced Cloud Software Engineer. Thisposition supports the following program: an enterprise engineering program thatsupports signals intelligence (SIGINT) mission systems through cloud infrastructure,AI/ML-driven software, and modernization of data dissemination processes for anIntelligence Community customer. The position is onsite at Fort Meade, MD, andthe role is open now for an immediate start.

Our client is a Service-DisabledVeteran-Owned Small Business that has supported U.S. defense and intelligencemissions since 2012. Its systems, software, and data science engineers workside by side with government teams to model, design, integrate, and deploycomplex mission systems, and the company also builds rugged RF hardware forspecialized SIGINT applications. Led by a U.S. Navy veteran with more than 30years of DoD mission experience, the company supports programs alongside manyof the largest national security integrators and has a long-establishedpresence in Maryland near Fort Meade.

What will you do

Build and enhance software forintelligence mission systems while designing and managing the cloudinfrastructure it runs on. You will develop, maintain, and enhance complexsoftware systems to documented requirements, review and test components againstdesign requirements, and help decide when commercial or governmentoff-the-shelf (COTS/GOTS) products should replace new development. You willanalyze usage and work processes to find and fix problem areas, and design,deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using OpenStack and comparableplatforms. This role suits an experienced software engineer with strong Linux,scripting, and Python skills and hands-on private cloud experience.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diversesoftware systems based on documented requirements.
• Review and test software components for adherence todesign requirements, and document test results.
• Provide design decision support on using COTS and GOTSproducts in place of new development.
• Analyze usage and work processes, and investigateproblem areas.
• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure usingOpenStack and comparable platforms.
• Automate tasks on Linux with Bash, shell, and Pythonscripts.

Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or ComputerScience and twelve (12) years of software engineering experience. Sixteen (16)years of software engineering experience may substitute for the degree.
• Experience designing, deploying, and managing cloudinfrastructure using OpenStack and other comparable platforms.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and enhancingcomplex software systems based on documented requirements.
• Experience reviewing and testing software componentsand documenting test results.
• Proficiency with the Linux/Unix command line andscripting (Bash, shell).
• Solid understanding of cloud technologies.
• Ability to work onsite at Fort Meade, MD.

Desired Skills

• Experience working in a DevOps environment with CI/CDpipelines.
• Experience building or operating cloud environments forIntelligence Community or DoD customers.

Benefits (provided by our client):

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employeeand family, 100% employer-paid (HMO HSA Silver plan), plus a Health SavingsAccount
• Five weeks (200 hours) of paid leave per year
• Eleven (11) paid federal holidays per year
• 401k with an employer contribution equal to 10% ofsalary
• Reimbursement for approved training, up to three days(24 hours) per year, including books and related conference or class travel
• Reimbursement of professional fees, such as IEEEmembership and licenses
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Term life insurance equal to annual salary, up to $100K
• Referral matching bonus program

BizFirst LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.