Senior Rust Cloud Backend Engineer – TS/SCI

LCS Defense; Jessup (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

LCS Defense is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to build a cloud-based management platform that orchestrates high-assurance network devices. The role emphasizes backend services and APIs written in Rust, including provisioning, monitoring, firmware updates, and secure device-to-cloud communications.

The ideal candidate has an active TS/SCI clearance with Full-Scope Polygraph, 5+ years of experience, and a strong background in cloud platforms, distributed systems, and CI/CD

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full-Scope Polygraph.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Experience building backend services and Rust APIs.
• Experience with cloud-based platforms and distributed systems.
• Experience implementing authentication and authorization for secure communications.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services and APIs in Rust to manage lifecycle operations across a fleet of high-assurance network devices.
• Implement capabilities for device provisioning, configuration, monitoring, firmware updates, and policy enforcement.
• Architect and implement authentication and authorization frameworks for secure device-to-cloud communication.
• Translate cryptographic, security, and key management requirements from government standards into scalable cloud service designs.
• Build highly available, scalable services for telemetry ingestion, health monitoring, configuration distribution, and alerting.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines that automate unit, integration, and end-to-end testing of cloud-to-device interactions.

Skills

Rust programming

Backend development

Cloud platforms

Security/cryptography knowledge

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Rust tooling

Job description

LCS Defense is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to build a cloud-based management platform that orchestrates high-assurance network devices. The role emphasizes backend services and APIs written in Rust, including provisioning, monitoring, firmware updates, and secure device-to-cloud communications.

The ideal candidate has an active TS/SCI clearance with Full-Scope Polygraph, 5+ years of experience, and a strong background in cloud platforms, distributed systems, and CI/CD