Senior Software Engineer — Cloud, Data & DevSecOps

MITRE; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, secure, and operate mission-focused software systems and data platforms. The role emphasizes Python development, AWS cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps automation, and data engineering/ETL to support analytical and operational use cases.

You will deliver features, influence roadmaps, and work across cloud, software, and data domains. The position requires strong Python skills, distributed systems experience in AWS, containerization

Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job level; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Entrepreneurial and innovative spirit and the curiosity to explore and push the boundaries of software development and software solutions.
• Strong Python development experience with modern software engineering practices.
• Experience building distributed systems in AWS or multi-cloud environments.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience implementing DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs and data pipelines.
• Familiarity with databases such as PostgreSQL or MongoDB.
• Experience with Linux environments and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience with modern web technologies (React, JavaScript, HTML/CSS).
• Ability to work in Agile development environments with strong documentation practices.
• The applicant will need to be able access and work in classified environments as needed.
• Must have an active Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 3 days a week on-site.

Responsibilities

• Deliver modern software capabilities, improving architecture, platforms, and developer workflows with strong engineering practices (secure coding, reviews, testing, maintainable design).
• Partner with UX, Architecture, Data, Security, and Operations to define technical strategy and influence roadmaps with a customer-centric mindset.
• Champion architectural excellence (cloud-native, event-driven, microservices where appropriate) across AWS/Azure, balancing long-term vision with pragmatic execution.
• Design and integrate backend services and RESTful APIs, ensuring reliable data flows for mission workflows and downstream consumers.
• Build and operate data pipelines (ETL/ELT) for ingestion, transformation, validation, and publishing to analytics and operational APIs (including Airflow orchestration as needed).
• Develop and optimize data models, SQL, and database access patterns (PostgreSQL/MongoDB), including migrations and data quality strategies.
• Implement containerized deployments with Docker/Kubernetes, including configuration, deployment patterns, and troubleshooting.
• Engineer DevSecOps/CI/CD pipelines with security and quality gates and repeatable release processes.
• Provision and manage Linux environments using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible) for reproducible dev/test/prod deployments.
• Communicate clearly via high-quality design docs/RFCs and runbooks; lead architecture reviews, incident response, post-incident learning, and compliance/observability integration (e.g., Splunk); mentor engineers and raise standards through reviews and design sessions.

Skills

Python

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

DevSecOps

RESTful APIs

Data pipelines

SQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Airflow

Splunk

Job description

MITRE is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, secure, and operate mission-focused software systems and data platforms. The role emphasizes Python development, AWS cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps automation, and data engineering/ETL to support analytical and operational use cases.

You will deliver features, influence roadmaps, and work across cloud, software, and data domains. The position requires strong Python skills, distributed systems experience in AWS, containerization