Senior Systems Software Engineer | TS/SCI Cleared

Booz Allen; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life benefits

Disability benefits

Tuition assistance

Paid leave

Professional development

Work-life programs

Dependent care

Job summary

Booz Allen in Washington, DC seeks a Systems Software Engineer to design and deliver full-stack solutions in an agile environment. You will turn vision into production-ready software across languages and platforms.

Applicants should have a decade of software engineering experience, expertise in C/C++, Rust, or similar, and knowledge of Zero Trust architectures. TS/SCI clearance is required; a Bachelor’s degree in engineering or CS is expected, with relevant certifications preferred.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience in Agile/DevOps/DevSecOps environments.
• Experience with systems programming in C, C++, or Rust.
• Experience with OS interfaces, IPC, concurrency, and multi-threaded development.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture concepts (PDPs, PAPs, PIPs, PEPs).
• Ability to work across languages and runtimes.
• Experience integrating applications with identity services using OIDC.
• TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/IT.
• Agile Developer or Certified Scrum Developer Certification.
• CompTIA Security+ Certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end software systems in an agile environment.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver production-ready software.
• Apply modern software development methodologies and security practices.

Skills

Software development

C/C++/Rust

OS interfaces / concurrency

Zero Trust Architecture

OIDC / authentication

TS/SCI clearance

Agile / Scrum

DevOps / DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Mathematics / CS

Master’s degree

CompTIA Security+ Certification

Agile Developer or Certified Scrum Developer Certification

Tools

None

Job description

Booz Allen in Washington, DC seeks a Systems Software Engineer to design and deliver full-stack solutions in an agile environment. You will turn vision into production-ready software across languages and platforms.

Applicants should have a decade of software engineering experience, expertise in C/C++, Rust, or similar, and knowledge of Zero Trust architectures. TS/SCI clearance is required; a Bachelor’s degree in engineering or CS is expected, with relevant certifications preferred.