Software Engineer 3 - (DevOps, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Automation)

Akina, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 232,000 - 283,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days PTO accrued annually

11 federal holidays

401k vesting 100% on start

Healthcare covered for employees

Educational assistance

Job summary

Akina, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to advance CNO development through Python-based tools and AI/ML workflows. The role emphasizes collaboration with mission stakeholders and multiple development groups to design, build, test, and integrate new workflows enabled by AI technologies.

You will guide architecture and implementation across domains, ensuring robust data handling, security, and alignment with customer objectives. A TS/SCI w/ poly clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Production-grade Python development experience.
• Experience within the CNO developer domain developing tools for operational use.
• Experience with development of AI systems and customizing of AI models.
• Practical experience with platforms for processing Agency data sets.
• Experience with software source control (git) and Atlassian tool suite - Jira, Confluence.
• Experience interacting with stakeholders to elicit requirements.
• Knowledge of Python or similar scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead a project from inception to delivery in the CNO domain, including problem decomposition, design, development, deployment, and maintenance of applications.
• Interact with mission stakeholders to elicit requirements and devise solutions.
• Collaborate with other software engineers to test workflows, identify issues, and recommend pathways for fixes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and address real-world reverse engineering challenges.
• Overcome inevitable obstacles.

Skills

Python

CNO domain

AI systems

Stakeholder interaction

Data workflows

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

Job description

• Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Software Engineer 3 - (Python, AI/ML, CNO)

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ poly
Position ID: 20-25-023-SWE3
Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Description:

This focused Sr. Software Engineer will be supporting CNO development across many development groups by designing, developing, and integrating tools to assist in development activities.

Having a deep understanding of the customer's mission, dataflow, and tooling is critical to this position.

You will be expected to provide guidance and vision as you work with mission stakeholders and software engineers to specify, develop, integrate, and test new workflows aided by AI/ML technologies.

• Lead a project from inception to delivery in the CNO domain, including problem decomposition, design, development, deployment, and maintenance of applications.
• Interact with mission stakeholders to elicit requirements and devise solutions.
• Collaborate with other software engineers to test workflows, identify issues, and recommend pathways for fixes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and address real-world reverse engineering challenges.
• Overcome inevitable obstacles.

Position Required Skills:

• Production-grade software development experience in Python.
• Experience within the CNO developer domain developing tools for operational use.
• Experience with development of AI systems and customizing of AI models.
• Practical experience with platforms for processing Agency data sets.
• Experience with software source control (git) and Atlassian tool suite - Jira, Confluence.
• Experience interacting with stakeholders to elicit requirements.
• Knowledge of Python or similar scripting languages.

Position Desired Skills:

• Experience working as a lead for a development team.
• Practical experience in one or more artificial intelligence domains (e.g., intelligent systems, autonomy, planning, LLMs and LLM Training).
• Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems.
• Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations.
• Familiarity with cloud computing technologies (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with web application/UI development.

Salary Range: **$232k-$283k (Annually)

**The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.