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Dayton, OH (On-Site/Office)
Python Service Developer (Search / Data Services)
Clearance: TS/SCI
Employment Type: Full-Time
Years of Experience: We have multiple openings at the Junior, Mid-level, and Senior levels of experience.
About Altamira
Altamira Technologies Corporation has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security.
Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies. We focus on recruiting talented, self-motivated employees that strive to find a way to get things done.
Position Overview
Altamira is seeking a Python Service Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services that support data processing, search, and analytics capabilities within secure, mission-critical environments.
This role focuses on building reliable Python-based services and integrating with Elasticsearch to enable high-performance data indexing, retrieval, and analysis.
The ideal candidate brings strong Python development experience and practical knowledge of search technologies in highly regulated settings.
Key Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Altamira is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Clearance: TS/SCI
Employment Type: Full-Time
Years of Experience: We have multiple openings at the Junior, Mid-level, and Senior levels of experience.
About Altamira
Altamira Technologies Corporation has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security.
Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies. We focus on recruiting talented, self-motivated employees that strive to find a way to get things done.
Position Overview
Altamira is seeking a Python Service Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services that support data processing, search, and analytics capabilities within secure, mission-critical environments.
This role focuses on building reliable Python-based services and integrating with Elasticsearch to enable high-performance data indexing, retrieval, and analysis.
The ideal candidate brings strong Python development experience and practical knowledge of search technologies in highly regulated settings.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Python and Rust
- Build and optimize data ingestion, processing, and search workflows
- Develop and maintain integrations with Elasticsearch clusters
- Implement RESTful APIs and service interfaces
- Support data indexing, querying, and analytics pipelines
- Optimize service performance, reliability, and scalability
- Collaborate with platform, data, and infrastructure teams
- Implement logging, monitoring, and error-handling best practices
- Support CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
- Participate in system accreditation, compliance, and audit activities
- Document service architectures and operational procedures
Required Qualifications
- TS/SCI
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Entry level to 10+ years of experience in software development roles
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Hands-on experience working with Elasticsearch
- Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
- Familiarity with data modeling and indexing strategies
- Experience using Git-based version control systems
- Ability to operate in secure, compliance-driven environments
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with distributed systems and microservices architectures
- Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Experience supporting DoD or Intelligence Community programs
- Experience with message queues or streaming platforms
- Familiarity with cloud-based or hybrid deployments
- Experience with performance tuning and search optimization
- Experience with data pipelines and ETL processes
Altamira is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
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