Job Requirements
MD
Top Secret/SCI Polygraph
Career Level not specified
$144,768 - $187,450
Job Description
Software Engineer
General Information
Requisition #696
Locations USA-MD-Ft. Meade
Posting Date 05/14/2026
Security Clearance Required - TS/SCI with Polygraph
Remote Type N/A
Time Type Full time
Description & Requirements
Elder Research Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MANTECH international Corporation seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Software Engineer.
Elder Research has multiple positions available for talented software engineers with experience in any of the following:
Minimum Qualifications:
Education and Experience:
Job Specifications/Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
Clearance Requirements:
The projected compensation range for this position is $144,768 - $187,450. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, MANTECH invests in its employees beyond just compensation. MANTECHs benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.
About Elder Research, Inc - People Centered. Data Driven
Elder Research considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with Elder Research, please email us at careers@elderresearch.com and provide your name and contact information.
General Information
Requisition #696
Locations USA-MD-Ft. Meade
Posting Date 05/14/2026
Security Clearance Required - TS/SCI with Polygraph
Remote Type N/A
Time Type Full time
Description & Requirements
Elder Research Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MANTECH international Corporation seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Software Engineer.
Elder Research has multiple positions available for talented software engineers with experience in any of the following:
- Development, deployment, and troubleshooting of containerized backend services, RESTful APIs, and web applications.
- Data pipeline development in support of ML operations and Exploratory Data Analysis tasks.
- High performance computing including Operations and Maintenance activities and data compliance.
- Infrastructure as Code and Infrastructure as a Service including design, interface implementation, and automation.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education and Experience:
- Masters + 3 years of relevant experience
- Bachelors + 5 years of relevant experience
- HS Grad + 7 years of relevant experience
Job Specifications/Requirements:
- Experience with backend development using Python or Java
- Experience with SQL
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with HTML
- Experience with Apache NiFi
- Experience with GitLab or CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.
- Experience with container and container orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with the Atlassian Suite of Tools such as Jira and Confluence
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with testing frameworks or automation tools
- Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools including Ansible
- Experience with REST APIs
- Experience with software frameworks for big data such as Splunk and Elastic Stack
- Ability to complete a task quickly and properly, with very little supervision.
- Experience working in a client facing position, with good communication skills.
Clearance Requirements:
- Current TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
- Must be a US Citizen
The projected compensation range for this position is $144,768 - $187,450. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, MANTECH invests in its employees beyond just compensation. MANTECHs benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.
About Elder Research, Inc - People Centered. Data Driven
Elder Research considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with Elder Research, please email us at careers@elderresearch.com and provide your name and contact information.
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