Senior Software Engineer III

Location: Tysons Corner, VA
Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Rapid Strategy is an award-winning, African-American-owned small business providing advanced cybersecurity, cloud engineering, and IT modernization services to federal and commercial clients. Our mission is to deliver secure, high-impact solutions that protect and enable mission success. We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer III to support a classified program. This role will lead advanced software engineering, automation, and AI/ML integration efforts within secure AWS cloud environments at the highest classification levels (IL6+). The ideal candidate will combine deep software development expertise with proven experience architecting, deploying, and securing large-scale mission applications in the federal space.

Key Responsibilities

· Lead design, development, and deployment of high-performance applications and data pipelines in secure AWS cloud environments.
· Work with AI/ML teams to operationalize machine learning workflows and automate data ingestion, transformation, and deployment processes.
· Provide architectural leadership and advisement to ensure identity management, data, and analytics systems meet security and compliance requirements.
· Collaborate with technical leadership and senior executives at a public-facing federal agency to deliver mission-aligned software solutions.
· Integrate DevSecOps best practices into development pipelines, driving automation, testing, and continuous delivery across classified cloud systems.
· Support full-stack development and deployment efforts leveraging AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, and EKS.
· Mentor development teams and guide secure coding practices, version control, and CI/CD implementation.
· Troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance performance across distributed, data-intensive systems.

Required Qualifications

· Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
· 10+ years of experience in Information Technology, with a strong focus on software engineering, automation, and DevSecOps.
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
· 8+ years of full stack engineering experience, including database, server, and client-side development.
· Demonstrated expertise designing, developing, and deploying production-grade applications in AWS IL6+ classified environments.
· Advanced experience with multiple programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, JavaScript, React, AngularJS, TypeScript, or NextJS.
· Strong understanding of automation, testing, and deployment pipelines across large-scale, heterogeneous AWS environments.
· Proven experience integrating AI/ML pipelines into operational systems.

Preferred Qualifications

· Experience supporting large, public-facing federal agencies and working within multi-contractor environments.
· Familiarity with zero-trust architectures, STIG compliance, and RMF control implementation for software systems.
· AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional) or DevOps Engineer certification.
· Experience with big data processing, event-driven architectures, and microservices design.

Why Rapid Strategy

At Rapid Strategy, we believe great technology starts with great people. As a trusted partner supporting federal defense and intelligence missions, we empower our engineers to drive innovation where it matters most. You’ll join a mission-driven team that combines deep technical expertise with agility, creativity, and purpose. Our people don’t just build systems—they enable national security and mission success.