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Software Development Engineer TS/SCI (FSP) with Security Clearance

Systech Federal LLCHerndon, VA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 2 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers an exciting opportunity to design and implement scalable, event-driven architectures, significantly impacting data pipeline observability and fault tolerance. You'll thrive here if you are a mid-senior engineer passionate about Python, Kafka, and distributed systems, eager to develop cutting-edge solutions. Apply to join a team focused on innovation and operational excellence.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Herndon, VA, United States
Posted
Yesterday
ELKGrafanaKafkaPython

Job Description

As a Software Development Engineer in this role, you will focus on designing and implementing robust event-driven architectures that enhance observability and enable comprehensive tracking of events across diverse data pipelines. Your work will involve developing modular systems that support seamless integration with new data formats and domains, ensuring scalability and adaptability as business needs evolve.

You will be responsible for building solutions that prioritize access control, fault tolerance, and real-time alerting, all while maintaining high standards for record keeping in a digital environment. Leveraging your expertise, you will help create frameworks that allow for granular monitoring and rapid response to system events, supporting the organization’s commitment to operational excellence.

To excel in this position, you should be comfortable working with technologies such as Python for asynchronous and concurrent programming, Kafka for distributed messaging, and JSON for data interchange. Familiarity with observability tools like Grafana and the ELK stack will be essential for building dashboards and monitoring system health. Experience with distributed systems, event-driven design patterns, and implementing fault-tolerant architectures will be highly beneficial.

Exposure to best practices in modular software design, access management, and scalable pipeline development will further support your success as you contribute to expanding the organization’s data infrastructure. *This role requires an active TS/SCI FSP to start* Requirements
Desired Skills:
· Python
· Kafka
· Distributed Systems
· Event-Driven Design
· Asynchronous Coding
· Concurrency
· JSON
· Fault Tolerance
· Observability
· Grafana
· ELK Preferred Skills/Experience:
· Experience with access control in event-driven architectures
· Expertise in modular system design for data pipelines
· Familiarity with alerting and record-keeping solutions
· Knowledge of expanding architectures to support multiple data domains and formats

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