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Application Developer IV (API)

Black Eagle DefenseJessup, MD🇺🇸United StatesPosted 14 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Salary
$190k - $247k/yr
Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

SALARY RANGE $190,000 - $247,000/year.

DUTIES As a successful candidate for the Application Engineer IV role, you will support the Secure the Enterprise initiative by developing capabilities that transition the current manual system security evaluation and authorization process to a modern framework emphasizing automation, streamlined processes and approvals, continuous monitoring and assessment, and network data gathering throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Description:

Develop capabilities to shift from the current manual system security evaluation and authorization process to a new model that emphasizes automation, streamlined processes and approvals, continuous monitoring and assessment, and network data gathering across the entire life cycle of a project.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Application Engineer (Backend) will provide the development, test, deploy, and sustainment of various Python based ReST end points, microservices, and data model management capabilities

utilizing Django and Flask frameworks to interact with data models stored in MariaDB or MongoDB and send data upon request, in JSON format, to UI front ends.

The developer will provide middleware and backend support to all system applications.

QUALIFICATIONS; Ph.D. plus Four (4) years of experience, a master's degree plus Six (6) years of experience, a bachelor's degree plus Eight (8) years of experience, or an associate's degree plus Ten (10) years of professional experience is acceptable. Twelve (12) years of relevant experience are acceptable if the candidate does not possess a degree.

Required Skills

Required:

Python

Docker

Experienced using Django or Flask

Databased experience using MongoDB or MariaDB

ReST endpoint development

Micro service model

Desired Skills

Desired:

AWS or other cloud experience

JSON and/or XML serialization

Jira

Confluence

Git version control

Agile

Skills

Django
Docker
Flask
MariaDB
Microservices
MongoDB
AWS
Agile
Confluence
Git
Jira
Python
REST

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