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Overview

Agile Defense is an American government technology services company that has grown rapidly through acquisition into a mid-tier federal contractor, backed by the private equity firm Enlightenment Capital. It provides digital transformation, cloud and infrastructure services, cyber operations, artificial intelligence and mission support to defence, intelligence and civilian agencies, largely through cleared staff embedded with government programme offices. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, it competes in the segment between the very large primes and the small business set-aside contractors, where consolidation has been rapid.

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Spring Boot
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Redis
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LLM
Prompt Engineering
Vertex AI
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Mixture of Experts
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Java
C#
PHP
Node JS
Spring Boot
Apache Kafka
.NET
Rest API
Django
xUnit
Nest.JS
RabbitMQ
Security
JavaScript
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Zscaler
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NIST CSF
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Keycloak
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Metasploit
Frontend
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Angular
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Adobe Photoshop
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Analytics
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Plotly
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SharePoint
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Jira
ServiceNow
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Outlook
Salesforce
Swagger
Power Apps
Power Automate
Smartsheet
Kanban
PoC Library
Stack modernity Modern AI adopter
70/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
Agile 48 jobs Required
$165k +4% vs market
Python 16 jobs Required
$165k -11% vs market
Azure 16 jobs Required
$158k -12% vs market
AWS 15 jobs Required
$165k -14% vs market
CI/CD 15 jobs Required
$160k -6% vs market
SQL 14 jobs Required
$165k +10% vs market
Spark 11 jobs Required
$165k -17% vs market
pySpark 10 jobs Required
$165k +1% vs market
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Python
15%
SQL
14%
CI/CD
14%
JavaScript
13%
AWS
12%
Azure
11%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
Exabeam Sep 2026
Outlook Sep 2026
Microsoft Teams Sep 2026
Kanban Sep 2026
Scrum Sep 2026
Agile Sep 2026
NIST CSF Sep 2026
ISO 27001 Sep 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$155k
Typical range
$50k – $250k
Open positions
51
44 Jobs
Junior 4.5%
Middle 31.8%
Senior 29.5%
Staff 27.3%
Architect 6.8%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 2 $73k $50k – $95k
Middle 14 $150k $85k – $175k
Senior 13 $165k $110k – $225k
Staff 12 $163k $115k – $250k
Architect 3 $190k $155k – $200k
Highest paying role IT Project Lead, SME $250k
Normalized to USD per year

Products

Mission Support
Operational and analytical staffing embedded with government units. It supplies capacity agencies cannot hire directly at the pace their programmes actually require, which is the whole reason contractors exist here.
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AI and Data Services
Data platforms and applied machine learning inside accredited environments. Commercial models cannot simply be deployed into classified networks, which is the specific problem this practice addresses.
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Cloud and Infrastructure
Design and operation of government cloud environments and networks. Accreditation rather than engineering is usually the longest part of these programmes, and knowing how to navigate it is the service being sold.
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Cyber Operations
Defensive cyber, threat hunting and security engineering for government networks. Cleared personnel are the binding constraint on growth, since none of this work can be performed by anyone without clearance.
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Digital Transformation
Modernisation of federal systems, applications and processes. Agencies hold an enormous legacy estate, and the pipeline for this work extends well beyond the life of any single current contract vehicle.
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
45/100
Stable
Open positions
84
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
37 days
faster than 36% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Field & Service
13%
Data Science
12%
Security
12%
Backend
9%
Analytics
9%
DevOps
8%
Actively hiring for Field & Service (+8 in 30 days)

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
20
Hiring now
17
Countries
1
Busiest office
McLean
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McLean United States
HQ
6 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff $151k Avg Salary
hires for Marketing, Hardware, Networking
seen since Oct 2025 job postings
Reston United States
Regional office
12 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff $192k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Security, Management
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Washington United States
Regional office
11 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 55% engineering 50-200 est. staff $156k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science, Security, Product
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Ashburn United States
Regional office
6 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Backend, Networking
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Fort Huachuca United States
Engineering / R&D
5 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 80% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Analytics, Backend, Operations
seen since May 2026 job postings
Redstone Arsenal United States
Support & operations
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service, DevOps
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Arlington United States
Regional office
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff $177k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Security, Product
seen since May 2026 job postings
Tampa United States
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Springfield United States
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $158k Avg Salary
hires for Security
seen since Nov 2025 job postings
Saint Louis United States
2 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $145k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, DevOps
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Quantico United States
Support & operations
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $74k Avg Salary
hires for Support
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Colorado Springs United States
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $50k Avg Salary
hires for Customer Success
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Detroit United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Pensacola United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Falls Church United States
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Data Science
seen since May 2026 job postings
Aberdeen United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $95k Avg Salary
hires for Backend
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Fort Meade United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $155k Avg Salary
hires for Backend
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Sierra Vista United States
Regional office
Agile Lion Administrative Information
Address: 500 E. Fry Blvd, STE M14-D, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
company site
Gaithersburg United States
Regional office
DecisionPoint Administrative Information
Address: 702 Russell Ave, Suite 312, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
company site
Spring Hill United States
Regional office
Advancing Together
1430 Spring Hill Road
company site
Earlier presence
Stuttgart, Germany 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026
Huntsville, United States 1 open roles · last posting Aug 2026

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