By Light
IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Digital Government
Truth index A
74Open roles14 posted in 30 days+5 this week
$170kMedian advertised pay
7 daysTime to fillmedian of 43 closed rolesmarket: 30 days
A 100/100Truth index
Facts
as of Nov 14, 2026By Light Professional IT Services is a US defense and government technology contractor headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington area. It provides cyber operations and cyber ranges, C5ISR communications, modeling, simulation and training, IT and cloud services, and digital services to the military and federal agencies, with offices across the US and international operations based in the UK, and owns Dignitas Technologies. It hires software, DevOps, network and telecommunications engineers, cyber red team planners, field support technicians and program managers.
It is hiring: 74 open roles, 14 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Headquarters
- McLean, United States
- Founded
- 2004
- Employees
- 501-1000estimated range
- Open roles
- 74 in 12 citiesAlion job postings
- Website
- bylight.com
As of Nov 14, 2026, Alion lists 74 open roles at By Light. By Light is headquartered in McLean, United States. It was founded in 2004.
Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake
What the registers and the postings say about this employer.
Postings are real
Alion truth index: A
100/100
Ghost roles
re-checked against its careers site
0%
Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Full employer checkScam signs in adverts, mail records, visa registers, domain history
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices
Hiring
All open roles →Hiring steadily, with new roles every week.
Networking is the largest family, 17 of open roles.
14Posted in 30 days19% of open roles are fresh
35%Remote roles26 of 74
2Roles in AI3% of open roles
12Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
92 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
No posting offers visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 26.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
Alion signals0-100
Demand86
Pay65
Your chance52
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 28This week
Open roles a week: 80 then, 0 now
Are the postings real?
A
100 / 100By Light scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 7 days.
Ghost roles0%
Gone stale0%
Reposted0%
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 84%High School Diploma 9%Associate's Degree 4%Master's Degree 2%
Experience asked: 5.3 years on average, in 65 postings. 45 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Contract type
Full-Time 1Internship 1
Visa sponsorship: none statedRelocation: none stated
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family
Pay
What its postings pay, by level.
$170kMedian
$129k – $175kTypical rangeUSD a year
$175kHighest paying roleStrategic Cyber Analyst
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year
Footprint
Hiring in 12 cities in 2 countries.
12Cities
2Countries
ButlervilleBusiest site
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| Site | Type | Open roles | Hires most for | Engineering |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLean United States | Headquarters | 3 | Networking, Analytics, Sales | 67% |
| Butlerville United States | Regional office | 19 | Analytics, Management, DevOps | 53% |
| Orlando United States | Regional office | 13 | Backend, Industrial Engineering, DevOps | 69% |
| Fort Meade United States | Regional office | 7 | Security, Industrial Engineering, Networking | 57% |
| Tampa United States | Regional office | 6 | Networking, DevOps, Management | 50% |
| Hanover United States | Support & operations | 4 | Operations, DevOps, Product | 25% |
| Port Orange United States | Regional office | 3 | Analytics, Management, Operations | 33% |
| Annapolis Junction United States | Not classified | 2 | Support, Industrial Engineering | 0% |
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers
Tech stack
Full chapter →Technologies named in job postings at By Light over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
121Technologies in use
73Postings analysed
68/100Stack modernityAI adopter
LanguagesPython 15%JavaScript 10%C# 8%Bash 5%
Frameworks & librariesReact.js 5%Angular 5%Unreal Engine 5%Unity 4%
DatabasesMS SQL 1%MySQL 1%PostgreSQL 1%
Cloud & platformsLinux 34%VMWare 27%Windows 18%AWS 18%
AI & MLLLM 1%
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Full By Light tech stack121 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site
Newsroom
Oct 12026
Press release
The post Team CATALYST passe au Sprint 3 du programme de modélisation et de simulation de nouvelle génération de l'OTAN appeared first on By Light.
Sep 292026
Press release
The post Team CATALYST Advances to Sprint 3 of NATO's Next Generation Modelling and Simulation Programme appeared first on By Light.
Sep 32026
Press release
The post TrueShot AI Stinger Trainer Completes Government Acceptance Testing appeared first on By Light.
Aug 242026
Blog
The post Virginia Guard Tests Cyberattack Scenarios at Cyber Fortress 26 appeared first on By Light.
Aug 242026
Press release
The post By Light Appoints Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Milford H. Beagle Jr. to Advisory Board appeared first on By Light.
Aug 112026
Sources: the outlets named on each headline, each story once