Defence Science and Technology Agency
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Defence Science and Technology Agency tech stack

Defence Science and Technology Agency builds mostly with C++, Java, Python, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Kubernetes, Linux, SGLang, ElasticSearch. Kubernetes is named in 9 of the 19 job postings Defence Science and Technology Agency published in the last 12 months (47%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Defence Science and Technology Agency, updated Nov 14, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 14, 2026
Technologies in use
84
Postings analysed
19
Open now
14
Modernity
81 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Defence Science and Technology Agency use?

C++ is named in 32% of job postings at Defence Science and Technology Agency, followed by Java (26%), Python (26%), JavaScript (16%).

C++ 6 32% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Mar 2024
Java 5 26% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Mar 2024
Python 5 26% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2024
JavaScript 3 16% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Dec 2025
Bash 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026
C# 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Mar 2024
Go 1 5% required in 100% · since Jun 2026
PowerShell 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since May 2025
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Rust1

What frameworks and libraries does Defence Science and Technology Agency use?

SGLang is named in 11% of job postings at Defence Science and Technology Agency, followed by JQuery (5%), LangChain (5%), LangGraph (5%).

SGLang 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
JQuery 1 5% required in 100% · since Dec 2025
LangChain 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Nov 2026
LangGraph 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Nov 2026
OpenTelemetry 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
PyTorch 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
ROS 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Dec 2024
React.js 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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TPOT1
TensorRT-LLM1
Unity1

What databases does Defence Science and Technology Agency use?

ElasticSearch is named in 5% of job postings at Defence Science and Technology Agency.

ElasticSearch 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026

What cloud and platforms does Defence Science and Technology Agency use?

Kubernetes is named in 47% of job postings at Defence Science and Technology Agency, followed by Linux (21%), vLLM (21%), AWS (16%).

Kubernetes 9 47% required in 89% · 7 open now · since Jan 2026
Linux 4 21% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Mar 2024
vLLM 4 21% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
AWS 3 16% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Apache Kafka 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since May 2025
Figma 2 11% required in 100% · since Dec 2025
Azure 2 11% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
API Gateway 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Nov 2026
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Fortify1
Grafana1
Istio1
OpenShift1
SonarQube1

What developer tools does Defence Science and Technology Agency use?

Docker is named in 37% of job postings at Defence Science and Technology Agency, followed by Git (16%), Adobe Photoshop (11%), Adobe XD (11%).

Docker 7 37% required in 86% · 6 open now · since May 2025
Git 3 16% required in 67% · 3 open now · since May 2026
Adobe Photoshop 2 11% required in 100% · since Dec 2025
Adobe XD 2 11% required in 100% · since Dec 2025
Axure RP 2 11% required in 100% · since Dec 2025
Prometheus 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Rest API 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Triton Inference Server 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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Ansible1
Blender1
Hyper-V1
InfiniBand1
KEDA1
Maya1
NVLink1
Puppet1
Terraform1
WebSockets1
TensorRT1

What AI and ML technologies does Defence Science and Technology Agency use?

LLM is named in 21% of job postings at Defence Science and Technology Agency, followed by LoRA (5%), PEFT (5%).

LLM 4 21% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
LoRA 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
PEFT 1 5% optional · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

Which engineering practices does Defence Science and Technology Agency ask for?

CI/CD is named in 26% of job postings at Defence Science and Technology Agency, followed by AI Agents (21%), Platform Engineering (16%), Agentic Workflows (11%).

CI/CD 5 26% required in 80% · 5 open now · since May 2025
AI Agents 4 21% required in 75% · 3 open now · since Nov 2025
Platform Engineering 3 16% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Agentic Workflows 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
IAM 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Machine Learning 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Mar 2024
Multi-Agent Systems 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
NLP 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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RAG2
KV Cache2
Autonomous Navigation1
Computer Vision1
Design Controls1
Hallucination1
Incident Management1
Knowledge Distillation1
Knowledge Graph1
LLM Guardrails1
Model Distillation1
Multimodal AI1
Perception1
Quantization1
Reinforcement Learning1
Reinforcement Learning1
SRE1
Service Mesh1
Speculative Decoding1
Time Series1

What does each Defence Science and Technology Agency team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Backend

8 postings
Docker5
Java5
Kubernetes4
C++3
Python3
AWS2

AI/ML

3 postings
Kubernetes3
LLM3
vLLM3
SGLang2
Triton Inference Server2

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How is the Defence Science and Technology Agency stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
PrometheusSep 2026
Rest APISep 2026
AzureSep 2026
AWSJul 2026
IAMJul 2026
NLPJun 2026
SGLangJun 2026
Triton Inference ServerJun 2026

How modern is the Defence Science and Technology Agency stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 81/100

Defence Science and Technology Agency scores 81 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Defence Science and Technology Agency stack in its industry?

Share of the 1,041 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Kubernetes36%
C++15%
Java33%
Python50%
LLM23%
Linux40%
vLLM4%
AWS35%
JavaScript44%
Apache Kafka18%

What sets Defence Science and Technology Agency apart

vLLM4%

Questions about the Defence Science and Technology Agency tech stack

What programming languages does Defence Science and Technology Agency use?

The languages named in Defence Science and Technology Agency job postings are C++ (32%), Java (26%), Python (26%), JavaScript (16%), Bash (5%), as a share of the 19 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Defence Science and Technology Agency use SGLang?

Yes. SGLang is named in 2 of 19 job postings (11%) and required in 2 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Defence Science and Technology Agency use?

The cloud and platforms named in Defence Science and Technology Agency job postings are Kubernetes (9), Linux (4), vLLM (4) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at Defence Science and Technology Agency?

Backend postings at Defence Science and Technology Agency most often require Docker (5), Java (5), Kubernetes (4), C++ (3), out of 8 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Defence Science and Technology Agency tech stack changing?

Yes. Prometheus, Rest API, Azure, AWS first appeared in Defence Science and Technology Agency job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Defence Science and Technology Agency tech stack?

Defence Science and Technology Agency scores 81 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Defence Science and Technology Agency tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Defence Science and Technology Agency publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 19 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 14, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "Defence Science and Technology Agency tech stack: 84 technologies from 19 job postings", as of Nov 14, 2026. https://alion.io/company/dsta/technologies

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