Sterling
Government · Cybersecurity

Sterling tech stack

Sterling builds mostly with Python, SQL, Apex, PHP. Its stack also includes Databricks, VMWare, Pinecone, Weaviate. Python is named in 3 of the 18 job postings Sterling published in the last 12 months (17%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Sterling, updated Nov 11, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 11, 2026
Technologies in use
63
Postings analysed
18
Open now
12
Modernity
86 /100

What programming languages does Sterling use?

Python is named in 17% of job postings at Sterling, followed by SQL (11%), Apex (6%), PHP (6%).

Python 3 17% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
SQL 2 11% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Apex 1 6% optional · since Sep 2026
PHP 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
PowerShell 1 6% optional · since Sep 2026

What frameworks and libraries does Sterling use?

FastAPI is named in 6% of job postings at Sterling, followed by OpenCV (6%), PyTorch (6%), Scikit-learn (6%).

FastAPI 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
OpenCV 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
PyTorch 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Scikit-learn 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Sentence-Transformers 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Docling 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Flask 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Haystack 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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LangChain1
LlamaIndex1
Ragas1
Streamlit1
Transformers1
TruLens1
pgvector1

What databases does Sterling use?

Pinecone is named in 6% of job postings at Sterling, followed by Weaviate (6%), MariaDB (6%), PostgreSQL (6%).

Pinecone 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Weaviate 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
MariaDB 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
PostgreSQL 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Qdrant 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Salesforce Data Cloud 1 6% optional · since Sep 2026

What cloud and platforms does Sterling use?

Databricks is named in 11% of job postings at Sterling, followed by VMWare (11%), Active Directory (6%), Anthropic (6%).

Databricks 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
VMWare 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Active Directory 1 6% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
Anthropic 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
MuleSoft 1 6% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
OpenAI 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Windows 1 6% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
AWS 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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Azure1
GCP1
Kubeflow1
Kubernetes1
MLFlow1
Weights & Biases1
vLLM1

What developer tools does Sterling use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 67% of job postings at Sterling, followed by FortiGate (6%), WordPress (6%), Docker (6%).

Microsoft Excel 12 67% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Sep 2026
FortiGate 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
WordPress 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Docker 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026

What AI and ML technologies does Sterling use?

Gemini is named in 6% of job postings at Sterling, followed by LLM (6%), LoRA (6%), PEFT (6%).

Gemini 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
LLM 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
LoRA 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
PEFT 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026

Which engineering practices does Sterling ask for?

Machine Learning is named in 11% of job postings at Sterling, followed by AI Agents (11%), NLP (6%), RAG (6%).

Machine Learning 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
AI Agents 2 11% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
NLP 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
RAG 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
VPN 1 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
CI/CD 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Fine-tuning 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Hallucination 1 6% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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LLM Evaluation1
LLM Guardrails1
Model Distillation1
Prompt Caching1
Prompt Engineering1
Reranking1

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How modern is the Sterling stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 86/100

Sterling scores 86 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: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Sterling stack in its industry?

Share of the 2,031 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python45%
Databricks9%
SQL40%
VMWare13%
AWS37%
Active Directory17%
Anthropic4%
Apex5%
Azure38%
Docling0%

Questions about the Sterling tech stack

What programming languages does Sterling use?

The languages named in Sterling job postings are Python (17%), SQL (11%), Apex (6%), PHP (6%), PowerShell (6%), as a share of the 18 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Sterling use Databricks?

Yes. Databricks is named in 2 of 18 job postings (11%) and required in 2 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Sterling use?

The cloud and platforms named in Sterling job postings are Databricks (2), VMWare (2), Active Directory (1) (postings in brackets).

Is the Sterling tech stack changing?

No new technology has appeared in Sterling job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Sterling tech stack?

Sterling scores 86 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: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Sterling tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Sterling publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 18 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 11, 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, "Sterling tech stack: 63 technologies from 18 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/sterling-com/technologies

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