The Leading Path
theleadingpath.com
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IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation
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How The Leading Path hires
Truth index
B 82/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
71%
Reposted roles
0%
The Leading Path scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 7 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 71% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
The Leading Path is a technology services company supporting cleared national security programs with data engineering, systems engineering, cloud and network engineering and software development. Its vacancies require top secret clearances with polygraph and include data engineers, data scientists, cleared network engineers and intelligence recruiters. The company is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States.
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at The Leading Path over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
96
Postings analysed
17
Stack modernity
70/100
Languages
Python82%
JavaScript41%
Bash35%
Node JS29%
Frameworks & libraries
Hadoop24%
PyTorch24%
TensorFlow24%
Angular12%
Databases
Cassandra24%
MySQL24%
PostgreSQL24%
Snowflake24%
Cloud & platforms
AWS59%
Linux53%
Kubernetes47%
Azure29%
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Full The Leading Path tech stack
96 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Growth
Hiring Momentum
62/100
Growing
Open positions
16
5 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
29 days
faster than 45% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
10/27/2026
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.
Data Science
27% ▼
Backend
20% ▲
DevOps
13% ▲
Hardware
13% ▼
Networking
7% ▲
HR
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Backend (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+3 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
Added LDAP to stack
Oct 2026
Added FedRAMP to stack
Oct 2026
Added Logstash to stack
Oct 2026
Added Kibana to stack
Oct 2026
Added Kanban to stack
Oct 2026
New location: Washington
Oct 2026
Added ArgoCD to stack
Oct 2026
Added OpenAI Codex to stack
Oct 2026
Added Model Context Protocol to stack
Oct 2026
Added Flask to stack
Oct 2026
Added Claude Code to stack
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
McLean
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McLean
United States
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7 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Backend, Hardware, Data Science
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United States
Engineering / R&D
7 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Backend, DevOps, Data Science
Fort Belvoir
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Operations
Jobs
≈ $124k – $267k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Chantilly
Python
JavaScript
Node JS
ElasticSearch
DevOps
Rest API
GitHub Actions
Prometheus
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Jenkins
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Linux
Management
Agile
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≈ $118k – $254k per year (Estimated) · In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · McLean
JavaScript
SQL
C++
Node JS
GraphDB
MS SQL
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Hadoop
Frontend
Redux
RxJS
React.js
DevOps
Rest API
gRPC
Docker
Kubernetes
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Management
Agile
Scrum
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≈ $140k – $257k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · McLean
Python
SQL
PowerShell
Bash
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
Snowflake
Databricks
Cassandra
DynamoDB
RabbitMQ
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
Hadoop
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Amazon SageMaker
Machine Learning
DevOps
Splunk
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
Red Hat
GitHub Actions
CloudFormation
Prometheus
GitLab CI
Azure
CI/CD
GitOps
ArgoCD
Jenkins
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Configuration Management
CentOS Stream
Amazon CloudWatch
Linux
DNS
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
PKI
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Management
Agile
ITIL
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≈ $107k – $236k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Chantilly
Python
Bash
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
VMWare
Chef
CloudFormation
Prometheus
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Configuration Management
Linux
Unix
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
LDAP
PKI
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≈ $110k – $241k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Chantilly
Python
Bash
ElasticSearch
DevOps
Terraform
Ansible
Kibana
Logstash
CI/CD
ArgoCD
Jenkins
AWS
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
AWS Lambda
Linux
Cybersecurity
PKI
Management
Agile
Kanban
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≈ $88k – $203k per year (Estimated) · In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · McLean
Python
Rest API
VMWare
Chef
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≈ $121k – $229k per year (Estimated) · In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Chantilly
Python
JavaScript
Node JS
Flask
Databases
Cassandra
RabbitMQ
AI/ML
Claude Code
Model Context Protocol
OpenAI Codex
Machine Learning
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Apache NiFi
Management
Agile
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≈ $107k – $234k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · McLean
Python
Apache Kafka
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≈ $101k – $229k per year (Estimated) · In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · McLean
Python
SQL
PowerShell
Bash
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
Snowflake
Databricks
Cassandra
DynamoDB
RabbitMQ
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
Hadoop
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Amazon SageMaker
Machine Learning
DevOps
Splunk
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
Red Hat
GitHub Actions
CloudFormation
Prometheus
GitLab CI
Azure
CI/CD
GitOps
ArgoCD
Jenkins
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Configuration Management
CentOS Stream
Amazon CloudWatch
Linux
DNS
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
PKI
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Management
Agile
ITIL
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≈ $112k – $243k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · McLean
Python
JavaScript
Java
TypeScript
Angular
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≈ $112k – $255k per year (Estimated) · In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Chantilly
JavaScript
TypeScript
Node JS
ElasticSearch
Frontend
Angular
Sass
DevOps
Git
Linux
Management
Agile
Apply
≈ $117k – $251k per year (Estimated) · In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · McLean
Python
SQL
PowerShell
Bash
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
Snowflake
Databricks
Cassandra
DynamoDB
Apache Kafka
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
Hadoop
Spark
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Amazon SageMaker
Machine Learning
DevOps
Splunk
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
Red Hat
GitHub Actions
VMWare
CloudFormation
Prometheus
GitLab CI
Azure
CI/CD
GitOps
Jenkins
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Configuration Management
Hyper-V
CentOS Stream
Amazon CloudWatch
Linux
Windows
DNS
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Management
Agile
ITIL
Apply