# Principal Software Engineer

Type of Requisition: PipelineClearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCIClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret/SCIPublic Trust/Other Required: NoneJob Family: Software EngineeringJob Qualifications: Skills: Jenkins (Software), Programming Languages, Software Engineering, Software SolutionsCertifications: NoneExperience: 8 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required: YesJob Description: Transform technology into opportunity as a Software Engineer Principal at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career. MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT As a Software Engineer Principal, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the Air Force. Leading the implementation and management of DevSecOps practices across multiple projects and teams to ensure seamless integration of development, security, and operations processes. Designing, implementing, and maintaining highly automated and secure CI/CD pipelines, incorporating advanced security testing and validation techniques. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GD

- **Id**: 3992395
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/general-dynamics-information-technology-principal-software-engineer-3>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Antonio, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T23:53:38Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T23:53:38Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7740
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: National Security, Digital Government, IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, Systems Integrators

## Company

- **Id**: 4418
- **Name**: General Dynamics Information Technology
- **Domain**: gdit.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/gdit>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 44
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.182
- **Repost share**: 0.023
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 38
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 128039
- **Max**: 173229
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 173229

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Azure DevOps** — Optional: no
- **Chef** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CircleCI** — Optional: no
- **Configuration Management** — Optional: no
- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Docker Swarm** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **GitLab CI** — Optional: no
- **ISO 27001** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Jenkins** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Nessus** — Optional: no
- **OWASP** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SIEM** — Optional: no
- **SOC 2** — Optional: no
- **Splunk** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **Threat Modeling** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T23:53:38Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 14; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 21 · green card filings: 4; Filings 12m: 21

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 38
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T01:58:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 173229
- **Is top pay**: no

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