# Software Engineering Lead and Application Architect - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Type of Requisition: RegularClearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + PolygraphClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + PolygraphPublic Trust/Other Required: NoneJob Family: IT Infrastructure and OperationsJob Qualifications: Skills: Applications Architecture, Architecture Principles, DevSecOpsCertifications: NoneExperience: 10 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required: YesJob Description: We are seeking a Lead Engineer to drive the end-to-end software engineering function for mission and enterprise applications across classified environments. This role is accountable for application architecture, secure development standards, the full development lifecycle, and the overall technical health of the application portfolio, including management of technical debt, code quality, integration patterns, and production readiness. Key Responsibilities Own application architecture principles, reference patterns, technology standards, coding standards, API/event patterns, UI practices, and technical exception decisions. Lead software teams delivering web, backend, API, workflow, data-integrated, ServiceNow-adjacent, and AI-enabled mission capabilities.

- **Id**: 3922599
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/general-dynamics-information-technology-software-engineering-lead-and-application-architect-tssci-with-polygraph>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chantilly, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T16:38:58Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7907
- **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**: 51
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.176
- **Repost share**: 0.059
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 37
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 161500
- **Max**: 218500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 218500

## Technologies

- **.NET** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **OpenShift** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **ServiceNow** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: yes
- **Progressive Delivery** — Optional: yes
- **RAG** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T16:19:06Z

## 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**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 37
- **Reasons**: seen:5, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 218500
- **Is top pay**: yes

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