# SSDS Software Engineer

About The Role: Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), a leading defense technology company, is seeking a SSDS Software Engineer to be part of our Advanced Capabilities team and based out of our Arlington, VA location. This SSDS Software Engineer will focus heavily on designing, developing, integrating, and testing tactical combat system software interfaces, specifically interacting with naval combatants (SSDS), fire control loops, and self-defense systems (RAM/CIWS). This role requires full-time presence on-site at our Arlington, VA office. Clearance & Location Requirements: All applicants must currently possess an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance. This is a fully on-site position, based out of our Arlington, VA location. Key Responsibilities What You Will Do: Design, implement, and test high-performance tactical software components using modern C++ or Java. Integrate software components with complex Navy tactical combat systems, specifically developing interfaces and middleware wrappers for SSDS, RAM, or CIWS data streams. Build low-latency software interfaces to transport tactical messages across network protocols (TCP/UDP, DDS, ActiveMQ, Kafka). Prototype next-generati

- **Id**: 939290
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/innovative-defense-technologies-ssds-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Arlington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-14T16:18:22Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-20
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T10:03:26Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 54
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4488
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Naval Systems, Software Testing & QA, Custom Software Development

## Company

- **Id**: 678281
- **Name**: Innovative Defense Technologies
- **Domain**: idtus.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/idtus>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Pinpoint

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0.2
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 13
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 114000
- **Max**: 231000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 231000

## Technologies

- **ActiveMQ** — Optional: no
- **Ansible** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Configuration Management** — Optional: no
- **Confluence** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **GitLab CI** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Jenkins** — Optional: no
- **JFrog Artifactory** — Optional: no
- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Podman** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **VMWare** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 54

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-15T16:18:22Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 18
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.524
- **P room**: 0.35
- **Age days**: 54
- **Expected fill days**: 13
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 231000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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