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This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies - collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose - and help shape the future.Department Summary:\nMITRE is seeking an experienced technical professional to join our Digital Investigations Department in support of a high-impact sponsor mission in the McLean, Virginia area.\nOur department transforms digital data into actionable understanding by combining technical analysis, investigative tradecraft, software development, data analytics, and mission context. Our work spans digital evidence and forensics, digital intelligence and OSINT, investigative analytics, target and activity analysis, operational investigations, and the development of new investigative tools and capabilities.\nThis position requires a strong Python developer who can work directly with sponsor personnel to understand mission problems, develop and evolve technical solutions, and provide technical leadership to other members of the team. 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Regular presence at the sponsor site is required.\nRoles & Responsibilities:\nIn this role, the selected candidate will:\nLead Technical Development: Design, develop, test, and maintain Python-based applications, analytical tools, automation, and data-processing capabilities supporting digital investigations and related mission needs.\nSet Technical Direction: Translate complex or ambiguous sponsor problems into technical approaches, make architecture and implementation decisions, and help establish the direction of work performed by other team members.\nRemain Hands-On: Personally develop and review production-quality Python code while contributing to troubleshooting, debugging, integration, testing, and deployment activities.\nSolve Complex Technical Problems: Analyze difficult technical and mission challenges, evaluate possible solutions, and apply sound engineering judgment to develop practical and innovative approaches.\nWork Directly with Sponsors: Build a strong understanding of sponsor workflows, priorities, constraints, and operational needs and use that understanding to shape technical solutions.\nGuide and Elevate the Team: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to more junior staff, conduct code and design reviews, share technical knowledge, and help improve the quality and effectiveness of the team's work.\nBuild Sustainable Capability: Develop reusable tools, libraries, workflows, documentation, and engineering practices that improve work beyond an individual task or project.\nConnect Across Disciplines: Collaborate with investigators, analysts, data scientists, engineers, and other technical experts to integrate capabilities and solve multidisciplinary problems.\nCommunicate Technical Concepts: Explain complex technical issues, design decisions, risks, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nEvaluate Technologies and Approaches: Assess existing and emerging software, data sources, platforms, and analytical techniques and identify opportunities to improve investigative capabilities and mission outcomes.\nBasic Qualifications:\nStrong software development experience using Python, including demonstrated experience developing, debugging, testing, and maintaining non-trivial software or analytical capabilities.\nDemonstrated ability to independently solve complex technical problems and make sound technical design and implementation decisions.\nExperience leading the technical direction of a project, task, capability, or significant body of work.\nDemonstrated ability to provide technical guidance, mentorship, or review of work performed by other engineers or analysts.\nExperience translating user or mission needs into technical requirements and working solutions.\nExperience developing software that interacts with, processes, transforms, or analyzes complex datasets.\nStrong understanding of software engineering practices, including version control, testing, documentation, code review, and maintainable software design.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly.\nAbility to work effectively with multidisciplinary technical teams and directly with sponsor or customer stakeholders.\nAbility to work independently in an environment where requirements may be incomplete, evolving, or operationally driven.\nPosition is based in the McLean, Virginia area and requires regular on-site work at the sponsor location.\nAccess to a vehicle is required to support work at the sponsor site and associated local mission activities.\nTypically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.\nMust have an active Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance and must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance . Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.\nThis position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience developing software or analytical capabilities supporting digital investigations, cybersecurity, intelligence, law enforcement, national security, or other operational missions.\nExperience with Python data and analytical libraries and frameworks such as pandas, NumPy, SQLAlchemy, FastAPI, Flask, or similar technologies.\nExperience designing and implementing data pipelines, APIs, backend services, automation, or analytical workflows.\nExperience working with structured and unstructured datasets, including data normalization, entity resolution, correlation, enrichment, or visualization.\nExperience with relational and/or non-relational databases and strong SQL skills.\nExperience working in Linux environments and with command-line tools and scripting.\nExperience with Git-based development workflows, automated testing, CI/CD, containerization, or related DevSecOps practices.\nExperience integrating software with external APIs, data services, investigative platforms, or mission systems.\nFamiliarity with one or more digital investigation areas such as digital forensics, OSINT, cyber threat intelligence, network analysis, malware analysis, cryptocurrency analysis, investigative analytics, or target/activity analysis.\nExperience rapidly prototyping technical approaches and transitioning successful prototypes into sustainable capabilities.\nDemonstrated experience identifying opportunities to improve technical practices or capabilities beyond an individual's assigned work.\nExperience working directly with government sponsors in a classified environment.\nActive Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.\nThis requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):\nSecretThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):\nTop SecretSalary compensation range and midpoint:\n$158,800 - $198,500 - $238,200 AnnualWork Location Type:\nOnsiteCommitment to Non-Discrimination\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.\nMITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. 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