Distributed Systems Engineer Build authorization and data processing systems at massive scale for the Department of Defense. Design distributed architectures handling complex access control policies ...
Distributed Systems Engineer Build authorization and data processing systems at massive scale for the Department of Defense. Design distributed architectures handling complex access control policies ...
GovCloud Distributed Systems Software Engineer
Herndon, VA · On-site
$149 - $224/hr
Our Public Cloud engineering teams are responsible for innovating and maintaining a large scale distributed systems engineering platform that ships hundreds of features to production for tens of ...
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GovCloud Distributed Systems Software Engineer
Herndon, VA · On-site
$149 - $224/hr
Our Public Cloud engineering teams are responsible for innovating and maintaining a large scale distributed systems engineering platform that ships hundreds of features to production for tens of ...
New
GovCloud Distributed Systems Software Engineer
Herndon, VA · On-site
$177K - $210K/yr
Our Public Cloud engineering teams are responsible for innovating and maintaining a large scale distributed systems engineering platform that ships hundreds of features to production for tens of ...
New
GovCloud Distributed Systems Software Engineer
Herndon, VA · On-site
$177K - $210K/yr
Our Public Cloud engineering teams are responsible for innovating and maintaining a large scale distributed systems engineering platform that ships hundreds of features to production for tens of ...
New
GovCloud Distributed Systems Software Engineer
Herndon, VA · On-site
$177K - $210K/yr
Our Public Cloud engineering teams are responsible for innovating and maintaining a large scale distributed systems engineering platform that ships hundreds of features to production for tens of ...
New
GovCloud Distributed Systems Software Engineer
Herndon, VA · On-site
$177K - $210K/yr
Our Public Cloud engineering teams are responsible for innovating and maintaining a large scale distributed systems engineering platform that ships hundreds of features to production for tens of ...
New
Systems Engineer - JobID-0009
Arlington, VA · On-site
$90K - $184K/yr
Systems Engineer - JobID-0009 Department: Engineering Employment Type: Full Time Location ... Conduct architecture analysis for distributed combat systems (hardware/software/network)
Systems Engineer - JobID-0009
Arlington, VA · On-site
$90K - $184K/yr
Systems Engineer - JobID-0009 Department: Engineering Employment Type: Full Time Location ... Conduct architecture analysis for distributed combat systems (hardware/software/network)
Systems Engineer- SME
Herndon, VA · On-site
$185K - $202K/yr
Systems Engineer SME Responsibilities Include: * Manage and maintain application servers, networks ... complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and ...
New
Systems Engineer- SME
Herndon, VA · On-site
$185K - $202K/yr
Systems Engineer SME Responsibilities Include: * Manage and maintain application servers, networks ... complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and ...
New
Systems Engineer- SME
Herndon, VA · On-site
$185K - $202K/yr
Systems Engineer SME Responsibilities Include: * Manage and maintain application servers, networks ... complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and ...
Systems Engineer- SME
Herndon, VA · On-site
$185K - $202K/yr
Systems Engineer SME Responsibilities Include: * Manage and maintain application servers, networks ... complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and ...
Systems Engineer
Springfield, VA · On-site
Job Title: Systems Engineer Job Category: Engineering Time Type: Full time Minimum Clearance ... or distributed system architectures. • Knowledge of communications systems, networking ...
Systems Engineer
Springfield, VA · On-site
Job Title: Systems Engineer Job Category: Engineering Time Type: Full time Minimum Clearance ... or distributed system architectures. • Knowledge of communications systems, networking ...
Systems Engineer - JobID-0009 with Security Clearance
Arlington, VA · On-site
$90K - $184K/yr
Systems Engineer - JobID-0009 Department: Engineering Employment Type: Full Time Location ... Conduct architecture analysis for distributed combat systems (hardware/software/network)
Systems Engineer - JobID-0009 with Security Clearance
Arlington, VA · On-site
$90K - $184K/yr
Systems Engineer - JobID-0009 Department: Engineering Employment Type: Full Time Location ... Conduct architecture analysis for distributed combat systems (hardware/software/network)
SME Systems Engineer
Herndon, VA · On-site
$190K - $220K/yr
Overview SME Systems Engineer Herndon, VA TS/SCI with Poly At Bcore, our strength comes from how we ... complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and ...
SME Systems Engineer
Herndon, VA · On-site
$190K - $220K/yr
Overview SME Systems Engineer Herndon, VA TS/SCI with Poly At Bcore, our strength comes from how we ... complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and ...
SME Systems Engineer
Herndon, VA · On-site
$190K - $220K/yr
SME Systems Engineer Herndon, VA TS/SCI with Poly At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver ... complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and ...
SME Systems Engineer
Herndon, VA · On-site
$190K - $220K/yr
SME Systems Engineer Herndon, VA TS/SCI with Poly At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver ... complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and ...
SME Systems Engineer
Herndon, VA · On-site
$190K - $220K/yr
Overview SME Systems Engineer Herndon, VA TS/SCI with Poly At Bcore, our strength comes from how we ... complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and ...
SME Systems Engineer
Herndon, VA · On-site
$190K - $220K/yr
Overview SME Systems Engineer Herndon, VA TS/SCI with Poly At Bcore, our strength comes from how we ... complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and ...
Distributed Systems Software Engineer - GovCloud (Senior/Lead) Our Public Cloud engineering teams are responsible for innovating and maintaining a large scale distributed systems engineering platform ...
Distributed Systems Software Engineer - GovCloud (Senior/Lead) Our Public Cloud engineering teams are responsible for innovating and maintaining a large scale distributed systems engineering platform ...
Systems Engineer - JobID-0009
$90K - $184K/yr
The Systems Engineer is collaborating within a fast-paced, customer-focused test and ... Conduct architecture analysis for distributed combat systems (hardware/software/network)
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Systems Engineer - JobID-0009
$90K - $184K/yr
The Systems Engineer is collaborating within a fast-paced, customer-focused test and ... Conduct architecture analysis for distributed combat systems (hardware/software/network)
Systems Engineer with Security Clearance
Arlington, VA · On-site
$114K - $184K/yr
The Systems Engineer is collaborating within a fast-paced, customer-focused test and ... Conduct architecture analysis for distributed combat systems (hardware/software/network)
Systems Engineer with Security Clearance
Arlington, VA · On-site
$114K - $184K/yr
The Systems Engineer is collaborating within a fast-paced, customer-focused test and ... Conduct architecture analysis for distributed combat systems (hardware/software/network)
Systems Engineer - JobID-0196
Arlington, VA · On-site
$74K - $184K/yr
Systems Engineer - JobID-0196 Department: Engineering Employment Type: Full Time Location ... Understanding of distributed systems, algorithms, data structures and software design patterns ...
Systems Engineer - JobID-0196
Arlington, VA · On-site
$74K - $184K/yr
Systems Engineer - JobID-0196 Department: Engineering Employment Type: Full Time Location ... Understanding of distributed systems, algorithms, data structures and software design patterns ...
Systems Engineer
Sterling, VA · On-site
... distributed systems. • Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) • Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) • Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) • Certified ...
Systems Engineer
Sterling, VA · On-site
... distributed systems. • Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) • Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) • Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) • Certified ...
Understanding of system design principles, such as microservices and distributed systems. Desired Certs: * Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) * Expert Systems Engineering Professional ...
Understanding of system design principles, such as microservices and distributed systems. Desired Certs: * Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) * Expert Systems Engineering Professional ...
Systems Engineer
Sterling, VA · On-site
Understanding of system design principles, such as microservices and distributed systems. Desired Certs: * Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) * Expert Systems Engineering Professional ...
Systems Engineer
Sterling, VA · On-site
Understanding of system design principles, such as microservices and distributed systems. Desired Certs: * Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) * Expert Systems Engineering Professional ...
Systems Engineer- SME with Security Clearance
Herndon, VA · On-site
$185K - $202K/yr
Systems Engineer SME Responsibilities Include: * Manage and maintain application servers, networks ... complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and ...
New
Systems Engineer- SME with Security Clearance
Herndon, VA · On-site
$185K - $202K/yr
Systems Engineer SME Responsibilities Include: * Manage and maintain application servers, networks ... complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and ...
New
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Job description
Distributed Systems Engineer
Build authorization and data processing systems at massive scale for the Department of
Defense. Design distributed architectures handling complex access control policies
supporting tens of thousands of concurrent users, high-volume data pipelines, sophisticated
data governance requirements, workflow orchestration engines, robotic process
automation, and AI prompt engineering systems. Architect distributed caching strategies, implement event-driven data processing, build
high-performance policy evaluation engines, and solve algorithmic challenges around
efficient authorization and data access at scale. Work on distributed consensus problems,
cache consistency, ETL optimization, workflow state management, and real-time
monitoring of complex data flows. Design elegant algorithms for policy evaluation, optimize critical processing paths,
implement sophisticated caching and data governance strategies. Handle data lineage
tracking, audit trail generation, compliance validation across distributed systems, and
orchestration of complex automated workflows. Develop AI prompt engineering solutions
that dynamically answer questions across distributed, classified data sources.
Computer science theory meets real-world constraints. Constantly tackle new challenges -
always learning and pushing boundaries with a team that gets things done. Required: Active TS/SCI with CI Poly, 5+ years distributed systems, experience building
scalable systems supporting tens of thousands of concurrent users, data processing,
algorithm design, DoD experience. Bonus: Event streaming platforms, data governance,
performance optimization, workflow engines, AI/ML systems.
Location: Reston, VA or JBAB (on-site) About VARIABLECONSTANT LLC
VARIABLECONSTANT LLC specializes in advanced hardware and software solutions for the
Department of Defense. We're a small, agile company known by reputation for tackling the
hard problems others can't solve. No bureaucracy, no trade shows - we move fast and ship
solutions that directly support national security missions. You'll work on sophisticated authorization systems, high-performance data processing,
advanced encryption, distributed architectures at massive scale, workflow automation,
robotic process automation, and AI-driven solutions. Real technical challenges with real
impact.
Build authorization and data processing systems at massive scale for the Department of
Defense. Design distributed architectures handling complex access control policies
supporting tens of thousands of concurrent users, high-volume data pipelines, sophisticated
data governance requirements, workflow orchestration engines, robotic process
automation, and AI prompt engineering systems. Architect distributed caching strategies, implement event-driven data processing, build
high-performance policy evaluation engines, and solve algorithmic challenges around
efficient authorization and data access at scale. Work on distributed consensus problems,
cache consistency, ETL optimization, workflow state management, and real-time
monitoring of complex data flows. Design elegant algorithms for policy evaluation, optimize critical processing paths,
implement sophisticated caching and data governance strategies. Handle data lineage
tracking, audit trail generation, compliance validation across distributed systems, and
orchestration of complex automated workflows. Develop AI prompt engineering solutions
that dynamically answer questions across distributed, classified data sources.
Computer science theory meets real-world constraints. Constantly tackle new challenges -
always learning and pushing boundaries with a team that gets things done. Required: Active TS/SCI with CI Poly, 5+ years distributed systems, experience building
scalable systems supporting tens of thousands of concurrent users, data processing,
algorithm design, DoD experience. Bonus: Event streaming platforms, data governance,
performance optimization, workflow engines, AI/ML systems.
Location: Reston, VA or JBAB (on-site) About VARIABLECONSTANT LLC
VARIABLECONSTANT LLC specializes in advanced hardware and software solutions for the
Department of Defense. We're a small, agile company known by reputation for tackling the
hard problems others can't solve. No bureaucracy, no trade shows - we move fast and ship
solutions that directly support national security missions. You'll work on sophisticated authorization systems, high-performance data processing,
advanced encryption, distributed architectures at massive scale, workflow automation,
robotic process automation, and AI-driven solutions. Real technical challenges with real
impact.