Software Engineer 3 (Linux/Bash/Python/Java/IaC/Docker/CI/CD)

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD, United States

Annual salary: $130,000–$270,000, depending on years of experience.

Company

hirify.global develops and sustains engineering solutions supporting government missions and national security.

What you will do

• Engineer, implement, integrate, and sustain the project tools suite in a Linux environment.
• Support secure credential management, privileged access controls, secrets management, and automation aligned with mission security and compliance requirements.
• Serve as the subject-matter expert for the tools running on Linux systems.
• Collaborate with security, infrastructure, and DevOps teams.
• Troubleshoot distributed Linux environments, including logs, services, networking, authentication, monitoring, and problem resolution.

Requirements

• Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph and be a U.S. citizen.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline plus five years of relevant SWE experience, or a bachelor’s degree plus seven years of relevant SWE experience, or nine years of relevant SWE experience.
• Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux suite of tools, with strong Linux administration experience in RHEL, CentOS, Rocky, or Ubuntu.
• Experience developing Bash and Python scripts, plus recent software development experience using Python and Java.
• Hands-on experience implementing or supporting at least one Delinea product, such as Secret Server, Privilege Manager, or DevOps Secrets Vault.
• Understanding of IAM, PAM, certificate-based authentication, and security best practices.
• Familiarity with API-based integrations, RESTful services, and secrets automation in CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code principles and automation tools such as Ansible and SaltStack.
• Experience with Docker, Podman, and container secret-handling patterns.
• Experience sustaining and supporting large Linux clusters, including day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution.

Nice to have

• Experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience supporting enterprise security tools or working in cybersecurity-focused software engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Direct hire only; third-party staffing and recruiting firms are not considered.
• Up to 20% 401(k) contribution with no matching requirement and vesting from day one.
• $3,600 HSA contribution.
• Six weeks of paid time off.
• Company-paid medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability, and AD&D insurance.
• Above-market hourly rates.