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Application Developer/Reverse Engineer 3 - (Python, Reverse Engineering, Docker)

Akina, Inc
Fort Meade, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 5/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/30/2026
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Application Developer/Reverse Engineer 3 - (Python, Reverse Engineering, Docker)

Fort Meade, Maryland

  • Computer/Software

Application Developer/Reverse Engineer 3 - (Python, Reverse Engineering, Docker)

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required

Position ID: 20-18-015-AD3

Location: Fort Meade, Maryland

Description

You will act as a Software Engineer and Reverse Engineer in order to develop cutting edge security tools in a fast-paced, agile environment. Your work will be delivering on the client’s national security mission, where you will work closely with analysts, data scientists and other software engineers. You will be expected to work largely independently, pursuing opportunities that present themselves from your research, and following up with customer needs. The customer, in CNO’s Alternate Tradecraft Product Group, will provide opportunities to quickly adapt and deploy new security products, allowing your tools to be used within weeks, not years.

  • Develop Python applications to automate analysis and operational workflows.
  • Reverse Engineer network traffic and web applications.
  • Work with customers to collect requirements and ensure proper functionality.
  • Coordinate with team of software developers to incorporate new technologies and leverage shared libraries.
  • Manage dataflow and formatting to integrate into client systems.

Position Required Skills

  • Familiarity with HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, and other common web traffic
  • Experience with Burp Suite, browser developer tools, or Wireshark to monitor network communications
  • Production-grade software development experience in Python
  • Service containerization and deployment with Docker/Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with Git/Gitlab
  • Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence)

Position Desired Skills

  • Experience prototyping web applications (JavaScript)
  • Analyzing cyber security-related data sets (network traffic, OS events)
  • Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems
  • Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations
  • Experience developing or reverse engineering mobile applications and communications
  • Capable of designing and manipulating Gitlab CI/CD automated builds

AD3 Qualifications

YOE Requirement: 12 yrs., B.S. or 10 yrs. w/ M.S., 4 yrs. of additional SWE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Salary Range: **$234k-$287k (Annually)

  • The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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