# Senior Software Engineer - ATO
**Company:** [Vannevar](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/vannevar)
**Location:** San Diego, CA
**Salary:** $150K-$215K
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** React, Node.js, Python, AWS, DevSecOps, Nist Sp 800-53, Oscal, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
**Posted:** 2026-02-04
> Lead deployment of AI software products to DoD-compliant environments (IL6, JWICS), owning technical roadmaps, security hardening, and cross-functional alignment in a React/Node/Python stack. Requires 7+ years DevSecOps experience, AWS expertise, and active TS/SCI clearance.
## Job Description
## What you'll do

* Own the technical roadmap and execution plan to achieve successful deployment of a key product suite to a government authorized system.
* Design, build, and harden our product suite within a compliant cloud environment.
* Work cross-functionally across product teams to help align timelines and develop solutions hands-on to meet security controls.
* Implement strong change control: security impact analysis, testing/validation plans, and stakeholder notifications for significant changes.

## Cross-functional leadership

* Be the subject matter expert for this effort - the company will look to you for progress reports, external talking points, and guidance.
* Mentor engineers on secure design and operational excellence in regulated environments.
* Write guidelines, documentation, and create architecture diagrams for external and internal consumption.
* Translate between “government compliance language” and “engineering reality.”

## What we're looking for

* 7+ years working in a DevSecOps or related capacity
* Experience deploying software into a government-authorized environment (IL6, JWICS)
* Full-stack experience - willing to get hand-on across our full stack (**React/Node/Python** stack)
* Strong foundation in security principles and experience developing software against security controls (ex. **NIST SP 800-53**) and related frameworks (ex. **OSCAL**)
* Strong documentation skills for software accreditation (ex. deployment runbooks, System Security Plans, CONOPS)
* Experience working with **AWS**
* Experience working in a fast-paced environment
* Exceptional communication skills
* Must hold an active U.S. TS Security clearance with SCI Eligibility

## What we value (optional)

* Experience working for a contractor of the DoW or government agencies
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