Digital Investigations Software Engineer

The MITRE Corporation is seeking a Digital Investigations Software Engineer to help turn complex digital data into actionable insight for investigative and law enforcement missions. This role focuses on designing, building, testing, and maintaining software capabilities that support scalable analytical workflows, often within secure facilities in Northern Virginia.

Based in Springfield, VA, the position requires onsite work and supports government partners and technical teams to rapidly develop solutions that meet mission needs.

Role Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software capabilities supporting complex technical analysis.
• Work with technical data and existing analytical processes to identify software-enabled automation opportunities.
• Develop repeatable, scalable workflows and pipelines that convert manual analytical processes into software capabilities.
• Analyze unfamiliar software, data, and technical systems to understand structure, behavior, and relationships.
• Collaborate with government sponsors, software engineers, analysts, and technical subject-matter experts to understand mission requirements and deliver solutions quickly.
• Communicate technical findings, development progress, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Work regularly in secure facilities, including approximately two days per week at a sponsor location in Northern Virginia.

Required Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of related experience plus a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Hands-on software development experience using Python or another modern programming language.
• Experience developing, testing, debugging, and maintaining software.
• Experience with and/or understanding of relational databases.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze technical problems and develop software-based solutions.
• Ability to work effectively with technical teams and mission stakeholders in a collaborative environment.
• Ability and willingness to perform development and technical work onsite in secure facilities, including approximately two days per week at a sponsor location in Northern Virginia, with a stated requirement of minimum 3 days per week on-site.
• Must have an active Top Secret U.S. Government issued Security Clearance and be eligible to obtain and maintain Top Secret/SCI.
• Per U.S. Government eligibility requirements, candidates must be U.S. citizens to be considered for a security clearance.

Technologies

• Python
• Relational databases

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field with 5 or more years of related experience.
• Proficiency developing software in Python.
• Experience developing data-processing, analysis, or automation pipelines.
• Experience automating manual analytical or data-transformation workflows.
• Experience with software analysis, reverse engineering, static or dynamic analysis, or analyzing unfamiliar software and codebases.
• Familiarity with software supply chains, software dependencies, package ecosystems, build systems, or software provenance.
• Experience integrating multiple data sources into repeatable analytical or software workflows.
• Experience developing software or performing technical analysis in classified or otherwise restricted computing environments.
• Experience working directly with government sponsors or mission stakeholders to translate operational or analytical needs into technical capabilities.
• Experience with collaborative software development practices, including version control, code review, testing, and documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of ambiguous technical problems, learn new technical domains quickly, and deliver capabilities on accelerated timelines.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.

Clearance Requirements

• Requires the candidate to have a minimum clearance of: Top Secret.
• Requires the hired candidate to have or obtain within one year from the date of hire: Top Secret/SCI.

Compensation and Location

• Location: Springfield, VA (onsite)
• Salary: USD 129,200 - 193,800 per yearly
• Range details (midpoint): $129,200 - $161,500 - $193,800 Annual
• Work setup: Onsite