Jobs at By Light Professional IT Services

Develops, tests, debugs, and maintains software applications and subsystems based on established requirements. Performs detailed design, coding, troubleshooting, peer reviews, software integration, and technical documentation. Supports design reviews and adheres to engineering standards, schedules, and budgets. The role may involve web applications, structured data, modeling and simulation, gaming engines, and military or government training programs.

Leads software development for military modeling, simulation, and training applications. Designs and develops application components, prototypes, and enhancements using Unity or Unreal Engine; conducts coding, testing, debugging, and peer reviews; manages backlogs, schedules, documentation, and project planning; and mentors and directs a team of software developers.

Develops and maintains software applications and 3D game components under senior guidance. Responsibilities include implementing requirements, coding, debugging, testing, troubleshooting, and creating software designs. The role also involves modifying existing software and potentially supporting military training and modeling and simulation programs. Preferred experience includes C#, debugger tools, JSON/XML, web applications, and SDLC practices. Candidates must hold a relevant bachelor’s degree, have at least one year of software development experience, and be able to obtain a security clearance.

Leads cyber-market business development and federal capture activities across DoD and military service customers. Builds customer relationships, executes call and capture plans, validates requirements, develops winning strategies, leads proposal activities, and coordinates account leads, project managers, SMEs, and industry partners. Requires extensive federal cyber-market relationships, success winning large opportunities, acquisition-process expertise, and understanding of cyberspace doctrine and federal IT modernization.

Lead the vision, roadmap, backlog, and release strategy for RangeOS, a cyber range orchestration platform. Translate mission and customer needs into requirements and user stories, prioritize features, coordinate with engineering and multi-vendor partners, support deployments and integrations, validate capabilities through testing, and maintain product documentation. The role requires collaboration across cyber operations, training environments, cloud and hybrid deployments, with responsibility for ensuring the platform meets operational cyber training objectives.

Leads end-to-end integration and testing for secure, mission-critical software and hardware systems. Designs test strategies, automated CI/CD quality gates, system-of-systems integrations, and API validation. Champions Scrum and Kanban practices, manages QA and integration personnel, oversees defect lifecycles, performs root-cause analysis, and ensures compliance with defense security standards. The role is fully on-site and requires TS/SCI eligibility.

Designs, builds, operates, and maintains cyber range training environments for cybersecurity training, mission rehearsal, and validation events. Configures virtual machines, networks, operating systems, cyber tools, and exercise content; supports event execution, troubleshooting, user access, and network performance. Coordinates with developers and exercise stakeholders, produces technical documentation, and improves processes through automation and standardization.

Provides cybersecurity engineering support for DoD software applications by defining security requirements, integrating security practices into the software development lifecycle, conducting vulnerability and adversarial assessments, recommending mitigations, and validating compliance with security controls. The role works directly with software development teams and requires Linux administration, system hardening, offensive security, vulnerability reporting, and risk management expertise.

Supports the Senior Program Manager as Deputy, overseeing financial management, subcontractors, schedules, staffing, risks, technical performance, customer relationships, team leadership, status briefings, process improvements, and proposal efforts for a large DoD IDIQ contract.

Designs and documents physical and logical architectures for mission-critical systems, including interface control documents, configuration management, and modernization alternatives. Evaluates COTS/GOTS solutions, implements security controls aligned with NIST and DoD standards, integrates NetSecOps platforms, and supports cybersecurity validation in laboratory environments. Requires independent work, troubleshooting, production support, on-call availability, cloud and Linux experience, and DoD Secret clearance or higher.

Designs and documents physical and logical system architectures, evaluates COTS and GOTS modernization solutions, develops trade-off analyses and design courses of action, manages interface specifications and configuration-controlled artifacts, implements NIST and DoD security controls, and integrates NetSecOps platforms. Provides cybersecurity expertise for capability validation in laboratory and production environments, supports cloud and enterprise infrastructure, and participates in recurring on-call support.

Designs and documents physical and logical system architectures, evaluates modernization solutions, conducts alternatives and trade-off analyses, manages interface control documentation, and maintains configuration-controlled design artifacts. Implements NIST and DoD security controls, supports NetSecOps platform integration, and provides cybersecurity expertise in laboratory environments. Requires extensive systems engineering experience, cloud and Linux knowledge, Windows Server expertise, security certifications, DoD Secret clearance or higher, and recurring on-call availability.

Leads large-scale IT modernization and service management programs in federal or DoD environments. Responsibilities include managing scope, schedules, costs, risks, resources, governance, contract deliverables, performance metrics, and executive communications across multiple workstreams. Coordinates government and contractor stakeholders, drives process improvement, supports cloud and infrastructure initiatives, mentors project managers, and develops strategic modernization roadmaps.

Leads large-scale federal IT programs, managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, resources, governance, contract deliverables, and performance across concurrent workstreams. Coordinates government and contractor stakeholders, supports enterprise modernization and service management initiatives, prepares executive briefings, ensures compliance, resolves program issues, and mentors junior project managers. The role requires active DoD Secret clearance and may involve after-hours or weekend support during planned or emergency events.

Leads enterprise architecture and modernization efforts for mission-critical defense and federal IT programs. Evaluates COTS and GOTS technologies, conducts alternatives analyses, develops physical and logical architecture diagrams, documents interfaces and configuration changes, and aligns designs with mission requirements. Provides strategic technical guidance, develops complex program requirements, supports implementation teams, and recommends solutions for optimization and continuous improvement. Requires expertise in Windows Server, cloud environments, Linux, authentication protocols, infrastructure, cybersecurity certifications, and DoD clearance.

Designs, integrates, tests, and supports military simulation systems across the systems engineering lifecycle. Translates mission needs into requirements, architectures, interfaces, and technical solutions; supports verification and validation, troubleshooting, documentation, design reviews, risk management, and configuration control. Collaborates with software, graphics, program management, and government stakeholders. The role is hybrid when feasible, with occasional customer-site or test-event travel and potential on-site work.

Leads the Integrated Master Schedule for Army network modernization programs. Develops and maintains work breakdown structures, baselines, schedule activities, critical path analyses, schedule risk assessments, health metrics, reports, and CDRL deliverables. Supports milestone decisions, implementation, testing, transition planning, program reviews, and stakeholder briefings while coordinating scheduling personnel and government and program teams.

Designs, tests, evaluates, certifies, and deploys large-scale Department of Defense IP backbone networks. Responsibilities include MPLS service testing, router and firewall validation, security architecture assessment, threat analysis, implementation planning, Tier III engineering support, configuration guides, and field recommendations. The role requires extensive expertise with Juniper and Cisco backbone platforms, routing protocols, network security, traffic-generation equipment, and DISN/NIPRNet/SIPRNet environments. This is an onsite position at Fort Meade, Maryland, requiring a Secret clearance.

Supports Knowledge Management and Information Management activities for DoD cyber defense operations. Responsibilities include implementing KM practices, managing content, translating operational needs into technical solutions, documenting processes, improving workflows, supporting FOIA and records management, and developing metadata structures. Requires SharePoint, Microsoft Office, communication, and presentation skills, with an active DoD TS/SCI clearance.

Designs and plans voice, video, and data communications systems, including Layer 1 copper and fiber infrastructure, PA and aural warning, and A/V solutions. Develops network architectures, schematics, installation plans, material lists, technical requirements, test criteria, and implementation solutions. Evaluates hardware, software, costs, capacity, upgrades, and emerging technologies while monitoring network operations. Requires collaboration with engineering teams and customers, leadership, and compliance with industry and electrical standards.