Top Python Jobs in Washington, DC

Develop and integrate software command-and-control solutions for satellite vehicles. Integrate satellites and flight software into a mission management platform, decompose customer mission requirements, troubleshoot hardware-software interfaces, and support scalable product solutions. The role requires expertise in embedded software, satellite protocols, command and telemetry standards, encryption, cloud services, and version control, along with strong customer communication and independent problem-solving skills.

Build and productionize data and AI solutions for federal government customers using Databricks. Lead architecture, design, and implementation of end-to-end data engineering, machine learning, and application systems. Deliver secure, scalable production architectures, integrate customer systems, guide technical projects, train customers, and collaborate with engineering, product, support, and customer stakeholders. Contribute reusable frameworks and accelerators while managing technical delivery and customer relationships.

Design and operate secure, multi-account AWS infrastructure and EKS environments using Terraform. Manage shared developer services, CI/CD pipelines, observability, container platforms, and self-service automation. Support MLOps workloads and agentic AI workflows while collaborating with product teams. Ensure infrastructure and software supply chains meet CMMC Level 2, ATO, NIST, and FIPS requirements.

Design, build, and maintain systems-level Rust software for an AI-powered autonomous drone platform. Integrate AI/ML pipelines, develop networking and protocol components, support autonomy features, and create reliable software for resource-constrained, low-latency environments. Develop and test through simulation while collaborating with ML engineers and contributing across application and systems layers.

Lead design, development, and maintenance of scalable automated test frameworks for web and mobile apps. Integrate tests into CI/CD, expand regression coverage, validate APIs and services, reduce flaky tests, and collaborate with Engineering, Product, QA, and DevOps to improve release quality and testing efficiency.

Design, build, and maintain web application infrastructure and data systems for interactive information experiences. Lead application architecture, code quality, performance, and reliability; integrate generative AI and prototype XR interfaces; collaborate with designers and data scientists; ensure security, accessibility, scalability, and document technical standards.

Design, build, and maintain the firm's intranet and automated workflows using SharePoint Online, Power Platform, Exchange Online and related Microsoft 365 technologies. Architect secure, scalable persona-based digital experiences, develop automation and templates, implement SPFx/React solutions, integrate REST APIs, support governance, documentation, analytics with Power BI, and drive user adoption and continuous improvement.

Develop backend satellite operations software using Python and AWS, build and troubleshoot APIs, integrate containerized deployments (Docker/Kubernetes), use IaC (Terraform), collaborate in Agile teams, and contribute to generative AI integrations, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and architecture to support scalable, secure mission operations.

The Cloud Systems Architect will design and support cloud infrastructures including AWS and Azure, ensuring security and managing resources while collaborating with IT Security.

Design, develop, integrate, test, and maintain end-to-end software solutions. Build backend services, RESTful APIs, data integrations, and user-facing features using frontend frameworks. Participate in technical design, code reviews, troubleshooting, CI/CD, and Agile practices while collaborating with architects, product owners, and stakeholders. TS/SCI with polygraph required.

Develop backend Command & Control (C2) systems connecting Quindar's platform to satellites. Implement machine-to-machine communication, binary protocols, serialization, transport, stateful comms, telemetry, and hardware integrations. Onboard diverse spacecraft, translate interfaces into maintainable integrations, build scalable abstractions and tooling, and improve reliability, observability, and performance while collaborating cross-functionally.

Design, develop, test, and sustain secure cross-platform iOS and Android applications and supporting web/back-end systems. Build REST APIs, SQL-backed services, automation scripts, telemetry and operational tools; apply secure coding practices; troubleshoot integrations, networking, and Linux environments; document architecture and SOPs; and collaborate with security, backend, UC, and government stakeholders in a classified DoD/federal environment.

Provide IV&V support through system analysis, software QA, test automation, and data validation. Develop SQL and Python scripts, support ETL/ELT and data engineering workflows, operate in AWS/Linux environments, use GitHub/CLI, and produce technical documentation for government stakeholders.

Design, build, and operate secure AWS-native CI/CD pipelines using CDK/CloudFormation, integrate SAST/DAST/SCA and policy-as-code, automate compliance (FedRAMP/NIST), embed AI-assisted tooling, support blue/green and canary deployments, monitor pipeline health, and collaborate with stakeholders to manage risks and meet delivery goals.

Own and evolve cloud-native and HPC infrastructure to maximize reliability, security, cost-efficiency, and developer experience. Build self-service platforms, integrate MLOps for GPU deployments, support SLURM-based scientific workloads, implement monitoring and CI/CD, adopt AI-powered developer and ops tooling, and participate in on-call to maintain production availability.

Own deployment, tuning, and daily health of a containerized workspace streaming platform on Kubernetes. Build and maintain Docker and VM images, scale clusters and agents, manage networking and TLS, create CI/CD pipelines, monitor and resolve incidents, integrate identity and security systems, and document runbooks while mentoring support staff.

Lead and build the deployment engineering function to operate mission-critical software in accredited, air-gapped, and high-side environments. Own full deployment lifecycle across cloud, on-prem, and disconnected networks; manage Kubernetes/OpenShift and Linux infrastructure; build CI/CD and IaC workflows; integrate security tooling; diagnose and prevent production issues; produce ATO-related artifacts and maintain compliance.

Support Anti-Tamper efforts by reviewing plans, developing databases, and collaborating with senior experts to enhance program protection in defense technologies.

Design, build, and operate secure, production infrastructure spanning cloud-native and air-gapped edge deployments. Own Kubernetes multi-cluster operations, hardened artifact pipelines, monitoring/incident response, and embed security and compliance (STIGs, CVE remediation, FedRAMP/JWICS) into platform delivery while collaborating across product, engineering, and GRC.

Provide Tier III database administration and O&M support for enterprise applications: monitor and tune SQL Server/MySQL, resolve critical incidents, maintain environments, manage backups/recovery, update documentation, support SDLC/Agile processes, and coordinate security and operational tasks.

Maintain and improve reliability, scalability, and performance of enterprise infrastructure across global sites. Implement automation and infrastructure-as-code, build monitoring and observability, perform RCA and incident response, support patching and RMF changes, integrate new capabilities, and maintain operational documentation and ITIL/ITSM processes to ensure mission-ready, high-availability environments.

Lead technical discovery with federal customers to define requirements and design secure, compliant cloud-native architectures. Build POCs/MVPs, produce architecture and deployment documentation, integrate third-party tools, guide implementations, and align sales, engineering, and product teams to deliver AI-driven knowledge management solutions for government environments.

Lead design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of enterprise geospatial applications and APIs. Implement ArcGIS Enterprise solutions, web GIS apps, dashboards, integrations, and ensure compliance with federal IT, cybersecurity, and privacy requirements while guiding development teams and supporting testing, deployment, and O&M.

Operate and own components of the infrastructure stack (CI/CD, cloud/IaC, app platform, networking, observability, security). Build and maintain IaC (Terraform, Helm), automate toil, carry on-call and resolve incidents, run post-incident reviews, implement security/compliance controls with partners, and produce runbooks and design documentation. Collaborate across infra, product, and operations.

Senior individual contributor owning design, implementation, and operation of infrastructure systems. Drive technical direction, write RFCs, lead on-call escalations and post-incident reviews, mentor engineers, eliminate systemic toil, and partner with security, compliance, product, and ops to deliver scalable, deployable ground-station infrastructure.