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Senior Python Developer

ClearEdge
Annapolis, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 8/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/5/2025

Join ClearEdge and be a part of a dynamic team that solves some of the DoD’s most complex technical challenges. Every day, ClearEdge empowers our customers in government and industry with innovative, data-driven solutions.


Check out our extremely competitive benefits package at www.clearedgeit.com/careers/, which includes a $10k annual training/education benefit, 10% 401k contribution, health and technology allowance, and access to a state-of-the-art technology lab. We also offer monthly TechConnect and DeepDive collaboration sessions with our entire technical staff.


Your Mission:


We are seeking a Senior Python Developer (Software Engineer III) to collaborate closely with stakeholders and a small agile team to analyze network data, develop protocol parsers and detection tradecraft, and integrate those solutions into existing analytic frameworks.

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You will excel in this role if you are:
  • A strong Python developer with an interest in cyber data and network protocols
  • Skilled at building and integrating tools that identify suspicious or anomalous behavior
  • Comfortable working directly with customers to understand operational needs
  • Analytical and curious about how systems communicate, and how to detect unexpected behavior
  • Capable of transforming prototype workflows into scalable production solutions


A day in the life consists of:
  • Creating and integrating parsers for network traffic and protocol analysis
  • Developing custom fingerprints and detection logic to flag anomalies
  • Working within customer architectures to support data flow and front-end sensor tradecraft
  • Writing code that populates and enhances network data repositories
  • Leveraging Jupyter, Git, and other tools to test, iterate, and deploy analytics
  • Collaborating with cyber analysts to develop effective, operationally relevant solutions


Must haves:
  • TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • 8 years of software engineering experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or 4 additional years of SWE experience)
  • Strong Python skills, with additional experience in C and Apache Spark
  • Hands-on experience with Jupyter Notebooks, JIRA, Confluence, and Git/GitLab
  • Familiarity with network protocol parsing and data profiling
  • Understanding of cyber metadata formats


Nice to have:
  • Familiarity with industrial control system (ICS)/SCADA protocols
  • Experience developing or deploying network detection and fingerprinting tradecraft
  • Background in network data enrichment or behavioral alerting


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About us: 

We are an experienced advanced analytic development company providing Cyber solutions to current and emerging missions.


Our Core Values of Honesty, Integrity, Loyalty, Fairness, Respect, Responsibility, and Accountability drive our mission and vision and are the heart of what we do each day. We combine our Core Values with the three key elements of people, technology, and integrity to repeatedly deliver stellar results within our primary competencies.  


ClearEdge is also pleased to share that we have recently expanded our prime and subcontract presence into new cyber markets! 


If this position does not fit your skillset, please visit our Careers page to explore our current openings, or contact a ClearEdge recruiter at careers@clearedgeit.com. ClearEdge is an equal opportunity employer.

Salary : $10,000

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