Software Engineer, Cloud Engineer - Software, AI Engineer

Overview

Big Bear.ai is seeking a Software Engineer to contribute to the development and support of Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) capabilities for both enterprise and stand-alone deployments. The role will encompass a variety of tasks including program management, mission support, software integration, development, system engineering, migration, testing, documentation, network and system monitoring, configuration control, and release management. The position will be on-site in Hanover, MD.

• Developing robust AI agent interaction protocols in collaboration with development teams.

• Ensuring the creation of verifiable and compliant access management systems that integrate seamlessly with existing enterprise architectures.

• Implementing security mechanisms to enable safe and controlled Agentic AI workflow integrations, in close partnership with senior system engineers.

• Utilizing your full-stack development skills with Java, Spring Boot, React
  
  JS, and REST services.

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in computer engineering or in a field related to computer engineering or computer science disciplines is required. 4 years of software engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree, for a total of 9 years.

• Clearance: TS/SCI w/Poly

• 5+ years of software engineering experience is required.

• 2+ years’ work experience in the SIGINT, IA, or IT domains is required.

• Familiarity with PKI encryption and authentication protocols

• Demonstrated Java and Spring Boot software development proficiency

• Experience designing and implementing REST services using JSON

• Full life cycle front-end and back-end application development expertise

• Demonstrated containerization and cloud infrastructure skills

• Linux environment and bash scripting proficiency

• Demonstrated version control and build tool expertise

• Experienced with Atlassian team collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence)

• Knowledge of Agentic workflow architectures, AI agents, and MCP servers

• Demonstrated Python experience and any Agentic AI frameworks a plus

Big Bear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on Bigbear.ai’s predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Big Bear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and follow Big Bear.ai

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Big Bear.ai is an Equal opportunity employer all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.