Radiance is seeking a Senior Software & Systems Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of Geospatial evaluation software. This initiative aims to build a scalable, repeatable, and trustworthy Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) framework for National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) commercial and R&D GEOINT products (including imagery, geospatial data, 3D GEOINT, and mapping products). 

In this role, you will transition manual, large-scale evaluation efforts into an automated, centralized enterprise system. You will design data pipelines, build a modern front-end visualization toolbox, and deploy secure software across NGA’s unclassified, Secret, and TS/SCI networks. 

Salary : $150K-175K

Key Responsibilities 

• System Architecture & Design: Lead the architectural design of the GeoSURE system, ensuring scalability, repeatability, and compliance with DoD/IC standards. 

• Pipeline Development: Build and optimize robust, automated pipelines for: 

• GEOINT Data Ingestion: Integrating diverse data sources such as GRiD, NCL, and GEGD. 

• IV&V Metrics Ingest: Creating a unified pipeline to ingest, validate, and assess data quality, accuracy, and integrity. 

• Data Outputs & Storage: Designing secure, efficient storage architectures optimized for metadata tagging, fast retrieval, and long-term archival. 

• UI & Toolbox Development: Develop the GeoSURE Toolbox, an intuitive, user-centric front-end interface featuring modern visualization tools, 3D/4D rendering, and advanced geospatial/temporal analysis capabilities. 

• Secure DevSecOps Deployment: Establish automated scripts and configuration processes to deploy the GeoSURE baseline and its enhancements to NGA’s Research Lab Environment (RLE) and Common Operations Release Environment (CORE). 

• Security Compliance: Ensure all software packages adhere to Software Assurance and Protection (SWAP) requirements, including rigorous code scanning, vulnerability mitigation, and obtaining authorization to operate (ATO) on IC networks. 

Required Qualifications 

• Security Clearance: Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance. 

• Experience: 7+ years of professional software engineering and systems architecture experience, preferably supporting NGA or the broader Intelligence Community (IC). 

• Geospatial Expertise: Proven experience working with GEOINT products (imagery, vector data, 3D tiles, or mapping products) and geospatial libraries (e.g., GDAL, PDAL, Leaflet, Cesium, or Esri APIs). 

• Backend & Pipeline Engineering: Strong proficiency in languages like Python, Go, or Java, with experience building ETL/data ingestion pipelines and integrating with enterprise databases. 

• Front-End Development: Experience building modern, interactive web applications (React, Vue, or Angular) to support data visualization and user workflows. 

• DevSecOps & Cloud: Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deploying software within secure AWS/C2S cloud environments. 

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Direct experience with NGA systems and data repositories (GRiD, NSG Consolidated Library (NCL), or Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (GEGD))  

• CI Poly 

• Familiarity with NGA’s Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) and RLE deployment frameworks. 

• Experience navigating the SWAP (Software Assurance and Protection) approval process and IC security compliance. 

• Experience with advanced geospatial analysis, 3D/4D data rendering, or time-series analysis.