Senior Software Engineer-DV Security Cleared

Senior Software Engineer – DV Security Cleared

Senior Software Engineer with current DV Security Clearance is required to join our government client, supporting a critical national security programme on an initial 18-month contract.

This is an opportunity to join a multidisciplinary engineering team developing advanced technical capabilities that protect sensitive government environments and operations.

The role is predominantly greenfield development, working across a federated architecture spanning edge devices, central servers and data analytics, taking an established prototype towards a more mature production capability.

You will work on software supporting monitoring, sensing, data processing, analytics and automation within highly secure operational environments.

Senior Software Engineer- DV Security Cleared- Essential Experience

• Significant software engineering experience within secure, complex or mission-critical environments.
• Strong development experience with Python and/or C/C++.
• Strong Linux experience, ideally within Debian-based environments.
• Experience designing and delivering secure, resilient and maintainable software solutions.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, systems integration and data processing.
• Experience working with testing, quality assurance and secure-by-design principles.
• Ability to solve complex technical problems and evaluate technical trade-offs.
• Experience integrating software with sensors, hardware, monitoring platforms, operational technology or enterprise data services.
• Current DV Security Clearance or eligibility to obtain DV clearance.
• Must be a sole British national.
• Degree qualified in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related STEM discipline.

Senior Software Engineer- DV Security Cleared- Desirable Technical Experience

Experience with some of the following technologies would be highly beneficial:

• NVIDIA CUDA / GPU-accelerated computing
• Machine learning and data analytics
• NumPy / SciPy, PostgreSQL / SQLite, Docker / containerised environments
• Ansible, Cython, Celery / Redis
• JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3, Nginx / Keycloak
• Edge computing, sensor systems or distributed/federated architectures
• Signal, sensor or other complex data processing
• You do not need experience across the entire technology stack. Strong core software engineering skills in Python/C++, Linux and complex data or systems environments are the priority.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on technically challenging, nationally significant programmes, alongside specialist engineering and security teams.

Location: Milton Keynes – fully onsite

Contract: 18 months

Rate: £550–£600 per day, Inside IR35

Clearance: Current DV Security Clearance / eligibility to obtain

Nationality: Sole British National