Software Engineer, Lead
Booz Allen Hamilton
- Location
- Rome, NY
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- Salary
- $112.8k – $257k/yr
- H-1B history
- 9 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- Aug 21, 2026
Skills
About this role
Software Engineer, Lead The Opportunity: Are you looking for an opportunity to build, integrate, and manage a unique portfolio of work to face our nation's most difficult cyber challenges? You know a good platform or algorithm is more than just a nice-looking interface and data. You use the right combination of clean code, APIs, analytics, and infrastructure to build a user focused, automated solution. We need an experienced security professional who will use their passion to guide a development team to learn new tools and techniques, identify, implement, and integrate system improvements, and mentor teammates. This is an opportunity to help your customer overcome their most difficult challenges using the latest architectural approaches and specialized and unique capabilities and finding novel ways to integrate them into a cohesive system. By leading the development of a custom capability with consistent performance and scalability, you’ll directly impact the warfighter by providing next generation capability for tomorrows most difficult challenges. With mentoring, positive code reviews, and opportunities to learn new tools and skills, we focus on growing as a team to make the best solutions for our customers. As a technical leader, you’ll identify new opportunities to build digital solutions to help your customers meet their toughest challenges. Join us as we build systems to change and equip our warfighters for the better. Join us. The world can’t wait. You Have: 5+ years of experience with higher order programming languages, including Java, C++, C#, Python, or JavaScript Experience in interfacing software with databases, including Oracle, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or non-SQL databases, such as MongoDB and ElasticSearch Ability to work with data transfer protocols Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance Bachelor's degree Nice If You Have: Experience with the Agile software development process and tools, including the Atlassian Tool Suite Ability to work independently and within a team Ability to analyze and solve problems TS/SCI clearance Master's degree CompTIA Security CE+ Certification or other IAT Level II Certification Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. 
Skills Assessment
As part of Booz Allen’s skills first hiring process, candidates must complete the required skills assessment to ensure they meet the Basic Qualifications for this role. Candidates must complete the assessment and meet the minimum proficiency threshold to continue in the hiring process.
 Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,800.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just