Qualifications
Responsibilities
Benefits
Amentum is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Mangrove Development team in Hanover, MD. The Mangrove development team develops, tests, and supports mission-focused cyber training solutions used across multiple locations.
Mangrove is an enterprise-level project that interacts with a vCenter instance to allow course creators to develop interactive courses that require students to demonstrate their learning by grading exercises directly from student activities on Linux and Windows VMs.
Team members work in a collaborative environment supporting the entire software development process, including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, and release. Engineers work closely with customers to identify new features, bug priorities, and release schedules.
This position is ideal for software engineers who enjoy solving complex technical challenges, learning new technologies, and applying their skills across a diverse portfolio of software, infrastructure, and operational systems.
Work Schedule: Contract core hours are 1000-1400. The Development team maintains flexible schedules, and currently supports 100% telework.
Essential Responsibilities:
The Software Engineer contributes to the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of the Mangrove LMS. Software Engineer 3 personnel apply technical expertise and institutional knowledge to guide development and implementation decisions, mentor junior engineers, and improve the team's applications and testing environment. Team members are expected to develop expertise across multiple areas of the software development lifecycle while contributing their strengths in specific technical domains.
Responsibilities include:
Minimum Education & Years of Experience:
Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):
LCAT Domain Specialized Requirements
Required Certifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
The ideal candidate has experience contributing to software development, DevOps, or application support activities and a desire to expand their knowledge across the software development lifecycle.
Team members may initially bring deeper experience in areas such as user interfaces, backend services, infrastructure, automation, or deployment. These areas represent technical strengths rather than separate roles. Engineers are expected to expand their skills across the full software development and deployment lifecycle.
Role Expectations
Serve as a technical resource for software development, deployment, and testing activities.
Apply engineering judgment and institutional knowledge when evaluating implementation approaches and resolving complex technical issues.
Provide technical ownership for assigned applications, services, and infrastructure throughout their lifecycle.
Mentor and support less experienced engineers through collaboration, technical guidance, and code reviews.
Continuously broaden expertise across the team's applications, services, deployment pipelines, and testing infrastructure.
Preferred experience includes one or more of the following:
Successful team members will:
Software Engineer 3 personnel are expected to lead development efforts, guide technical decisions, and mentor less experienced engineers while remaining active contributors throughout the software development lifecycle.
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Other Responsibilities:
Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.
Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.
Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.
Compensation Details:
$200,000 - $250,000
The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.
Benefits Overview:
Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off and holidays
Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
Educational reimbursement
Parental leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Tax-saving options
Disability and life insurance
Pet insurance
Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.
Original Posting:
11/13/2026 - Until FilledAmentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.
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