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Elkridge, MD1 day ago

$0.75–$1.25 Per Hour

Carter Machinery Company, the authorized Caterpillar dealer serving Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington D.C. is hiring an Applications Engineer for our Power Systems Division in Elkridge, Maryland. The Applications Engineer is responsible for assisting consulting engineers, contractors, and end-users in the design of power plants that result in the sale of Caterpillar power generation products.

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Rockville, MD5 days ago

$110,000–$165,000 Per Year

With deep expertise in cloud-first architectures, automation, DevSecOps, virtualization, reliability engineering, and large-scale systems integration, we help organizations modernize infrastructure, improve operational efficiency, and support mission-critical environments where performance, security, and resiliency are essential. Our teams partner closely with customers to deliver innovative solutions across cloud strategy, cybersecurity, systems integration, data engineering, machine learning, AI, disaster recovery, and enterprise infrastructure initiatives.

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Rockville, MD5 days ago

$150,000–$200,000 Per Year

With deep expertise in cloud-first architectures, automation, DevSecOps, virtualization, reliability engineering, and large-scale systems integration, we help organizations modernize infrastructure, improve operational efficiency, and support mission-critical environments where performance, security, and resiliency are essential. We work closely with stakeholders at every level of the organization—from executive leadership to engineering and operations teams—to provide scalable, resilient, and secure technology solutions that solve complex business and operational challenges.

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Arbutus, MD5 days ago

$90,000–$120,000 Per Year

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Baltimore, MD5 days ago

$130,000–$180,000 Per Year

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Baltimore, MD5 days ago

$120,000–$175,000 Per Year

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Washington, DC5 days ago

$100,000–$200,000 Per Year

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Washington, DC5 days ago

$90,000–$120,000 Per Year

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Annapolis Junction, MD5 days ago

$80,000–$220,000 Per Year

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Washington, DC5 days ago

$90,000–$120,000 Per Year

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Washington, DC5 days ago

$120,000–$160,000 Per Year

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Baltimore, MD5 days ago

$120,000–$150,000 Per Year

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Washington, DC5 days ago

$140,000–$190,000 Per Year

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Arlington, VA5 days ago

$120,000–$150,000 Per Year

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Falls Church, VA5 days ago

$150,000–$200,000 Per Year

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McLean, VAToday

The position focuses on enabling reliable and scalable software delivery by building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment workflows, while improving developer experience, release velocity, application quality, and system reliability across multi-stack environments. This role supports a variety of modern applications, including backend services, frontend applications, and data pipelines, with a strong emphasis on pipeline engineering, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and cloud-native deployments.

Annapolis Junction, MD18 days ago

$100,000–$150,000 Per Year
Full-time
Employee

Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates (HCEA) is an ENR Top 500, regional, multi-disciplined engineering firm with advanced capabilities in geotechnical and geostructural engineering, environmental consulting, specialty construction, construction materials engineering and testing, and third-party inspections. This exciting and dynamic position requires excellence in the following competencies: Client Management: Enhance our client satisfaction ratings by providing thorough, professional service and maintaining communication to develop long term relationships.

Washington, DC14 days ago

$21–$28 Per Hour

Qualifications/Background Profile: Proven experience in a desktop support or IT helpdesk role, preferably at Level 2. Strong knowledge of Windows and macOS operating systems. This role involves troubleshooting hardware and software issues, managing user accounts, and ensuring the smooth operation of desktop environments across the organization.

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Baltimore, MD1 day ago

As an IT Support Engineer I, you will use your knowledge and specialized skills to implement technical solutions and provide high quality support for computer hardware, operating systems, or enterprise application software across sites in a defined geographical area. Together, we take ownership for what we do — whether supporting IT infrastructure, developing new technology inhouse, launching a new Amazon Operations facility, or delighting our customers by delivering packages directly to them.

Baltimore, MD27 days ago

$40–$50 Per Hour
Full-time
Employee

Job Details:Role: VMWARE Infrastructure EngineerLocation: Baltimore, MD ( On-site with Hybrid)Duration: 12 Months ContractDuties and Responsibilities:Enterprise Virtualization Management. Education and Years of Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

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Sparrows Point, MD1 day ago

As an IT Support Engineer I, you will use your knowledge and specialized skills to implement technical solutions and provide high quality support for computer hardware, operating systems, or enterprise application software across sites in a defined geographical area. Together, we take ownership for what we do — whether supporting IT infrastructure, developing new technology in-house, launching a new Amazon Operations facility, or delighting our customers by delivering packages directly to them.

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Washington DC, DC6 days ago

Cloud Operations & Reliability: Experience designing highly available systems using Azure-native tools for monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, and cost optimization. Virtualization & Core Infrastructure: Deep expertise in VMware (vSphere, ESXi, NSX, vCenter, SRM) and enterprise compute, storage, networking, and Active Directory.

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Baltimore, MD2 days ago

$96,000–$115,200 Per Year

The ideal candidate will have in-depth experience with Workforce Management (WFM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, call recording solutions, dialers, reporting tools, API integrations, and a strong hands-on working knowledge of NiceCX systems. Data modeling experience to design, develop, and maintain GraphQL APIs and Data Solutions using RDBMS like Aurora, Postgres, and in-memory data stores like Amazon Memory DB and Redis, ensuring optimal performance, data integrity, availability and scalability.

Bethesda, MD11 days ago

$170,000–$190,000 Per Year

While the Senior Application Architect partners closely with cloud, operations, data, and cybersecurity teams, the primary accountability is for application architecture and application design decisions, including ownership of RESTful services and application integration strategy from concept through implementation and long-term evolution. The Senior Application Architect works closely with engineering teams, product owners, operations, and security to design and guide the implementation of modern, reliable, and well-integrated application solutions.

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Falls Church, VA4 days ago

Experience: 8+ years in a technical Cybersecurity Engineering role, with at least 4 years focused on large-scale cloud or hybrid environments, and a portfolio of projects where AI or Machine Learning was directly applied to solve security or operational scaling problems. • API-First Automation: Deep expertise in building "glue code" that connects disparate COTS and custom applications via secure, automated APIs to streamline cross-functional business activities.

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Baltimore, MD2 days ago

$130,000–$156,000 Per Year

Along with security platform mastery in more than one platform area (IDS/IPS, firewall/WAF, access and identity, malware defense, threat modeling, exposure management, among others), the Principal Cybersecurity Engineer is formally trained in enterprise IT design and architecture practices. The Principal Cybersecurity Engineer has a demonstrated mastery in multiple security and non-security technology platforms, with the ability to both lead and advise on the overall designs and strategies of both security and non-security technologies.

Baltimore, MD30+ days ago

Temporary
Contractor
Full-time

Experience managing directory sync into Azure AD and deep knowledge of Azure AD Sync for Federation, authentication, SSO, and directory sync with Azure AD. Systems engineer – Microsoft 365 to develop solutions for e-mail and collaboration tools as well as handle day-to-day operations within the division.

Baltimore, MD30+ days ago

The candidate will be responsible for coordination and oversight of a wide variety of rail related design projects including, but not limited to MDOT Maryland Transit Administration, CSXT, WMATA, Amtrak, DRPT, and VPRA. Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP is seeking a motivated engineer with skills and/or focus on track engineering for freight railroads and/or public transit agencies to join our team in our Baltimore, MD office.

Baltimore, MD14 days ago

To learn more about the way Howmet Aerospace Inc. is advancing the sustainability of our customers, markets, and communities where we operate, review the 2025 Environmental Social and Governance report at www.howmet.com/esg-report. Manage all environmental issues, regulatory reports and permits as related to following disciplines: Air, Wastewater, Storm Water, Chemical, and Waste Disposal/Recycling.

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Washington, DC4 days ago

$103,200–$141,900

We are a Fortune 200 company, 20,000 colleagues strong serving more than 10.7 million customers at six energy companies -- Atlantic City Electric (ACE), Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Delmarva Power & Light (DPL), PECO Energy Company (PECO), and Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco). Note: Items (1) and (3) are mutually inclusive, whereby the maximum experience requirement reduction is one (1) year (e.g., in the case of an employee with both a master's degree in Engineering AND a PE license, the minimum experience requirement would be reduced by one (1) year).

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Falls Church, VA4 days ago

Securing AI Workflows: Design security frameworks for the end-to-end AI lifecycle, including securing data ingestion, protecting model weights, and implementing "Guardrail" architectures for Large Language Models (LLMs). • AI-Enhanced Pipeline Security: Architect and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines that utilize AI/ML models for static and dynamic analysis (SAST/DAST) to identify complex vulnerabilities that traditional rule-based tools miss.

Washington, DC11 days ago

They will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and efficient cloud infrastructure for multiple environments (e.g., development, testing, staging, production) of the new application. The DevSecOps Engineer will be instrumental in establishing best practices for cloud-native application development, enhancing our security posture, and enabling agile and efficient operations.

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Baltimore, MD2 days ago

$110,000–$132,000 Per Year

In this role, you will work closely with Product, UX, Engineering Managers, and other senior engineers to shape platform architecture, guide technical direction, and deliver scalable, high-quality software that improves the financial wellness of our customers. See OneMain Financial Privacy Policy at https://www.onemainfinancial.com/legal and SonicJobs Privacy Policy at https://www.sonicjobs.com/us/privacy-policy and Terms of Use at https://www.sonicjobs.com/us/terms-conditions.

Bethesda, MD8 days ago

$107,900–$195,050

If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com. Extensive experience administering enterprise-level data storage systems (Dell Storage Center, Dell Compellent, and Data Domain preferred) with a demonstrated understanding of the following services and technologies.

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Arlington, VA5 days ago

$75,000–$110,000 Per Year

As a Construction Project Engineer, you will work onsite with the Project Team to plan, develop, coordinate, and manage onsite construction engineering activities for Industrial projects – primarily Water/Wastewater Treatment plant construction but also factories/production facilities, data centers, focused mostly in Northern Virginia, District of Columbia (DC), and Baltimore area. Develop, implement, and administer project engineering procedures and other work controlling documents (submittals, RFI’s, expediting material deliveries, payment of Subcontractors/Vendors, and Owner pay requests).

Bethesda, MD13 days ago

$80,000–$95,000 Per Year

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. Requirements Minimum of 5+ years of IT support experience, including at least 2 years in a supervisory or lead role .

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Washington, DC4 days ago

Remote

$46.11–$46.11 Per Hour

Develop high-performing data pipelines using Microsoft Azure services including Data Factory, Synapse Pipelines, Apache Spark Notebooks, Python, SQL, and stored procedures. Proficient in designing and building ETL/data engineering solutions utilizing Azure Data Lake, Synapse Analytics, and Data Factory.

Rockville, MD30+ days ago

$122,400–$168,300

Develops and/or leads teams in studies, plans, criteria, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, performance assessments, integrated systems analysis, cost estimates, budgets, associated with the planning, design, licensing, construction, operation, and maintenance of Exelon's electric generation, transmission, distribution, gas, and telecommunication facilities/systems. We are a Fortune 200 company, 19,000 colleagues strong serving more than 10 million customers at six energy companies -- Atlantic City Electric (ACE), Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Delmarva Power & Light (DPL), PECO Energy Company (PECO), and Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco).

Fort Meade, MD8 days ago

$73,450–$132,775

Bachelor's degree plus 5-years of relevant experience, or master’s degree plus 3-years of relevant experience or an associate’s degree plus 7-years of relevant experience or high school diploma/GED plus 9-years of relevant experience may be considered. Relevant experience must be in computer or information systems design/development, programming, information/cyber/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, information assurance and/or systems engineering.

Hanover, MD15 days ago

In this role, you will contribute to the development of mission-critical cyber capabilities, drive excellence in CNO development and lead efforts in advanced Computer Network Operations (CNO). Perform Reverse Engineering of Hardware Components and Software Applications to design and develop new bleeding edge CNO software.

Washington, DC11 days ago

$115,000–$130,000 Per Year

System One IT has a direct hire opening for a Senior Systems and Azure Cloud Engineer to be responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of the organization’s IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, virtualization platforms, and cloud services. Background/Skills/Abilities Preferred:Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent experience and relevant certifications will be considered instead of a degree.

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Westminster, MD4 days ago

$60–$65 Per Hour

Collaborate with internal and external customers, suppliers, and various engineering teams to develop systems and products. Manage technical risk through identification, prioritization of risk mitigation activities, and data-driven design changes.

Fort Meade, MD8 days ago

$92,300–$166,850

If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com. This position will focus on Lifecycle Replacement (LCR) activities for enterprise network infrastructure, including end-of-service (EOS) and end-of-life (EOL) technology refresh initiatives across the enterprise environment.

Odenton, MD8 days ago

$73,450–$132,775

4+ years’ experience engineering and troubleshooting networks, including extensive routing and switching experience such as one or more of the following: MPLS, VPNs, routing protocols i.e. BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, switching protocols i.e. Spanning Tree Protocol, VLANs, LLDP, VoIP, Multicast protocols and emerging network technologies. The Leidos Digital Modernization Sector/Global Solutions Management-Operations II (GSMO-II) contract Leidos is seeking an experienced Network Sytems Engineer to provide network operations and engineering sustainment support to a mission critical IP messaging and communications transport network.

Odenton, MD8 days ago

$87,100–$157,450

Ensure proper OS images are deployed to all endpoint devises, test and manage software updates, ensure appropriate and enforce security policies (EDR/AV), and automate workflows to ensure stable, compliant, and efficient computing environments for endpoint migrations. The Defense Enclave Services contract will unify the DoD Fourth Estate Defense Agencies and Field Activities’ (DAFAs) common use information technology systems, personnel, functions, and program elements under the direction of DISA’s Fourth Estate Network Optimization program office.

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Glen Echo, MDToday

Job Title: Lead, Software Engineer Job Code : 37557 Job Location: Herndon, VA (on-site) Schedule: 9/80 Regular (Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off) L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Essential Functions: Contribute to software architecture specification and documentation Structure work to enable clear progress assessment Track software team performance metrics against critical program milestones and KPIs Provide independent validation and verification of design concepts and implementation approaches.

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Washington, DC1 day ago

This includes creating test plans, test cases, and test scripts to assess the functionality and performance of hardware components or devices such as motherboard, memory, CPU, storage (SSD, HDD, NVMe) and PCIE devices (NIC, GPU, Mezz cards, RAID cards). Expertise with leading edge networking systems, hardware, software and protocols including but not limited to enterprise ethernet datacenter switching/routing L1, L2, and L3 (BGP, DHCP Relay, ECMP).

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Washington, DC1 day ago

Remote

We are seeking a highly skilled, technically proficient and detail-oriented Principal Mechanical Engineer with expertise in metal structures, frame design, pipes and fabrication to support the development of power and cooling infrastructure for data centers. Design and develop mechanical frames, enclosures, and support structures for data center power and cooling products (UPS systems, battery racks, CRAC units, containment systems, LVS, MVS).

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Washington, DC6 days ago

$107,900–$195,050

The ideal resource will be working as part of a technical support team that designs, builds, maintains and supports the enterprise PEGA infrastructure, reviews, tests and implements patches and upgrades, while developing and maintaining complete and accurate documentation for supported environments. Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field and 8+ years of relevant experience or a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field and 6 years of relevant experience.

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Applications Engineer Jobs in Baltimore, MD

POWER SYSTEMS DIVISION (PSD) APPLICATIONS ENGINEER Carter Machinery Company, Inc

System Integration & Test Engineer Jobot

System Safety Engineer Jobot

Building Electrical Engineer Jobot

Senior Mechanical Engineer (lead) Jobot

Sr Mechanical Engineer/Dept. Head Jobot

Senior Mechanical Engineer Jobot

Electrical Commissioning Engineer Jobot

Software Engineer (TS/SCI & full scope Polygraph) Jobot

Mechanical Commissioning Engineer Jobot

Senior PowerShell Engineer (Secret Clearance) Jobot

Electrical Engineer, Infrastructure Design Jobot

RCDD Technology Engineer Jobot

Software Engineer Jobot

Senior Software Engineer Jobot

DevSecOps Engineer Credence

Structural Engineer Hillis-Carnes

Level 2 Desktop Engineer Sparks Group

IT Support Engineer I, OTS - Field Delivery Amazon.com Services LLC

VMWARE Infrastructure Engineer Creative Global Consulting, LLC

IT Support Engineer I, Ops Tech Solutions (OTS) Amazon.com Services LLC

Hybrid Cloud Engineer ECLARO

Lead Software Engineer OneMain Financial

Application Architect System One

Sr Cloud Security Engineer PlanIT Group

Principal Cybersecurity Engineer- Architecture OneMain Financial

Sr. Systems Engineer - Microsoft 365 Trigyn Technologies Inc

Rail and Transit Engineer Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP

Senior Environmental Engineer Howmet Aerospace

Sr Engineer- T&S Standards and Ratings Exelon

IT- Cyber Security Architect/ Engineer III PlanIT Group

Senior IT DevSecOps Engineer (onsite) System One

Staff Software Engineer (React, TypeScript, Rails, Node) OneMain Financial

Data Storage Engineer Leidos

Construction Project Engineer - Industrial Projects System One

Senior Help Desk Engineer System One

Data Automation Engineer System One

Prin Engineer (Underground Transmission) Exelon

Systems Integration Engineer (NDA-2) Leidos

CNO Reverse Engineer MANTECH

Sr. MS Systems and Azure Cloud Engineer (hybrid) System One

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Axelon

Network Engineer Leidos

Network Systems Engineer Leidos

Endpoint Engineer Leidos

Lead, Software Engineer L3Harris Technologies

Hardware Test Development Engineer/Enterprise Servers JABIL CIRCUIT, INC

Principal Mechanical Integration Engineer – DCI Pipes, Frames and Structures (REMOTE) JABIL CIRCUIT, INC

Computer Systems Engineer - Pega Resource Leidos

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