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Space Jobs for IT Professionals in the Washington, DC Area

24 open roles for IT professionals at 16 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in McLean, VA and Chantilly, VA; typical pay runs $97.5k–$210k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring IT professionals in the Washington, DC area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Iridium6$82.5k/yr
Amazon Leo2too few figures
Lockheed Martin2too few figures
SpaceX2too few figures
Amentum1not stated
Anduril1too few figures
AST SpaceMobile1not stated
Booz Allen Hamilton1too few figures
CACI1too few figures
HawkEye 3601too few figures
Northrop Grumman1too few figures
Quantum Space1too few figures
Redwire1not stated
Rocket Lab1too few figures
Spire Global1not stated
Vantor1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • McLean, VA5
  • Chantilly, VA4
  • Arlington, VA3
  • Herndon, VA3
  • Washington, DC3
  • Dulles, VA1
  • Fort Belvoir, VA1
  • Lanham, MD1
  • Leesburg, VA1
  • Rockville, MD1

Kinds of work

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Which space companies hire IT professionals in the Washington, DC area?

Today, Iridium (6 roles), Amazon Leo (2 roles), Lockheed Martin (2 roles), SpaceX (2 roles), Amentum (1 role), Anduril (1 role), and 10 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Washington, DC area.

Where in the Washington, DC area are the roles for IT professionals?

Most are in McLean, VA (5), Chantilly, VA (4), Arlington, VA (3), Herndon, VA (3), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for IT professionals in the Washington, DC area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $123k/yr, with typical pay from $97.5k–$210k/yr.

Do roles for IT professionals in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren County), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for IT professionals; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.