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Agile Defense Salary

Agile Defense Salary

Agile Defense pays a median of $150K ($123K–$173K) across 61 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $123K–$173K salary range

Median: $150K  ·  Based on 61 public Agile Defense job postings  ·  Updated August 9, 2026


This Agile Defense salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Agile Defense · pay benchmark · updated August 9, 2026
$150K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$123K–$173K
Typical range
$280K view JD
Highest base · Platform DevOps Engineer
61
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+18
43 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 3% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$131K (18)
Senior
$148K (20)
Management pay by function
Cybersecurity
$185K (2)
Digital Transformation
$153K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
corporate
$188K · $225K top (5)
cybersecurity
$168K · $225K top (20)
data analytics & ai
$154K · $170K top (6)
digital transformation
$140K · $280K top (25)
Highest-paying skills
CISSP $173KAgile $165KAWS $155KAzure $155KPython $154KMachine Learning $154KScikit-Learn $153KTensorFlow $153K

Highest-paying open roles at Agile Defense

Agile Defense salary by department

  • corporate: $188K median · $225K top base — Senior Director of Capture Management (view JD) (5 roles)
  • cybersecurity: $168K median · $225K top base — Splunk Architect Lead (view JD) (20 roles)
  • data analytics & ai: $154K median · $170K top base — Data Engineer - NORTHCOM (view JD) (6 roles)
  • digital transformation: $140K median · $280K top base — Platform DevOps Engineer (view JD) (25 roles)

Agile Defense salary by seniority

  • Mid: $131K median · $170K top base — Data Engineer - NORTHCOM (view JD) (18)
  • Senior: $148K median · $225K top base — Senior Director of Capture Management (view JD) (20)

Agile Defense salary — lead & management

  • Lead: $173K median · $250K top base — IT Project Lead, SME (view JD) (11)
  • Manager: $155K median · $225K top base — Program Manager (view JD) (5)

Agile Defense salary by location

  • Remote: $133K median · $225K top base — Senior Defense Capture Manager (Air Force) (view JD) (7 roles)

Remote work at Agile Defense

13% of Agile Defense's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $133K median vs $136K onsite.

What Agile Defense looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (8) · AWS (7) · Azure (5) · Feature Engineering (4) · Java (4) · CI/CD (3) · Docker (3) · Team Leadership (3) · SQL (3) · Spring (2).

About Agile Defense

Agile Defense is Series A stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 1998 · HQ Reston, Virginia. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Agile Defense

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 17 that do, Bachelor's and Associate's and PhD are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 3% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Agile Defense total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Agile Defense hiring activity

Agile Defense has 61 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 61 public job postings with disclosed pay. 18 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (43 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 13 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Agile Defense pay?
The median pay is $150K, with a typical range of $123K–$173K, based on 61 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Agile Defense?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Platform DevOps Engineer, at $240K–$280K base.

Which team pays the most at Agile Defense?
The corporate team, at a $188K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 61 public Agile Defense job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed August 9, 2026.

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