USAID and DOD&#x27;s DIA usually have cool IT&#x2F;dev gigs.<p>The other thing is to become a military supplier for development, either like Booz Allen Hamilton contractor or independent shop can work.  I worked on a couple of Rails apps for socom&#x2F;specops.  The money is grreat if you need consulting&#x2F;ish work.<p>Working with NSA&#x2F;CIA can become morally ambiguous.