tptacek's advice makes sense. I'd especially stress his point #2, which is to leave yourself the option of going elsewhere than Orlando. Let's be generous and say Orlando has 1% of the tech jobs you're qualified for; if you narrow the set of possible jobs to only local ones, you're ignoring 99% of the possibilities.
If I were the hiring manager (and I've been a hiring manager before) and were aware of your probation, I'd be curious and want to skim the plea agreement. But if you were doing white-hat stuff, as you say, it wouldn't interfere with me offering you a job.
Supervised release often lets you move AFTER you find a job from what I understand via a friend who had an unfortunate intersection with the law as well.
I'd imagine federal probation is related to that program and has similar standards?
A petition to move to a larger job market (SF, Atl, or Austin) might start a discussion which opens other options to you.
If I were the hiring manager (and I've been a hiring manager before) and were aware of your probation, I'd be curious and want to skim the plea agreement. But if you were doing white-hat stuff, as you say, it wouldn't interfere with me offering you a job.