Software Engineer - Technical Team Lead

Description

You will serve as technical team lead for the Mission Intelligence (MI) team, which supports data engineering, analytics and automation work.

The team runs a business intelligence platform that helps the company make data-driven decisions across the enterprise.

Your main job is keeping this mission-critical platform reliable, available and high quality.

You will also work as a systems engineer, software engineer and analytics developer, designing, building and integrating solutions that analyze large data sets to build mission awareness and produce mission-focused insights.

Responsibilities

• Build analytics that combine, normalize and enrich large data sets.
• Design and implement ETL workflows that convert and normalize data.
• Add new tools and technologies to the platform.
• Collect stakeholder requirements, review available data and build solutions that deliver key metrics.
• Split work into actionable steps that show steady progress.
• Clear technical blockers, set expectations and support the team in delivering.
• Document and communicate task scope through clear documentation and tracking tools.
• Help the team apply site reliability engineering practices to the operational platform.
• Mentor junior software engineers and data scientists.
• Write project management materials such as agendas, meeting notes and design decision records.

Requirements

• Required: Hold an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Required: Hold a bachelor's degree in systems engineering, computer science, information systems, engineering science, engineering management or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Required: Have 20 years as a lead systems engineer on programs of similar scope, type and complexity, or 16 years in place of a bachelor's degree.
• Required: Show proven experience planning and leading systems engineering efforts.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale platforms.
• Strong Java development skills.
• Familiarity with customer authentication and authorization platforms and standards.
• Experience containerizing and deploying services with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Git version control.
• Experience with Atlassian tools, Jira and Confluence.
• A customer service mindset.
• Experience leading technical teams.
• Good interpersonal skills for working with people from varied backgrounds and skill sets.
• Experience with or exposure to site reliability engineering (SRE) principles.
• Willingness to contribute to internal and customer-facing documentation.
• Desired: Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Desired: Extensive experience working directly with mission-focused customers.
• Desired: Strong analytical skills, with the ability to grasp complex dataflows and automation concepts.
• Desired: Experience guiding system development through engineering management plans.
• Desired: Apache NiFi experience.
• Desired: Experience defining system, functional and component-level requirements.
• Desired: Hands-on experience automating test cases with software tools and systems.
• Desired: Experience working in an agile, continuous delivery environment.
• Desired: Exposure to supporting operational scenarios and transitions to production.
• Desired: Experience monitoring deployed systems, dataflows and tool performance.

Conditions

This is a full-time, regular position.

You must hold TS/SCI with polygraph clearance to start.

Travel is local and up to 10% of the time.

The proposed salary range is $113,200 to $237,800.

Final pay depends on factors such as location, federal contract labor categories and wage rates, prior experience, skills, education and certifications.

Benefits

• Healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time off benefits.
• Flexible time off, so you can take the time you need.
• Access to learning resources to support your career goals.