Software Engineer - Technical Team Lead

Description

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

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

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 and building solutions that analyze large data sets to give mission-focused insights.

The work supports government customers' missions tied to national safety.

Responsibilities

• Build analytics that combine, standardize 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 concrete steps so the team keeps making visible progress.
• Clear technical blockers, set realistic expectations and help the team execute.
• Document and track task scope so everyone knows what is being built.
• Help the team bring site reliability engineering practices into the operational platform.
• Mentor and guide junior software engineers and data scientists.
• Write project materials such as agendas, meeting notes and design decision records.

Requirements

• Experience supporting enterprise-scale platforms.
• Strong Java development skills.
• Familiarity with customer authentication and authorization platforms and standards.
• Experience deploying containerized services with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Git for version control.
• Experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• A customer service mindset.
• Experience leading technical teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills for working with people from varied backgrounds and skill sets.
• Experience with or exposure to site reliability engineering (SRE) principles.
• Willingness to write internal and customer-facing documentation.
• Required: active TS/SCI with polygraph.
• Required: a bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management or a related discipline from an accredited institution.
• Required: at least 12 years as a Lead Systems Engineer on programs of similar scope, type and complexity.
• Required: a proven record of planning and leading systems engineering efforts.
• Desired: strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Desired: extensive experience working directly with mission-focused customers.
• Desired: strong analytical skills, with the ability to understand complex dataflows and automation concepts.
• Desired: experience guiding system development through engineering management plans.
• Desired: experience with Apache NiFi.
• 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 operational scenario support and transitions to production.
• Desired: experience monitoring deployed systems, dataflows and tool performance.

Conditions

Full-time position.

An active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required to start.

Travel is up to 10% and is local.

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

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

Flexibility to balance quality work with personal life is part of the culture.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities.
• Healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time off benefits.
• A flexible time off benefit that lets you take the time you need.
• Access to robust learning resources.