The successful candidate will work with our partners in MITRE’s Army Division in Aberdeen to enable the successful development, experimentation, integration, and fielding of the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2).
Roles & Responsibilities
Collaborate with government and industry stakeholders to ensure successful development, testing, and fielding of innovative Command and Control (C2) solutions including software, data integration, and capability integration areas such as fires, sensors, and autonomy.
Interface with Army units to understand operational needs, assess challenges, and rapidly identify, analyze, and recommend effective technical solutions.
Serve as a primary customer interface, maintaining strong communication with government leads to identifying emerging needs, providing regular status updates, and ensure alignment on priorities and deliverables.
Proactively identify opportunities to accelerate delivery, improve efficiency, and mitigate programmatic and technical risks throughout execution.
Ensure the rapid, timely, and high-quality delivery of technical products, solutions, and capabilities to customers.
Build, lead, and mentor small engineering teams, including directing the work of a 5-person team to achieve program objectives and customer outcomes.
Report status, opportunities, and challenges to internal management
Manage task budget while meeting customer outcomes
Basic Qualifications
Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
Proficiency in Java and/or Python, with experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.
Experience using Git for version control, including GitLab/GitHub workflows, branching strategies, or collaborative development practices.
Hands-on experience with unit and integration testing frameworks such as JUnit, pytest, or similar, and proficiency working in both Windows and Linux environments.
Experience with containerized and cloud-native application delivery using Docker and Kubernetes, including container/image management and cluster orchestration.
Knowledge of microservices architecture and command-and-control system architectures, with familiarity in one or more military data standards/protocols such as VMF, USMTF, CoT, or Link 16/JREAP.
Experience operating in secure government/DoD environments, including RMF, STIG compliance, PKI/CAC authentication, or Agile/Scrum development within a program of record or government contract setting.
Track record of developing innovative technical solutions
Ability to clearly communicate with both internal and external audiences
Must have an active Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
This position requires a minimum of 3 days a week on-site
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with data engineering and pipeline technologies, including Apache NiFi for ingestion, routing, and transformation, Apache Kafka for real-time/event-driven streaming, and data modeling, mapping, and schema design.
Demonstrated ability to lead an engineering team and a track record of exceptional performance in fast paced environments
Successful track record of relationship development with customers
Familiarity with Army and Joint DoW platforms (e.g., vehicles), radios, data sources, data standards, C2 software, hardware, edge compute, and capability integration.
Experience with modern service development practices, including Swagger/OpenAPI code generation, Protocol Buffers (protobuf), and gRPC service development.
Experience designing and optimizing data solutions, including ETL pipelines, relational databases such as PostgreSQL and Oracle, and NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB and Elasticsearch.
Familiarity with DevSecOps and infrastructure automation tools, including Helm, CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD, Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible and Terraform, and working in air-gapped or classified environments with Iron Bank hardened container images.
Master’s degree in a relevant field
Active Top Secret/SCI U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
- This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
- Secret
- This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
- Top Secret/SCI
Salary compensation range and midpoint
$156,800 - $196,000 - $235,200 Annual
Work Location Type
Onsite
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.
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