Senior Technical Integration Lead
Agile Defense13 hours ago
Remote, United States or San Diego, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$140k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead technical integration across operational stakeholders, software development teams, systems integrators, and CDAO partners.
- Translate operational workflows and user needs into technical requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, interface requirements, and development priorities.
- Integrate JFN mission capabilities across PT-COP, track fusion, target-effector pairing, and edge architecture.
- Identify and resolve dependencies across APIs, data, interfaces, infrastructure, cybersecurity, identity and access, deployment environments, and adjacent systems.
- Support architecture reviews, technical reviews, backlog refinement, demonstrations, testing, and implementation planning.
- Evaluate architecture and technical decisions for interoperability, cybersecurity, operational implementation, and scalability impacts.
- Apply modular, API-first, and open architecture principles and incorporate cybersecurity and authorization considerations.
- Investigate cross-boundary technical issues, engage stakeholders, document decisions and reusable patterns, and share lessons with company leadership.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant experience in software engineering, systems engineering, systems integration, technical delivery, or a related field; higher education, specialized training, relevant military service, and professional experience may be considered in combination.
- Experience supporting and integrating complex software or systems across multiple technical disciplines, platforms, organizations, or mission environments.
- Experience translating operational or user needs into actionable technical requirements and development priorities.
- Working knowledge of modern software architecture, APIs, data integration, system interfaces, and interoperability.
- Experience working with software development teams in Agile or iterative delivery environments.
- Ability to identify cross-boundary technical dependencies, drive problem-solving in ambiguous environments, and communicate across technical, operational, product, and program stakeholders.
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
- Preferred qualifications include DoD, Joint, Combatant Command, Navy/NIWC, or CDAO experience; command and control or Joint fires experience; AI or machine learning integration; tactical or edge architectures; MOSA and API-first architecture; DevSecOps and secure software delivery; cybersecurity, RMF, system authorization, and identity and access experience; defense software acquisition; and product management familiarity.
Benefits
- Regular on-site collaboration is required in the San Diego area, including at or in support of NIWC-Pacific.
- Periodic travel may be required to support operational stakeholders and mission activities.
- Work may occur in secure facilities with restrictions on personal electronic devices and remote connectivity.
- The role offers a collaborative culture guided by Agile Defense’s 6Hs values: Happy, Helpful, Honest, Humble, Hungry, and Hustle.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Agile Defense
Agile Defense provides IT services and cybersecurity solutions for U.S. defense and federal civilian agencies, including digital transformation, systems integration, C4ISR support, data analytics, and cloud. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the privately held company is owned by Enlightenment Capital and operates across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Its work centers on securing sensitive missions and modernizing government technology environments through managed services and mission-focused engineering.