Chief Engineer​/Principal Software Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Chief Engineer/Principal Software Engineer with Security Clearance
Job Title:

Chief Engineer/Principal Software Engineer Job Category:
Engineering Time Type:
Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI Employee Type:
Regular Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 25% Type of Travel:
Continental US Anticipated Posting End: 10/30/2026

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a talented and motivated Chief Engineer to lead the "how" and "when" of technical execution for a large-scale government program. Partnering closely with our Chief Architect - who defines the long-term technical vision and system design - you will focus on delivery management, operational rigor, engineering standards, and team enablement. Leading a distributed team of 45+ engineers, you will provide end-to-end technical execution oversight for a modern data lake system supporting national critical operations.

In this role, you will translate architectural blueprints and complex requirements into scalable, disciplined, and predictable delivery-cultivating strong customer relationships to deeply understand mission needs and successfully realize them through execution. Tech Ecosystem & Domain Scope
* Modern Data Lake Platform:
Drive the execution and delivery of a high-throughput, scalable data lake solution utilizing a modern technology stack hosted on AWS.

* Massive Scale & Integration:
Oversee the operational execution for a large volume of diverse data inputs, a broad user base, and an even larger downstream consumer community.

* External Interfaces:
Oversee the development, integration, and ongoing maintenance of various APIs supporting external data users and producers. Responsibilities:
* Execution & Delivery Strategy:
Own the implementation plans, technical roadmaps and delivery schedules, translating the Chief Architect's high-level designs into actionable, high-quality development sprints and releases.

* Technical Leadership & Mentorship:
Lead, mentor, and upskill a team of engineers across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) within classified government environments.

* Engineering Standards & Processes:
Establish robust coding standards, code review practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Dev Ops workflows to ensure consistent, repeatable software delivery across all squads.

* API & Integration Oversight:
Ensure high availability, performance, and security for critical data ingestion pipelines and external producer/consumer APIs through rigorous engineering management.

* Quality & Technical Debt Management:
Drive Continuous Delivery, automated testing, infrastructure-as-code, and container orchestration while balancing feature delivery with technical debt reduction.

* Stakeholder Engagement:
Serve as a primary technical interface to leadership, government customers, and subcontractor teams, leading Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) and aligning execution with mission goals.

* Risk & Resource Management:
Proactively identify and mitigate technical, operational, and cross-team dependency risks while championing engineering best practices.

Qualifications:

Required:

* Clearance:
Active TS/SCI Security Clearance.

* Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, with 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.

* Leadership Track Record:
Proven experience as a Chief Engineer or senior technical delivery leader guiding large-scale teams (35+ personnel) through full SDLC in classified environments (

Note:

architectural vision is covered by our Chief Architect, so this role centers on execution, delivery, and team enablement).

* Technical Execution & Operations:
Extensive experience managing large-scale system deployments on cloud platforms (AWS), data engineering, distributed system principles, and Kubernetes-based deployments.

* Methodologies:
Proven experience leading Agile initiatives, distributed engineering teams, code quality assessments, and testing validation across multi-site work forces.

* Additional

Skills:

Strong cross-functional communication, interpersonal collaboration, and the ability to manage multiple technical delivery tasks under tight deadlines. Desired:
* Clearance:
Active TS/SCI with adjudicated Polygraph.

* Business Acumen:
Abil…