Technical Integrator- Entry Level

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• You must be a U.S. Citizen
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
• You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic drug testing
• You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic polygraph examinations

The organization is seeking a Technical Integrator to serve as the primary link between the government prototyping team,
Cosmic Horizon
, and operational end users. The incumbent will deploy to customer locations to embed with mission users, understand operational workflows, and deliver workflow-automation and artificial intelligence (AI) integration solutions.

This is an entry level position at the GG-07 to GG-11 level. The selected candidate will perform hands-on technical work while building the operational, technical, and stakeholder-integration experience required for increased responsibility.

The NRO Cadre is collecting resumes for consideration against current and future opportunities for Non-Supervisor, Cosmic Horizon GTI, Developmental GG-07 – GG-11, occupational series 2210
. More information on the occupational series can be viewed on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website.

This is a full-time position that is open from September 22, 2026 to September 29, 2026 or until the first 50 applications have been received. Resumes must be submitted by 11:59 PM EST on September 29, 2026.

• This position is open to the public.
• Federal government employees MUST currently be at the grade level or higher as indicated in this announcement. This is NOT a promotion opportunity for current Federal government employees. If selected for the position, Federal government employees will transition laterally at their current grade level and step.
• Federal applicants who exceed the advertised grade may voluntarily request acceptance at the lower grade per IAW DoW 1400.25 Volume 2006.
• The NRO is only accepting external applicants for this job announcement. Current NRO Cadre employees should apply internally.
• This position MAY qualify for the appointment of a reemployed federal annuitant IAW DoWI 1400.25 Volume 300.

The Technical Integrator will:

• Deploy to domestic and international customer sites to work directly with operational users and field representatives.
• Serve as the primary technical integrator between Cosmic Horizon’s prototyping team and operational end users.
• Conduct user-needs assessments to understand mission workflows, pain points, data sources, system constraints, and desired operational outcomes.
• Translate user challenges and mission requirements into clear, actionable technical requirements, user stories, development priorities, and integration plans.
• Provide hands-on technical support, including software development, scripting, coding, data-pipeline development, application integration, testing, troubleshooting, and technical documentation.
• Support the design, development, prototyping, deployment, and sustainment of workflow-automation and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Integrate prototype capabilities with approved mission systems, data sources, and user workflows, consistent with applicable security, data-handling, and deployment requirements.
• Evaluate prototype performance with operational users; collect feedback; identify defects, usability issues, and technical risks; and recommend improvements.
• Coordinate technical activities among developers, data scientists, engineers, mission users, stakeholders, and field representatives.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with mission users, customer organizations, and other stakeholders to support capability adoption and mission outcomes.
• Communicate technical status, risks, dependencies, user feedback, and recommendations to government leadership and project stakeholders.
• Support Agile planning, backlog refinement, demonstrations, iterative development, and transition of successful prototypes to enduring capabilities.

This position requires substantial travel, including deployments of approximately two to three months per rotation
to locations where NRO tools and data are used by operational…