Technical Team Lead - SWE

Technical Team Lead — Business Intelligence Platform

Columbia, MD | Full Time | TS/SCI with Polygraph Required

Position:
Technical Team Lead (Software Engineer, Level
3)

Location:

Columbia, MD (on-site)

Category:
Software Engineering / Technical Leadership / Data Engineering

Clearance Requirement:
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Compensation: $200,000 – $250,000 (annualized USD)

• 12+ years with a Bachelor's degree, OR
• 10+ years with a Master's degree, OR
• 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree

Serve as the Technical Team Lead for the Mission Intelligence (MI) team, supporting data engineering, analytics, and automation initiatives. The MI team operates a business intelligence platform that enables enterprise-wide, data-driven decision-making. Your primary responsibility is to ensure the reliability, availability, and quality of this high-impact platform.

This is a leadership-leaning role with real engineering teeth: you'll mentor engineers, unblock execution, set technical direction, and quietly hold the line on quality across the platform.

• Gather stakeholder requirements, assess available data, and develop solutions for delivering key metrics.
• Break down complex work into actionable steps that demonstrate consistent progress.
• Remove technical obstacles, manage expectations, and support team execution.
• Define and communicate task scope through clear documentation and tracking systems.
• Enable the team to integrate Site Reliability Engineering practices into the operational platform.
• Mentor and guide junior software engineers and data scientists.
• Produce project management materials such as agendas, meeting notes, and design decision records.

• Strong customer‑service orientation.
• Experience leading technical teams.
• Effective interpersonal skills for collaborating across diverse backgrounds and skill sets.
• Familiarity with enterprise‑scale software deployment architectures.
• Experience or exposure to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.
• Willingness to contribute to internal and customer‑facing documentation.

• Experience with Apache NiFi.
• Experience with Elasticsearch and Kibana.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of map-reduce analytic environments (e.g., Hadoop).
• Experience with frontend UI development.
• Production‑grade software development experience in Java and Python.
• Experience productizing software as containers with Docker/Kubernetes.

Salary is determined by multiple factors, including location, education, experience, skills, and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $200,000 – $250,000 (annualized USD).

• Three Care First medical plans available;
  Intezra pays up to 100% of healthcare premiums and up to 100% of deductibles (based on plan selection) for employees and dependents
• Intezra pays 100% for Care First Dental and Vision plans for employees and dependents
• 401(k): 15% company contribution (no match required)
• PTO: 160 hours, increasing with seniority
• 12 Floating Holidays
• 4 Code Red Days

Intezra, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.