Lead Delivery Engineer — Onsite with Secret Clearance

iO Associates; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

iO Associates is seeking a Lead Delivery Engineer for a defence-focused project, requiring on-site presence at a secure facility and a current U.S. Secret clearance with potential TS/SCI upgrade.

The role emphasizes delivering complex AI-enabled data systems and ensuring high-assurance software in mission-critical environments. Responsibilities include leading technical planning, building secure data lifecycles, and coordinating with Product, DevOps, QA, and Customer Success to meet milestones.

Qualifications

• U.S. Secret security clearance required, with willingness to upgrade to TS/SCI
• Permanent onsite work at a secure facility, up to five days/week
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline, or 5+ years of practical software development
• Proven experience deploying production-grade AI and agentic systems with strong software fundamentals
• Strong full-stack development, DevSecOps practices, and experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Git

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical planning and execution of project deliverables aligned with strategic goals
• Design and develop secure, scalable applications managing end-to-end data lifecycles from acquisition to inference
• Optimize application performance to meet stringent response times and operational demands
• Create dynamic visualisation dashboards on the Virtualitics AI Platform to simplify complex data insights
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Customer Success, DevOps, and QA to meet milestones
• Oversee risk mitigation, remove bottlenecks, and ensure timely delivery of all project phases
• Serve as the primary escalation point to resolve technical challenges swiftly and efficiently

Skills

Security clearance

Onsite work

Full stack development

DevSecOps

Python

AI systems deployment

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Data processing libs

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

PyTorch

Pandas

NumPy

scikit-learn

Job description

iO Associates is seeking a Lead Delivery Engineer for a defence-focused project, requiring on-site presence at a secure facility and a current U.S. Secret clearance with potential TS/SCI upgrade.

The role emphasizes delivering complex AI-enabled data systems and ensuring high-assurance software in mission-critical environments. Responsibilities include leading technical planning, building secure data lifecycles, and coordinating with Product, DevOps, QA, and Customer Success to meet milestones.