Mission Intelligence Tech Lead — Data Platform & SRE

Neural Solutions; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 204,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Neural Solutions in Columbia, MD seeks a Technical Team Lead for the Mission Intelligence (MI) Team to drive data engineering, analytics, and automation initiatives on a mission-critical BI platform.

The role centers on leading technical teams, delivering analytics, ETL workflows, and platform enhancements while mentoring junior engineers and data scientists. Requires TS/SCI with Polygraph and strong collaboration across disciplines.

Qualifications

• 12 years experience with Bachelors degree in a technical field, or 16 years without
• Strong Java development skills and enterprise-scale platform experience
• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring juniors
• Familiarity with authentication/authorization platforms

Responsibilities

• Ensure the reliability, availability, and quality of the mission-critical platform.
• Develop analytics to combine, normalize, and enrich large data sets.
• Mentor junior software engineers and data scientists.
• Produce project management materials such as agendas, meeting notes, and design decision records.
• Collaborate with data engineering, analytics, and automation initiatives

Skills

Enterprise platforms

Java development

Auth platforms

Customer mindset

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

SRE concepts

Education

Bachelors degree in technical field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Jira/Confluence

Job description

Neural Solutions in Columbia, MD seeks a Technical Team Lead for the Mission Intelligence (MI) Team to drive data engineering, analytics, and automation initiatives on a mission-critical BI platform.

The role centers on leading technical teams, delivering analytics, ETL workflows, and platform enhancements while mentoring junior engineers and data scientists. Requires TS/SCI with Polygraph and strong collaboration across disciplines.