PENDING CONTRACT AWARD: Applications Task Lead (Applicants must already hold a Secret Clearance or Higher)

Cipher Tech Solutions, Inc.; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 137,760,000 - 309,960,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

HSA contributions

401k matching

Holiday and PTO

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Cipher Tech Solutions, Inc. is seeking a senior leader who will report to the CIO Services Task lead and guide a technical team embedded at a US Government partner site.

The role blends individual contribution with hands-on leadership, driving architecture, integration, and deployment initiatives. The position requires a Secret clearance, a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, and five years of experience, including CI/CD leadership and IaC.

Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen with a Secret level clearance or higher.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Math, or Physics.
• Minimum five years of post-graduate professional experience.
• Minimum of one year leading and supervising teams (last 3 years).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment approaches (containerization, micro-segmentation, IaC).
• DoD 8570 IAT II-compliant certification (e.g., Security+).
• Experience with AWS and Azure deployments, on-premises and hybrid-cloud.

Responsibilities

• Lead application architecture and integration, development, and deployment initiatives.
• Oversee a 10–20 engineer team while collaborating with project management for requirements prioritization and reporting.
• Provide administrative oversight and lead by example in implementations.

Skills

US Citizenship

Security clearance

Team leadership

CI/CD

Cloud deployments

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE/IT/Math/Physics

Tools

AWS

Azure

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Description

The candidate reports to the CIO Services Task lead and manages a technical team embedded in a US Government partner site. This position leads application architecture and integration, development, and deployment initiatives. This role is a hybrid between an individual contributor, leading implementation by example, and the administrative oversight of 10-20 engineers – this position works collaboratively with project management teams for requirements prioritization and reporting.

Location

Greater Baltimore Area

Telework Status

No Telework Expected

Clearance Level Required

Secret

Required Skills/Credentials

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must hold a US government security clearance at the Secret level or Higher
• Bachelors degree in one of the following: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Math, or Physics
• Minimum five years of post-graduate professional experience
• Minimum of one year of experience in the last three years leading and supervising teams
• Minimum of one years' experience in the last three years leading and supervising teams running a Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline utilizing modern approaches including containerization, micro-segmentation, and Infrastructure as Code
• Certification compliant with DoD 8570 IAT II (e.g., Security+)
• Experience architecting and managing deployments into Amazon Web Services and Azure
• Experience architecting and managing deployments in on-premises and hybrid-cloud environments

Desirable Skills/Credentials

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products for efficient communication, reporting, and presentation
• Proficiency with architecture documentation tools such as Cameo, Visio, and Draw.io
• Experience with microservice architecture deployments
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Certifications in Amazon Web Services and Azure, DevOps or architecture focused preferred
• Certification compliant with DoD 8570 IAT III (e.g., CISSP)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Benefits

• Mission focused work environment
• Subsidized medical/dental/vision insurance
• HSA contributions
• 401k matching
• Holiday and Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Monthly WAN parties & quarterly events
• Flexible hours

Remote work is not an option. We do offer relocation assistance. Please see our careers page or inquire with your recruiter about the terms and conditions.

Salary And Other Compensation

The hourly wage range is: $48.08 - $108.17

The salary range for this position is subject not only to the hire's skills, education, expertise, and years of experience, but also to features of the final position offered to the hire: including, but not limited to the location of the position, clearance required for the position, and the contract associated with the position. See our Perks & Benefits page for a general description of benefits and other potential compensation benefits: https://www.ciphertechsolutions.com/careers/perks-benefits/

About Us

At Cipher Tech Solutions, Inc. (Cipher Tech), we take great pride in supporting some of the most mission critical work in the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. The majority of our company is comprised of extremely talented software developers who write production tools which directly support one of two missions: digital forensics and malware reverse engineering.

Digital forensics is the practice of extracting and processing evidence from computers, phones, tablets, cameras, flash-drives, and just about any other form of digital media. The results of our work are then used to support federal and military law enforcement, counterintelligence, and counter terrorist activities.

Malware Reverse Engineering Is The Practice Of Analyzing Malicious Code. The Goal Of a Reverse Engineer Is To Understand How The Malicious Code Works And Determine Facts Such As

• How did it infect the victim's computer *What kind of information it is seeking to steal *How is it communicating with the author (actor) *Who that actor might be.

Vaccination Notice

Please be aware that you are applying for a position to work as a federal contractor. As such, Cipher Tech will require, and your employment will be subject to, such vaccinations as are required by federal, state, and local law requirements.

Important Security Clearance Information

Be aware that you are applying for a job that requires a U.S. Government Security Clearance at the time of the application. You must currently have at least a Secret level of clearance. We do have the ability to sponsor an application for upgrade of security clearance, however, be advised that this can be a multi-year process and Cipher Tech cannot leave positions open indefinitely.

The U.S. government will not issue security clearances to recent users of illegal drugs. On your application to us, you must acknowledge that you have not engaged in any illegal drug use within the past twelve months (illegal drug use includes, but is not limited to, the use of illegal substances, the misuse of prescriptions, the misuse of over-the-counter substances, AND the use of medical or recreational marijuana (or its derivatives) that may be deemed legal at the state level but is still considered illegal by the federal government).

NOTE: CIPHER TECH WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WITH A DISABILITY OR A RECORD OF A DISABILITY, INCLUDING ILLEGAL DRUG USERS WHO HAVE RECENTLY SOUGHT PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT FOR A DRUG PROBLEM.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cipher Tech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All hiring and employment decisions are made on the basis of business requirements, performance, and merit with no regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, or other protected status.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

Salary: $48.08 - $108.17 per hour