Senior Lead Java Engineer — Cloud & DoD

General Atomics Intelligence; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence Inc. (GA-Intelligence) is seeking a Software Engineer to lead a tracking team within the Solutions Intelligence Department.

The role blends hands-on Java development with team leadership, Agile execution, and mentoring to deliver mission-critical capabilities. The ideal candidate will design and develop enterprise Java apps for battlefield C2, geospatial data management, and analytics, while coordinating Scrum ceremonies and ensuring delivery commitments

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in computer science, information systems or related discipline with progressive software development experience.
• Strong foundation in mathematics, computer networking, communication protocols, and/or data exchange formats.
• Experience developing Java code in production environments.
• Experience with AWS-hosted environments, Docker containerization and execution through Kubernetes.
• Experience with helm and helmfile deployments in a Kubernetes environment.
• Experience with software development in Linux.
• Experience in technical leadership, day‑to‑day tasking and technical management of others.
• An understanding of formal software engineering principles including design, documentation, ticketing systems, version control and Agile methodologies.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop enterprise‑wide Java applications for battlefield command and control, geospatial data management, exploitation, visualization, and analysis.
• Research and develop new software processing concepts for situational awareness and battlefield optimization.
• Maintain existing capabilities deployed to customer facilities and AWS cloud environments.
• Develop test scripts and frameworks to verify functionality and produce high quality software deliverables.
• Communicate effectively with customers, management, and other engineering teams in secure environments.
• Maintain the strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Observe all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company.
• Work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.

Skills

Java development

Agile leadership

Team leadership

Scrum ceremonies

Mentoring

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Helmfile

Linux

AWS

Job description

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence Inc. (GA-Intelligence) is seeking a Software Engineer to lead a tracking team within the Solutions Intelligence Department.

The role blends hands-on Java development with team leadership, Agile execution, and mentoring to deliver mission-critical capabilities. The ideal candidate will design and develop enterprise Java apps for battlefield C2, geospatial data management, and analytics, while coordinating Scrum ceremonies and ensuring delivery commitments