Technical Lead, Agentic Auditor

Groundswell; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 101,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401K match

Paid time off

Education reimbursement

Flexible schedule

On-site gym

Childcare option

Job summary

Groundswell is seeking a Technical Lead to guide the infrastructure team in building a resilient, scalable platform for federal-facing systems. You will own the technical vision, drive architecture decisions, and ensure governance and security across data and deployments.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, translate business goals into actionable roadmaps, and mentor staff while advancing cloud and CI/CD practices in a DoD-appropriate environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, systems integration, product implementation, enterprise systems deployment or related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of experience serving as a technical lead, team lead, architect, or similar role with responsibility for technical delivery and team coordination.
• Experience leading technical teams or workstreams, including assigning work, coordinating capacity, mentoring, and delivery.
• Ability to translate business objectives into a clear technical vision and practical plans.
• Experience designing secure, scalable, resilient infrastructure, platforms, services, applications, and external integrations.
• Knowledge of governance, cybersecurity, compliance, auditability, access controls, and secure data management.
• Experience establishing architecture standards, documentation, and best practices.
• Ability to assess risks, evaluate new technologies, and advance audit capabilities via AI, workflows, data analytics, or Agentic Audit.
• Experience managing AWS resources (EC2, EBS, S3, EKS, RDS) and DoW DevSecOps/CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem-solving skills; certifications and clearance are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the infrastructure team's work assignments, capacity planning, schedules, risks, and quality of deliverables.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement a resilient, scalable platform architecture.
• Translate business objectives into a coherent technical vision and roadmap.
• Own compliance and governance for infrastructure and data.
• Design secure infrastructure solutions for external integrations and data transmission with audit requirements.
• Refine and communicate business requirements into robust system architecture.
• Plan, develop, and deploy platform components, services, and applications.
• Ensure best practices during design, development, and delivery.
• Establish strategy, standards, and procedures for data integration and configuration.
• Support Agentic Audit technology roadmaps by evaluating emerging technologies and enhancing audit capabilities.

Skills

Leadership

Systems architecture

Stakeholder communication

Security governance

Technical excellence

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS

EC2

EBS

S3

EKS

RDS

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Who Are We?

Groundswell is a premier technology integrator and solution provider, resolutely committed to solving the most complex challenges facing federal agencies today. Our name, Groundswell, represents our commitment to be an unstoppable, seismic change in government. Ours is a small company culture with big company reach and results. Are you ready to be audacious, be bold and drive change at a rapid pace? Join us, where we'll make a greater impact together.

What You'll do:

Groundswell is hiring a Technical Lead to join our team!

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the infrastructure team's work assignments, capacity planning, schedules, technical risks, and quality of deliverables to ensure successful and timely execution.


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement a resilient and scalable platform architecture.


• Ability to understand business objectives, interpret them, and translate that to a coherent technical vision.


• Ownership of compliance and governance for infrastructure and data.


• Design secure infrastructure solutions for connecting to external systems and collaborate with project teams to collect, manage, and transmit required data in compliance with audit requirements.


• Understand, refine, and communicate the business requirements and use them to create robust, sustainable, and manageable system architecture.


• Participate in the planning, development, and deployment of platform components, services, and applications.


• Ensure that best practices are followed during design, development, and delivery of projects.


• Establish or enhance strategy, standards and procedures for data integration, configuration, and implementation.


• Support the development and evolution of Agentic Audit technology roadmaps by evaluating emerging technologies, assessing their potential business value, and identifying opportunities to enhance audit capabilities and outcomes.


• Lead the technical design efforts to meet business objectives while driving the overall architecture to improve system reliability and flexibility.


• Technical analysis and documentation of Agentic Audit systems. Set technical standards/ best practice and peer review developed codes and technical documents as required.


• Additional tasks as assigned by the leadership team.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.


• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, systems integration, product implementation, enterprise systems deployment or a related technical discipline.


• 3+ years of experience serving as a technical lead, team lead, architect, or similar role with responsibility for technical delivery and team coordination.


• Experience leading technical teams or workstreams, including assigning work, coordinating team capacity, managing schedules, mentoring team members, and supporting timely delivery.


• Proven ability to translate business objectives and requirements into a clear technical vision, practical implementation plans, and sustainable system architecture.


• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting secure, scalable, resilient infrastructure, platforms, services, applications, and external system integrations.


• Knowledge of infrastructure and data governance, cybersecurity, compliance, auditability, access controls, and secure data management practices.


• Experience developing or improving technical strategies, standards, procedures, documentation, and best practices for architecture, data integration, configuration, implementation, and operations.


• Ability to assess technical risks, evaluate emerging technologies, contribute to technology roadmaps, and identify opportunities to improve audit capabilities through artificial intelligence, intelligent workflows, data analytics, or Agentic Audit technologies.


• Experience managing various AWS Cloud resources, including EC2, EBS, S3, EKS, and RDS.


• DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline infrastructure experience in DoW environment.


• Strong communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem‑solving skills, including the ability to engage technical and non‑technical stakeholders, conduct peer and code reviews, manage competing priorities, and work effectively with project and leadership teams; relevant certifications and the ability to obtain any required clearance are preferred.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience operating UiPath AutomationSuite Environment.


• Experience working with Risk Management Framework.


• Experience working with CI/CD Pipeline solutions.


• Experience managing Non‑Person Entities.

Additional requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen per contract requirements.


• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance per contract requirements. Active Secret clearance preferred.


• Preference will be given to candidates local to the DC‑Maryland‑Virginia (DMV) area. Remote candidates must be willing to travel as needed for client meetings and/or conferences.

Why You'll Never Want to Leave:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans


• Flexible Spending Account


• 4% 401K Match (immediate vesting)


• Paid Time Off


• Tuition reimbursement, certification programs, and professional development


• Flexible work schedule


• On‑site gym and childcare option

NOTE

Groundswell does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Groundswell, and Groundswell will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Read a copy of the Company's Non‑Discrimination Policy Statement.

Additional Resources

• EO 13496 Notification of Employee Rights under NLRA




• Know your rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

Disability Accessibility Accommodation: If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us [e-mail] or703-639-1777.

The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At Groundswell, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
$100,901.00 - $199,815.00