Technical Team Lead III - SWE Background with Security Clearance

Black Eagle Defense; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 209,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Eagle Defense is seeking a Technical Team Lead III to guide the Mission Intelligence team in data engineering, analytics, and automation for a mission-critical BI platform. You will ensure reliability and availability while leading execution and coordinating cross-functional efforts.

The role requires strong leadership, 12+ years SWE experience, and familiarity with SRE principles, enterprise-scale deployments, and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Twelve (12) years' experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Experience leading technical teams and driving project execution.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Technical Team Lead for the Mission Intelligence team, guiding data engineering, analytics, and automation initiatives.
• Ensure reliability, availability, and quality of the BI platform and support enterprise-wide decision-making.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers and data scientists, and manage stakeholder expectations.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Technical leadership

Project tracking

SRE

Platform operations

Mentoring

Team coordination

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Apache NiFi

Elasticsearch

Kibana

Kubernetes

Hadoop

Job description

Job Description SALARY RANGE $209,000 - $266,000/year DUTIES As a successful candidate for the Technical Team Lead III role, you will serve as the Technical Team Lead for the Mission Intelligence (MI) team, supporting data engineering, analytics, and automation initiatives for a business intelligence platform that enables enterprise-wide, data-driven decision-making. You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and quality of this mission-critical platform while providing technical leadership, guiding team execution, and supporting the delivery of innovative solutions that drive informed decision-making across the enterprise. Required Skills SKILLS * Requirements gathering and stakeholder engagement

• Data analysis and metrics-driven solution development
• Task planning, decomposition, and execution tracking
• Technical leadership and team coordination
• Risk identification and technical obstacle resolution
• Stakeholder expectation management
• Scope definition and project documentation
• Project tracking and workflow management
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) implementation and integration
• Platform operations and reliability support
• Mentoring and development of software engineers and data scientists
• Technical communication and cross-functional collaboration
• Meeting facilitation and agenda development
• Design decision documentation and record management
• Project management and organizational support activities

QUALIFICATIONS Twelve (12) years' experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. Additional Requirements: * Strong customer service orientation

Experience leading technical teams and driving project execution

Effective interpersonal and collaboration skills across diverse technical and non-technical teams

Familiarity with enterprise-scale software deployment architectures

Experience with or exposure to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices

Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels

Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Willingness to develop and maintain internal and customer-facing documentation

Experience working within collaborative, cross-functional environments

Ability to mentor, guide, and support junior team members

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Desired Skills NICE-TO-HAVES * Experience with Apache NiFi

Experience with Elasticsearch and Kibana

Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized environments

Knowledge of map-reduce analytic frameworks such as Hadoop

Understanding of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems

Experience supporting production CNO capabilities and operations

Experience working with large-scale data processing and analytics platforms

Familiarity with enterprise data engineering and automation environments

Knowledge of distributed computing architectures and big data technologies

Experience supporting mission-focused intelligence or cyber operations environments