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Innovative Defense Technologies

Automated software testing and defense cybersecurity.

Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/16/2026
$135k - $273k
Senior
Bachelor's
Arlington County, Arlington, VA, USA
In Person
IT OperationsSystem Administration
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology, or equivalent full-time professional experience.
  • At least 7 years of relevant experience.
  • At least 2 years of experience leading technical teams or directing engineering workflows.
  • Previous experience supporting Department of Defense efforts directly.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% as needed.
  • Extensive experience with VMware or a similar virtualization platform.
  • Experience with Cisco switching, including Virtual Port Channeling, VLANs, and VRFs.
  • Experience troubleshooting complex network issues.
  • Experience using Bash, C, and/or Python scripting to automate tasks.
  • Understanding of TCP/IP concepts, including TCP, UDP, VLANs, DHCP, and routing.
  • Experience provisioning and installing physical devices and virtual machines.
  • Security+, CCNA, or equivalent IAT Level II certification; IAT Level III certification is a plus.
  • Experience hardening devices and updating DISA STIG checklists.
  • Experience patching and remediating vulnerabilities in a closed or air-gapped network.
  • Must currently possess an active Secret U.S. security clearance.
Responsibilities
  • Lead, mentor, and task a team of systems and network engineers, establish high engineering standards, and direct engineering workflows.
  • Architect, design, and oversee installation of server and networking devices in standard server racks and pelican-based enclosures.
  • Perform regular server updates, patch management, and software installations across the enterprise.
  • Operate and maintain physical and virtual servers running Red Hat, Windows, and VMware products.
  • Install and provision newly purchased hardware and evaluate future hardware needs.
  • Implement, maintain, and review security processes to ensure compliance and appropriate user permissions; lead updates to DISA STIG checklists and prepare systems for RMF assessments.
  • Develop and maintain golden images, including operating system images and virtual machines, for business-area activities.
  • Create, review, and maintain detailed systems and network documentation for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Desired Qualifications
  • Strong understanding of Red Hat or similar Linux distributions.
  • Experience working with networking in a tactical system.
  • Experience configuring multiple forms of authentication, including PKI concepts.
  • Experience identifying hardware and/or software purchases to meet different use cases.
  • Experience with Ruckus-based network devices.
  • Experience with VMware NSX-T.
  • Experience with Ansible, PowerShell, Chef, Salt, Puppet, or other configuration automation software.

About the company

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Innovative Defense Technologies

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IDT provides automated software testing, data analysis, and cybersecurity solutions for DoD mission-critical systems. Its ATRT technology automates the full testing lifecycle—from component tests to system integration and result analysis—allowing rapid updates of large, complex software. The offering emphasizes repeatable, statistically rigorous testing, rapid configuration validation, and on-demand regression tests in response to cyber threats, with solutions tailored to each customer’s system. The goal is to field new software capabilities faster and more affordably by reducing the time and cost spent on software testing.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$1.6M

Headquarters

Arlington, Virginia

Founded

2006

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What believers are saying

  • June 2026 Navy IDIQ reached $748.6 million, extending through June 2031.
  • May 2026 ONR Paladin contract added $96.3 million for AI testing modernization.
  • Virginia approved a $19 million Arlington expansion creating 210 jobs in 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Navy concentration is severe: Project Paladin and June 2026 IDIQ dominate revenue.
  • Sole-source status creates procurement vulnerability if NAVSEA replaces IDT's toolchain.
  • Defense hiring expansion to 210 jobs raises execution risk before 2027 deliverables.

What makes Innovative Defense Technologies unique

  • IDT won Navy sole-source ATRT work in May 2026 and June 2026.
  • IDT embeds automated test engineering into fleet software, not generic consulting.
  • IDT spans simulation, virtualized tactical systems, and rugged edge compute for operators.

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Benefits

  • Hybrid Work Options

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Headcount

6 month growth

11%

1 year growth

11%

2 year growth

11%
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IDT to showcase mission integration, operational validation, and edge capabilities at SMD 2026.

IDT to showcase mission integration, operational validation, and edge capabilities at SMD 2026. Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) will participate in the 2026 Space & Missile Defense Symposium, August 11-13 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Attendees can visit Booth 1112 to meet the IDT team and learn how the company helps defense customers move software-driven capability into complex operational environments faster. During the symposium, IDT will demonstrate a tactical analysis environment that allows operators to explore mission scenarios, compare courses of action, and evaluate operational tradeoffs. The environment combines simulation, virtualized tactical systems, mission data, and AI-enabled reasoning to analyze more mission permutations than physical testing alone can support. Users define the objectives, assumptions, priorities, and constraints, while operators retain decision authority. Visitors can also explore an interactive experience highlighting IDT's solutions, demonstrated outcomes, and supporting capabilities across the capability lifecycle from design and integration through testing, deployment, and operational decision-making. The booth will also feature a ruggedized, deployable computing platform designed to host virtualized tactical systems, automated testing, analytics, data, and mission applications closer to the operational environment. The display illustrates how significant computing, memory, and storage capacity can be packaged for demanding workloads at the edge or in constrained environments. Across more than 300 defense projects, IDT has helped reduce integration timelines by 75 percent, decrease testing labor by more than 90 percent, and increase test coverage by 350 percent. The 2026 Space & Missile Defense Symposium will take place August 11-13 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville. Visit IDT at Booth 1112 to meet the team and see these capabilities in action.

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Innovative Defense Technologies, a software-based warfare capabilities provider, has secured a potential three-year, $89.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support a Department of the Navy project focused on advancing naval technology.