Technical Lead @ Agile Defense

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At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That’s why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.

Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.

Requisition #: 1020

Title: Technical Lead

Location: Arlington, VA

Clearance: Active Top Secret

Non-Employee Referral Bonus Eligible: $2,000

Overview:

Agile Defense is seeking a seasoned and forward-thinking Technical Lead to drive data-centric strategy, innovation, and transformation across government client programs. This senior-level position will provide oversight and strategic guidance for data science, data engineering, and analytics initiatives leveraging tools such as Databricks, Qlik, Tableau, Power BI, and Palantir’s MAVEN Smart Systems. The ideal candidate will focus on leadership, vision, and AI maturity, with less emphasis on day-to-day development and more on enabling teams, aligning with organizational goals, and elevating data and AI practices.

Responsibilities/Duties:

· Serve as the senior technical leader for multi-disciplinary data teams supporting clients with advanced analytics, reporting, and AI development.

· Establish engineering best practices and ensure compliance across the entire portfolio. This includes and is not limited to documentation, linting standards, utilization of source code repositories, unit testing, CI/CD pipelines, code peer review, etc.

· Shape and evolve the organization’s AI maturity roadmap, including governance, scalability, and ethical AI practices.

· Communicate complex technical solutions clearly to senior leadership, stakeholders, and government partners.

· Collaborate with program managers, mission leads, and system integrators to define project priorities and success metrics.

· Guide architectural decisions, technology stack selections, and platform integration across tools such as Databricks, MAVEN Smart Systems, Tableau, Qlik, and Power BI.

· Provide strategic oversight of data science, data engineering, and business intelligence efforts, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and mission outcomes.

· Champion data-driven decision-making and lead initiatives that increase operational effectiveness, predictive insights, and actionable intelligence.

· Lead solution design reviews and mentor technical team members to ensure delivery excellence, innovation, and skill growth.

· Promote a culture of design thinking, critical analysis, and continuous improvement across all data efforts.

· Employ MLOps best practices when developing, testing, and maintaining data pipelines.

· Identify data solutions in accordance with agreed organization standards that ensure services are resilient, scalable, and future proof

· Direct best practices for database security, including setting up user accounts and managing access controls

· Troubleshoot database-related issues and providing technical support to development teams

· Improve digital services through rapid prototype and develop solutions on existing infrastructure in a response to emergent requirements

· Document and maintain applicable organization Software Architecture maps and technology roadmaps

· Facilitate the “conception though completion” of large-scale digital products, in conjunction with Product teams that can be composed of Engineering, web applications and UX Design

Preferred Skills/Qualifications:

· Strong experience with:

o Databricks for scalable data processing and AI/ML workloads

o Qlik, Tableau, and Power BI for interactive dashboarding and executive reporting

o Palantir MAVEN Smart Systems for mission-critical data integration

o Advana

· Familiarity with cloud-native data architectures (Azure, AWS, or GCP).

· Experience with data governance, AI ethics, and emerging federal data strategy standards.

· Experience developing enterprise applications with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Angular, and Vue.

· Experience building modern, responsive, and cross-browser-compatible websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Proficiency in manipulating data for analytical assessments and proficient with tools such as Excel / PowerBI.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

· Bachelor's degree in computer sciences, information systems, engineering or other related technical discipline

· 7+ years of progressive experience in data science, analytics, or engineering roles with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity.

· 3+ years of experience with common data science languages, including Python and R

· 3+ years of experience retrieving, merging, and analyzing structured and unstructured data sources from APIs and databases, including through R, Python, or SQL

· Experience designing and implementing scalable technologies such as streaming data transformation for joining, analyzing, and processing disparate data sets into features for predictive analytics.

· Experience leading major technical efforts and guiding development teams to an ideal solution

· Experience developing and documenting organizational standards for Data Storage, Data Transformation, and Metadata Management

· Demonstrated ability to translate business challenges into data and AI solutions.

· Strategic mindset with hands-on familiarity in developing and overseeing AI/ML use cases.

· Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

· Experience managing technical roadmaps, cross-functional teams, and enterprise data initiatives.

About Us:

Agile Defense delivers IT strategy, cloud, cybersecurity, application, data and analytics, enterprise IT, intelligence analysis, and mission operation support services to accelerate technical performance and efficiency for Defense, Civilian, and National Security & Federal Law Enforcement clients.

Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together.

What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.

We also believe in supporting our employees by offering a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. To explore the benefits we offer, please visit our website under the Careers section.

Happy - Be Infectious.

Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.

Helpful - Be Supportive.

Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.

Honest - Be Trustworthy.

Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.

Humble - Be Grounded.

Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.

Hungry - Be Eager.

Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.

Hustle - Be Driven.

Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.

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