Technical Integration Lead translating operational mission needs into executable software architecture for the Department of War's Chief Data and AI Office, working hands-on across software, systems, data, and cybersecurity domains to accelerate capability delivery.
What you'll do
- Translate operational workflows, user needs, and discovery findings into technical requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and development priorities
- Identify and resolve integration dependencies across APIs, data, interfaces, infrastructure, cybersecurity, identity/access, and deployment environments
- Support technical integration across JFN mission areas including persistent tactical command and control operations (PT-COP), track fusion, target-effector pairing, and edge architecture
- Participate in backlog refinement, architecture reviews, technical demonstrations, testing, and implementation planning in Agile environments
- Evaluate technical decisions for impacts to interoperability, cybersecurity, operational implementation, and scaling
- Work across technical and organizational boundaries to investigate issues and develop actionable resolution paths
- Capture technical decisions, implementation lessons, and reusable patterns to strengthen delivery practices and broader CDAO objectives
Mission
Supporting the Department of War Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) and Joint Fires Network (JFN) development at NIWC-Pacific in San Diego. The role connects USPACOM operational stakeholders with software development teams and systems integrators to deliver integrated software capabilities through the Cadre Software Acquisitions Pathway.
Required skills
- Software systems integration
- Technical requirements translation
- API and data integration architecture
- Systems engineering across multiple disciplines
- Agile/iterative software development
- Cross-organizational technical problem-solving
- Software architecture and interoperability
- Cybersecurity and authorization integration
- Command and control systems
- Technical documentation and decision capture