Principal Software, Data, and AI Engineer

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Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future.The MITRE Army Resilient C2 and Communications Department drives the development of innovative capabilities addressing U.S. Army sponsors’ most challenging problems. The Department identifies and pursues innovative solutions through rapidly analyzing, experimenting, prototyping, applying state-of-the-art mission engineering, coupled with deep technical expertise and exquisite operational understanding. The department works across the Army and with industry to mature critical tactical and enterprise C2, network, communications, and cyber capabilities with a focus on accelerating fielded capabilities. A key part of the department’s work program is enabling the successful development, experimentation, integration, and fielding of the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2).The Resilient C2 and Communications department manages and oversees the activities of a wide range of sponsor projects. These projects are focused on providing capabilities through close collaboration with warfighters, prototyping to demonstrate concepts and refine requirements, exploring commercial and other existing government solutions that can be leveraged, integration of capabilities (e.g., sensors, EW, autonomy, C-UAS), and assisting the Army with applying agile acquisition approaches.Roles & Responsibilities:Collaborate with government and industry to ensure successful development, testing, and fielding of innovative Data fabrics, Command and Control (C2) solutions, and related software capabilities.Prototype and experiment with innovative AI capabilities and software applications including in live, virtual, and constructive environments.Interface with Army units to understand operational needs, assess challenges, and rapidly identify, analyze, and recommend effective technical solutions.Provide senior technical leadership for key customers, maintaining strong communication with government leads to identify emerging needs and identify innovative technical approaches to solve their challengesEnsure the rapid, timely, and high-quality delivery of technical products, solutions, and capabilities to customers.Build, lead, and mentor 5-15 person engineering teams to achieve program objectives and customer outcomes.Report status, opportunities, and challenges to internal managementHelp manage program budgets in partnership with program management, while meeting customer outcomes and maintaining technical excellenceBasic Qualifications:Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.Experience designing, implementing, or testing data layers and data fabrics for large scale integrationExperience developing Artificial Intelligence capabilities, including familiarity with agentic AIProficiency in Java and/or Python, with experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.Experience using Git for version control, including GitLab/GitHub workflows, branching strategies, or collaborative development practices.Proficiency working in both Windows and Linux environments.Experience with containerized and cloud-native application delivery using Docker and Kubernetes, including container/image management and cluster orchestration.Knowledge of microservices architecture and command-and-control system architectures, with familiarity in one or more military data standards/protocols such as VMF, USMTF, CoT, or Link 16/JREAP.Track record of developing innovative technical solutionsAbility to clearly communicate with both internal and external audiencesActive DoW Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibilityU.S. Citizenship requiredThis position requires a minimum of 3 days a week on-site.Preferred Qualifications: Experience with data engineering and pipeline technologies, including Apache NiFi for ingestion, routing, and transformation, Apache Kafka for real-time/event-driven streaming, and data modeling, mapping, and schema design.Demonstrated ability to lead an engineering team and a track record of exceptional performance in fast paced environmentsSignificant technical stature in the field of data, software engineering, or AI as evidence by successful track record of known products being fielded / adopted / sold, external publications, technical transition, patents, etcExperience operating in secure government/DoD environments, including RMF, STIG compliance, PKI/CAC authentication, or Agile/Scrum development within a program of record or government contract setting.Experience with C/C++Experience with parallel programming and high-performance computingSuccessful track record of relationship development with customersFamiliarity with Army and Joint DoW platforms (e.g., vehicles), radios, data sources, data standards, C2 software, hardware, edge compute, and capability integrationExperience with modern service development practices, including Swagger/OpenAPI code generation, Protocol Buffers (protobuf), and gRPC service development.Experience designing and optimizing data solutions, including ETL pipelines, relational databases such as PostgreSQL and Oracle, and NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB and Elasticsearch.Familiarity with DevSecOps and infrastructure automation tools, including Helm, CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD, Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible and Terraform, and working in air-gapped or classified environments with Iron Bank hardened container images.Master’s degree in a relevant fieldThis requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):SecretThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):Top Secret/SCISalary compensation range and midpoint:$191,200 - $239,000 - $286,800 AnnualWork Location Type:OnsiteCommitment to Non-DiscriminationAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. 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