Senior Technical Lead

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Technical Lead

Edera L3C is a fast-growing healthcare consultancy that addresses today’s issues and helps create tomorrow’s solutions by connecting the brightest minds in healthcare. Our team of management, technology, and creative services consultants work collaboratively with industry experts who bring deep experience and expertise to create transformational business solutions.  We believe complex challenges and multi-faceted opportunities call for multi-disciplinary approaches and that’s how we work. We transform healthcare by bringing industry best practices from the private sector to the public sector, and the public sector to the private sector. Edera is an L3C (a variation of a limited liability company) that places “purpose before profit;” a social enterprise venture. This means we are focused on a socially beneficial mission to transform organizations rather than being driven to maximize income. Profits beyond our business sustainability goals are reinvested into communities or clients. 

Location: Washington, D.C. (Hybrid)
Clearance: Active DoD Secret (minimum)
Employment Type: Full‑time

Salary $175,000

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Strategy

• Lead the planning and execution of a large‑scale documentation assessment focused on identifying undocumented or under‑documented interfaces and APIs.
• Establish the methodology, review criteria, and quality standards for document analysis and ICD development.
• Serve as the primary technical authority for interface architecture, data exchange patterns, and system integration considerations across DoD systems.

Document Assessment & ICD Development

• Conduct detailed reviews of technical artifacts, including design specifications, architecture diagrams, interface descriptions, and system manuals.
• Identify interfaces, APIs, data flows, and integration points referenced in existing documentation but missing from current ICDs.
• Develop high‑quality ICDs that define interface behavior, data structures, message formats, protocols, and operational constraints.
• Validate findings through collaboration with system owners, engineering teams, and integration stakeholders.

Team Management & Coordination

• Lead and mentor a team of analysts, engineers, and technical writers performing document assessments and ICD drafting.
• Assign tasks, monitor progress, enforce quality standards, and ensure alignment with program timelines.
• Facilitate collaboration across government, contractor, and technical teams.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Present findings, risks, and recommendations to senior DoD leadership.
• Coordinate with system integrators, engineering teams, and program offices to validate interface details and resolve discrepancies.
• Participate in technical working groups and integration forums as the primary representative for the assessment effort.

Required Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance or higher.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering, enterprise integration, or technical architecture.
• Demonstrated experience developing or managing Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Interface Design Documents (IDDs), or similar technical artifacts.
• Strong understanding of APIs, data exchange standards, and system‑to‑system integration patterns.
• Experience leading technical teams in complex, multi‑stakeholder environments.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and technical writing skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting DoD programs or other federal enterprise‑scale systems.
• Familiarity with structured documentation frameworks and architecture standards.
• Background in enterprise integration platforms, message brokers, or middleware technologies.
• Experience with large‑scale documentation rationalization or modernization initiatives.

All applicants must be US citizens and able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.  Edera participates in the E-Verify program. Edera is a drug-free workplace.  

Edera is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Edera prohibits discrimination against individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. Edera takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, or veteran status.