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Overview

Frontier Technology Inc. (FTI) delivers mission-focused solutions to the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community through advanced engineering, digital transformation, and program execution expertise. We help our customers solve complex challenges and achieve mission success by integrating people, process, and technology.

FTI is seeking a Distinguished Software Engineering Lead to serve as both a hands-on architect and integrator for mission-critical software and data platforms. This role is designed for a player-coach—someone who provides technical vision, architectural oversight, and mentoring, while contributing directly to the design and development of secure, scalable, and modernized solutions. The Distinguished Engineer will act as the connective tissue between software execution teams, product and solution management, and business development, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with long-term innovation goals.

Responsibilities

+ Architecture & Systems Integration

+ Architect and deploy secure, distributed platforms supporting modular, multi-service environments.

+ Design and integrate APIs, data pipelines, and microservice-based systems that enable interoperability across mission and analytical environments.

+ Develop modular architectures that adhere to open standards and are adaptable to changing mission needs.

+ Define and enforce architectural principles, patterns, and best practices across software and platform teams.

+ Cloud Engineering & DevSecOps

+ Engineer solutions in AWS GovCloud or hybrid IL4–IL6 environments with strong security and compliance standards.

+ Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK) for consistent provisioning and configuration management.

+ Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that automate secure deployments, testing, and accreditation workflows.

+ Ensure platform designs support zero-trust security principles and multi-enclave integration.

+ Data Infrastructure & Orchestration

+ Design or operate large-scale data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration environments (e.g., Kafka, Airflow, Spark, Databricks, or similar).

+ Shape data strategies balancing performance, cost, and compliance across mission environments.

+ Enable secure, efficient data sharing and access patterns to support analytical, AI/ML, and simulation workloads.

+ Security & Resilience

+ Engineer architectures for redundancy, cross-domain integration, and resilience under degraded or disconnected conditions.

+ Support ATO and mission accreditation processes through secure enclave design and automation of compliance controls.

+ Integrate observability and monitoring into all systems to ensure operational assurance and mission continuity.

+ Operationalization & Sustainment

+ Transition systems from prototype to production, ensuring maintainability, observability, and configuration drift management.

+ Develop strategies for continuous improvement and scalability across evolving workloads.

+ Partner with program leadership to align sustainment strategies with mission lifecycle requirements.

+ Innovation & Ecosystem Integration

+ Incorporate emerging technologies and open architectures into operational environments.

+ Bridge research and development efforts into fielded, accredited platforms.

+ Evaluate and adopt new tools or frameworks that improve performance, developer experience, or security posture.

+ Leadership & Collaboration

+ Lead through technical authority, design clarity, and mentorship.

+ Mentor software engineers and architects across teams, raising technical capability and architectural discipline.

+ Collaborate with other Distinguished Engineers, Product Management, and Business Development to align platform design with strategic innovation goals.

+ Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both executive and technical audience

Education/Qualifications

**Preferring candidates close to Dayton OH, Chesapeake VA, Huntsville AL, or Colorado Springs CO. Or willing to travel to these locations and customer sites, as needed.

Required:

+ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (Master’s preferred).

+ 10–15 years of progressive experience in software, platform, or systems engineering with at least 5 years in a technical leadership or architecture role.

+ Proven experience architecting secure, distributed platforms supporting multi-service or multi-tenant environments.

+ Deep expertise in cloud-native engineering within AWS GovCloud or hybrid IL4–IL6 environments.

+ Hands-on proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK) and CI/CD automation.

+ Experience implementing or managing data orchestration and streaming frameworks (Kafka, Airflow, Spark, Databricks, or equivalent).

+ Strong understanding of DevSecOps, zero-trust principles, and mission security accreditation (ATO) processes.

+ Demonstrated ability to operationalize complex systems from prototype to production in secure environments.

+ Active Secret clearance required; TS/SCI strongly preferred.

Desired:

+ Experience developing APIs, SDKs, and developer enablement platforms to support enterprise interoperability.

+ Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

+ Experience designing monitoring, observability, and configuration management solutions.

+ Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence enterprise-level design decisions.

+ Recognized for innovative contributions bridging open-source technologies with mission systems.

+ Comfortable working under pressure and context-switching between architecture, coding, and stakeholder collaboration.

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ID2025-6878

CategoryEngineering

TypeRegular Full-Time

Location : LocationUS-OH-Dayton

TelecommuteYes

Clearance RequirementsSecret