Technical Development Lead – Real-Time Visibility

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop, maintain, and spearhead the execution of the Real-Time Visibility data visualization strategy and roadmap.

• Define the architecture for visualizations, information structures, UX/UI patterns, dashboard standards, navigation models, design systems, accessibility standards, and reusable components.

• Oversee the design, development, documentation, testing, deployment, and maintenance of Kibana dashboards, visualizations, reports, alerts, self-service analytics, and operational data products.

• Assess tools, custom development methodologies, integration strategies, and modernization possibilities.

• Collaborate with data engineers and platform teams to ensure data is visualization-ready, focusing on normalization, correlation, enrichment, schemas, metadata, data contracts, lineage, quality, retention, and indexing.

• Work in partnership with users, mission stakeholders, product owners, and subject matter experts to clarify outcomes, requirements, user journeys, personas, wireframes, prototypes, demonstrations, and iterative feedback.

• Convert stakeholder requirements into epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, design artifacts, implementation plans, test strategies, user acceptance strategies, and transition plans.

• Direct cross-functional Agile execution, including backlog refinement, prioritization, design reviews, code reviews, testing, release readiness, risk management, and continuous improvement.

• Establish and uphold dashboard and visual analytics governance, lifecycle management, access controls, documentation, and performance monitoring.

• Design visual analytics that support network operations, cyber operations, customer impact, root cause analysis, service health, incident management, predictive insights, auto-ticketing, troubleshooting, and self-healing capabilities.

• Integrate visualizations and decision-making products into operational workflows to enhance detection, troubleshooting, resolution, reporting, and automated remediation.

• Create technical documentation, including architecture decision records, architectural layouts, data flow diagrams, system and interface documents, wireframes, dashboard catalogs, testing strategies, and runbooks.

• Ensure compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards, data governance, RBAC, encryption, auditability, privileged access, RMF, DISA STIG, and classified/unclassified environment requirements.

• Troubleshoot and optimize dashboard queries, data quality, indexing, visualization load times, user experience, pipeline dependencies, and platform performance.

• Present program leadership, customers, and Government stakeholders with updates on strategy, status, risks, trade-offs, decisions, demonstrations, roadmaps, and recommendations.

• Assist Engineering Review Boards, technology trade studies, analyses of alternatives, ROM and proposal inputs, roadmap planning, and modernization recommendations.

• Monitor emerging technologies in visualization, observability, UX/UI, AI/ML, AIOps, LLM, automation, and network operations, recommending paths for adoption.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Systems, or a related technical field with 8+ years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree with 6+ years; or equivalent additional experience in lieu of a degree.

• Proven experience in leading the strategy, architecture, design, development, and delivery of data visualization, observability, analytics, or data-driven operational capabilities.

• Hands-on experience in designing, building, deploying, and maintaining dashboards, reports, visualizations, and data products using Elastic/Kibana or similar platforms.

• Familiarity with the Elastic Stack, encompassing Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, indexing, dashboarding, alerting, RBAC, retention, observability, and performance optimization.

• Experience with real-time or near-real-time operational data.

• Capability to translate mission, business, and user needs into requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, architectural artifacts, development tasks, and implementation plans.

• Proficient in user-centered design, conducting stakeholder interviews, workflow analysis, creating personas, user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, conducting usability reviews, ensuring accessibility, and incorporating iterative feedback.

• Experience in leading technical teams or cross-functional delivery, mentoring engineers, resolving technical challenges, managing delivery risks, and aligning execution with outcomes.

• Knowledge of data integration and pipeline concepts including Kafka or comparable messaging systems, ETL/ELT, APIs, data modeling, schemas, metadata, data quality, lineage, and secure access practices.

• Software development or scripting experience with JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, JSON/REST APIs, Python, Java, SQL, or equivalent languages.

• Familiarity with DevSecOps and Agile practices, including tools such as Git/Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins/CloudBees or other CI/CD solutions, Artifactory, Ansible, automated testing, controlled releases, and infrastructure/configuration as code.

• Experience with cloud/container technologies such as AWS, AWS GovCloud, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, or similar platforms.

• Understanding of cybersecurity and compliance issues, including access controls, encryption, least privilege, auditability, RMF, DISA STIGs, and DoD IA policies.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills necessary for briefing technical solutions, risks, status updates, and recommendations.

• Capability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance; an active Secret clearance is preferred at the start.

• Ability to achieve Security+ or an equivalent DoD 8570 IAT II certification within the required timeframe after starting.

• Preferred: experience supporting DISA, DISN, DODIN, GSM-O, GMS, DoD network operations, cyber operations, or mission command-and-control.

• Preferred: experience with Elastic/Kibana, Kafka, Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, NiFi, Flink, AI/ML, NLP, LLM, network operations, cloud/data platform optimization, IL5/IL6, cross-domain transfer, architecture governance, and relevant technical certifications.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation.

• Health and Wellness programs.

• Income Protection.

• Paid Leave.

• Retirement.