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Own U.S. defense revenue across hardware, data, and software products while personally closing strategic federal opportunities and coaching a defense sales team. Develop growth plans, customer relationships, capture strategies, proposals, partnerships, and paths to funded awards. Engage military branches, government agencies, program offices, contractors, primes, and technology partners. Monitor pipeline health, represent the company at industry events and demonstrations, and align cross-functional teams to win complex defense programs.

Lead the reverse-engineering and migration of legacy ETL pipelines from SAP BusinessObjects Data Services and JD Edwards into dbt and Databricks architectures. Build automated data validation, maintain SQL Server write-back mechanisms, collaborate with client stakeholders, and lead and mentor a small engineering team. The role requires hands-on expertise in SQL, Python, Spark, orchestration, cloud platforms, and legacy ERP and ETL migrations.

Lead enterprise data-source integrations across process historian, logistics, and procurement platforms. Build Databricks lakehouse Bronze ingestion pipelines and Silver normalization models, configure Fivetran and ODBC connectors, establish cross-system mappings, and validate data architectures with operations, procurement, and transportation stakeholders.

Administer secure virtual desktop and remote access services for CDC users. Manage VDI, Zscaler, ShareFile, MFA, smartcard authentication, security agents, monitoring, and access controls. Analyze network traffic and performance, support high-availability architecture and upgrades, remediate vulnerabilities, apply patches, document security findings, and coordinate with IT security teams. Participate in scheduled and emergency after-hours maintenance and support.

Administer and improve CDC directory services, including Active Directory, FIM integrations, Exchange, DNS, DHCP, DFS, and related Windows services. Develop C# FIM extensions and PowerShell automation, synchronize SQL, LDAP, and directory data, troubleshoot escalated messaging and identity issues, monitor recovery processes, maintain documentation, and support deployments through approved remote-access and change-control procedures.

Administer MECM and HCL BigFix endpoint management platforms supporting CDC workstations, laptops, and servers. Package and deploy software, patches, and updates; maintain WSUS, antivirus, SQL Server, reporting, backups, and recovery processes. Develop PowerShell automation, troubleshoot deployment and infrastructure issues, monitor service availability, and support highly available architecture. Collaborate with CDC OCIO and DevSecOps teams on upgrades, process improvements, and evaluation of emerging software distribution technologies.

Provides subject-matter expertise in Department of Defense financial reporting, compliance, and audit readiness. Responsibilities include applying USSGL and SFIS standards, remediating trading partner elimination issues, mapping accounting data to federal requirements, analyzing transactions, validating financial systems, developing reconciliations and reports, and supporting compliant system enhancements and implementations.

Develops maritime route optimization, vessel performance modeling, voyage analysis, simulation, and evaluation software for government and defense customers. The role improves optimization algorithms, models fuel consumption and operational constraints, builds explainable route recommendations, and collaborates with engineers and maritime specialists. Work spans Rust, Python, APIs, testing, algorithms, and production software supporting U.S. Government maritime applications.

Leads U.S. federal business development, capture management, government affairs, and strategic partnerships across defense and civilian agencies. Develops opportunity and capture strategies, builds agency and prime-contractor relationships, manages proposals and contracting pathways, and converts customer interest into funded programs. Requires federal acquisition, budgeting, and appropriations expertise, strong communication and project-management skills, U.S. citizenship, and a previously held or current Secret-or-higher clearance. Remote role with travel up to 25%.

Leads hands-on automated testing and quality engineering for DCSA mission-critical systems. Builds Tosca automation across UI, API, mobile, and packaged applications; governs qTest traceability and reporting; integrates automated suites with CI/CD quality gates; coordinates test cycles, defect triage, release readiness, and performance testing. Coaches testers, architects reusable automation frameworks, manages stakeholder alignment, and supports government customer briefings while maintaining quality across complex federal programs.