Agile Defense

Senior Agentic AI Technical Lead

Agile Defense

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: McLean • Virginia • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudETLGRPCJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesNoSQLPythonTypeScriptVault

About the role

  • Serve as the Technical Lead and Delivery Manager for a high-impact Agentic AI Prototype program with the Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO)
  • Function as the most senior full-stack engineer and architect on the agreement
  • Translate Government-defined mission outcomes into secure, production-ready AI agent capabilities delivered within DoD IL5+ cloud environments
  • Lead internal implementation, coordinate multiple non-traditional subcontractor teams, partner closely with the Government Product Owner, and be accountable for delivering accepted capabilities against fixed-price milestones

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in technical leadership roles delivering production AI systems in secure or regulated environments
  • Proven track record designing, building, and fielding agentic AI systems, including:
  • Agent frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph) and multi-agent orchestration
  • Advanced prompt engineering, system prompts, and agent persona libraries
  • Tool use/function calling, logical branching, and state management
  • Strong cloud expertise in IL5+ environments:
  • Azure IL5 and/or Google GovCloud; Kubernetes/containers; serverless; VNET/governance; Key Vault/Secrets; identity and access control
  • Model inference platforms: Google Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock; SDK integration with Gemini Enterprise, Anthropic for Gov, and Grok Enterprise
  • Data engineering and integration:
  • Designing secure API integrations and data ingestion pipelines (ETL/ELT) for structured/unstructured sources
  • Experience with RAG pipelines, embeddings, and vector databases (e.g., pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate)
  • Building or integrating metadata catalogs/platforms (MCP) and search APIs (e.g., DataHub, OpenMetadata, Custom MCP)
  • DevSecOps and compliance:
  • Implementing CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and secure software supply chain (SBOM, signing)
  • Familiarity with DoD SRG IL5, FedRAMP High, RMF, and ATO-ready standards; experience preparing ATO packages and security documentation
  • Agile delivery:
  • Leading multiple agile teams in short, outcome-focused sprints; driving acceptance of fixed-price milestones and demonstrable prototypes
  • Programming and tooling:
  • Expert-level Python and TypeScript/JavaScript; REST/gRPC; OpenAPI; microservices; eventing/queues (Kafka/SQS); relational and NoSQL databases
  • Strong hands-on ability to produce high-quality code, conduct code reviews, and mentor senior engineers
  • Communication and leadership:
  • Exceptional ability to partner with Government stakeholders, synthesize mission needs, and present technical solutions and demos
  • Experience managing non-traditional subcontractors, small businesses, or academic teams and coordinating multi-party delivery
Benefits
  • Competitive and comprehensive benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
full-stack engineeringAI systems designagent frameworksadvanced prompt engineeringcloud expertiseAPI integrationsdata ingestion pipelinesDevSecOpsCI/CDprogramming in Python
Soft Skills
technical leadershipcommunicationcollaborationmentoringagile deliverystakeholder engagementsynthesis of mission needsaccountabilityteam coordinationproblem-solving
Certifications
DoD SRG IL5FedRAMP HighRMFATO-ready standards