Sherpa

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Serve as a key Strategic Planning Manager supporting Soldier Lethality and Future Force initiatives across AFC and ASA(ALT)
• Lead efforts to integrate Programs of Record, emerging technologies, and soldier-centric modernization solutions
• Conduct comprehensive research and analysis to identify operational capability gaps, emerging requirements, and integration opportunities
• Develop strategic modernization plans and roadmaps aligned with Squad as a System and the Army 2040 vision
• Prepare and deliver senior-level briefings, technical reports, and executive summaries to General Officers, SES leaders, and Army senior staff
• Support planning, execution, and documentation efforts for initiatives such as Project Polaris
• Coordinate field evaluations, technology demonstrations, and integration events with stakeholders across the defense innovation ecosystem
• Synthesize complex operational and technical data into actionable strategic recommendations
• Represent Sherpa 6 and the APEO Futures team at field visits, Army modernization working groups, and technology forums

Strategic Planning Manager

Full-stack Engineer

• Develop, test, and troubleshoot .NET C# issues assigned via our task tracker
• Participate in Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, and Sprint Reviews
• Act as a subject matter expert for .NET Framework Development in system architecture and design discussions
• Code and test software based upon software specifications and designs
• Analyze and study complex system requirements
• Use sound software engineering principles to ensure that developed code is maintainable, efficient, reliable, understandable, and fault tolerant

Software Developer

• Design and oversee the architecture of complex software systems, ensuring scalability, performance, and security
• Design diagrams for communicating sequence flows and component interactions
• Interpret project requirements and use them to create architecture plans
• Provide architecting support across multiple scrum teams and projects as needed
• Work closely with the development team to ensure the work aligns with the architecture plans
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation

Senior Software Architect

• Own the end-to-end release process for software applications across environments (dev, staging, production)
• Develop and maintain automated build, release, and deployment pipelines
• Partner with development and QA teams to validate release readiness, including regression, performance, and security testing gates
• Create and maintain release documentation, including schedules, rollback procedures, and release notes
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase release efficiency, reliability, and scalability
• Troubleshoot and resolve build and deployment issues in a timely manner
• Monitor and track release metrics, ensuring compliance with SLAs and company standards
• Develop IaC using Pulumi or Terraform to deploy software to cloud systems

Software Engineer

Technical Writer

• Document complex applications and software systems
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to produce comprehensive manuals, user guides, and online help content
• Translate intricate technical concepts into clear, concise, and user-friendly documentation
• Document app interaction workflow and UI, write structured detailed specifications, create and maintain an information architecture
• Manage documentation schedules, reviews, and approval processes for multiple products
• Edit material for communications, reports, manuals, briefs, proposals, catalogs and related technical and administrative publications
• Edit proposals and manuscripts, find inconsistencies, edit copy and manage rewrites of material
• Work in a fast-paced agile environment with minimal direction

IT Support

• Maintain responsibility for serving as a help desk technician for several products to include a GOV MDM. Provide timely assistance to help desk trouble tickets. Develop a list of best practices and troubleshooting steps to provide all customers. Provide expertise during all phases of a GOV MDM for both DOD and commercial instances. The ideal candidate will possess a strong work ethic, be a self-starter and able to work with little to no oversight.
• Responsibilities: Proficiency in Linux, Windows, Android & iOS operating systems. Ability to deploy, manage and maintain Hypervisors to include Virtual Box and Hyper-V. Ability to manage stakeholder relationships effectively. Capture bug reports and help write improvement documentation. Serve as a Tactical Network and Mobile Systems Integration SME for the customer. Server management to include building, maintaining and training on OpenVPN Server, Email servers, Active Directory, Open LDAP servers. Certificate Authorities to include Trust chain, CA management, Intermediate CA’s, Client CA’s, Server CA’s Configuration, support, and troubleshooting expertise in computer, server, and network environments. Conduct demonstrations, set up and administer demo/trial servers. Apply STIG configurations to multiple different operating systems Travel in support of customer training and installation events.

Help Desk Technician

Android Engineer

• Design and develop high-quality, scalable Android applications in Kotlin/Java
• Implement unit and integration testing for mobile environments
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define project requirements and deliverables
• Architect efficient and reusable code that adheres to best practices and coding standards
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, performance, and security
• Optimize application performance and responsiveness
• Stay updated on the latest Android development trends, tools, and technologies
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior members of the development team
• Act as a subject matter expert for software development and engineering
• Code and test software based upon software specifications and designs
• Analyze and study complex system requirements
• Design software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain software development
• Use sound software engineering principles to ensure that developed code is modifiable, efficient, reliable, understandable, and fault tolerant
• Provide software process management and control throughout the coding portion of the software development process
• Ensure communications with the development life-cycle and manage communication between client specifications and the development team
• Establish a relationship with users for product testing
• Travel up to 25% as required

Senior Android Developer

Network Engineer

• Sherpa 6, Inc has an exciting opportunity for a Network Engineer in support of the US Air Force DMSAT project. As a Network Engineer, your primary responsibilities will be to provide comprehensive network integration support to facilitate the design, development, and integration of the cutting edge technologies fielded to the US Air Force. Responsibilities: This role provides network solutions and engineering support for designing, configuring, implementing, operational management, and troubleshooting enterprise and tactical networks, including network planning and security controls. The responsibilities include conducting Enterprise/Tactical level Network Engineering and IP address/VLAN management for each deliverable. Demonstrated competence with the following protocols and technologies: Routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, DMVPN, MPLS) and Multicast PIM/SM protocols. Switching protocols (Spanning Tree, MSTP, PVST, RPVST+, MAB, VRF, VLAN and private VLAN). DMVPN technologies (NHRP phase 1-3, per tunnel QoS, ISAKMP/IKE, IPSEC, EZVPN and site-to-site VPN). IP services (AAA, QoS, IP SLA, EEM, Syslog, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP and NTP). Network management tools and protocols (NetFlow, SNMPv3, Cisco ACS / ISE). Oversees administration of Wide Area Network/Local Area Network Systems Infrastructure including BGP/MPLS topologies, IP subnets, VLANs, HCLOS / Wireless Systems and directs subordinate engineering and circuit actions teams. Leads the engineering design, testing, and deployment of new technologies. Develops and executes detailed plans for infrastructure improvements, lifecycle replacement, firmware updates, application of new STIGs and security policies. Collaborates with personnel throughout multiple locations. Configures and troubleshoots network transport, application services such as SIP based apps, Radio over IP gateways, Push to Talk, and TAK. Works closely with Systems, Virtualization, and Cyber Security Engineers as the network transport is a common element supporting interaction across all areas. Works with supervisors, US military leaders, DoD civilians, other contract entities and team members, ensuring network performance for supported organization(s). Develops and maintains documentation for solutions.

Project Manager

• We are seeking a candidate that clearly demonstrates strong leadership and project execution skills to ensure project success in budget, scope, schedule and customer satisfaction. They have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The candidate must demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity. They will have the ability to operate in a team environment that is diverse and possibly remote as well as collaborate across multiple business areas to accomplish Sherpa’s goals. Primary Responsibilities: Manage full life cycle of assigned projects Provide a single point of contact for assigned projects Interface with all stakeholders including Contracting, Financial, Legal, Security, Senior Staff, Executive Staff, Customers, End Users, Engineering, IT and Team Members Participate in Business Development activities including networking, program capture and proposal development Develop project artifacts including detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates (EACs), resource plans, and status reports based on contractual requirements Conduct project meetings virtually and/or in-person Perform project tracking and analysis Ensure adherence to quality standards Manage and review project deliverables Ensure all project contractual obligations are being satisfied Provides analytical guidance to project team Recommend and/or direct the analysis and solutions of problems Perform staffing and workload forecasting Work with Project Controllers to satisfy project financial requirements

SDET

• Responsibilities: Research software design documents for new or existing features to thoroughly understand the software under test
• Formulate and document test cases to test the efficacy and performance of web, mobile, and desktop applications
• Convert manual test plans into automated test software to ensure optimal test coverage
• Work with CI/CD pipelines to execute regular, thorough regression tests
• Report bugs in a concise, accurate, and reproducible way
• Work closely with teams of software developers and other engineers to solve complex test automation scenarios
• Attend regular meetings to facilitate collaboration between engineers and across teams