Head of Mission Engineering with Security Clearance

Core4ce is seeking an experienced mission leader to spearhead the development and delivery of AI/ML capabilities. The ideal candidate will provide leadership and expertise in current-market technologies, as well as DoD and Intelligence Community approaches to rapidly prototype and field AI/ML capabilities leveraging enterprise IT infrastructure and DevSecOps best practices that accelerate the development, test, and deployment of secure, AI/ML-enabled software to the Defense and Intelligence communities. Responsibilities
• Provide onsite program management and delivery support for DoD and Intelligence Community customers
• Provide leadership and expertise in current-market technologies that deliver infrastructure, platform, and application capabilities to accelerate the development, test, and deployment of secure, AI/ML-enabled software to DoD.
• Provide technical direction and expertise to accelerate corporate IR&D capabilities in support of CJADC2 mission use cases
• Provide strategic advice on DoD Enterprise Infrastructure, software accreditation practices.
• Lead strategic engagements with key DoD and IC executive stakeholders, and tactical engagements with mission users
• Shape requirements for infrastructure and platform architecture that addresses DoD and IC development, test, and deployment use cases based on AI/ML-enabled software by DoD DevSecOps principles (AIOps), microservices architectures, cybersecurity standards and API gateway technologies.
• Collaborate through technical leadership and external partnerships with DoD, IC, Industry, and Academic partners.
• Maintain current knowledge of the latest technologies in infrastructure and foundational services, e.g., by prototyping platform-centric technologies capable of shortening the DoD development, secure, test, and deployment lifecycle of data, machine learning, and software integration pipelines.
• Understand the needs of DoD component abstract problems and requests, to build scalable infrastructure and platforms that enable software development products and programs.
• Serve as a corporate champion of AI/ML capabilities for cloud and enterprise-level technologies that enable rapid development and deployment of AI/ML.
• Advise corporate leadership on DoD and IC architecture engineering and technical matters.
• Support strategic growth efforts as needed, including development of capture plans and campaigns
• Enable the rapid prototyping of complex AI/ML capabilities across automation, data collection, processing, and AI/ML exploitation technology areas.
• Lead and empower cross-functional teams of efforts of Cloud Architects, Data Engineers, Network Engineers, and Data Scientists, in solving complex and far-reaching enterprise architecture issues and problems for high-profile Defense and Intelligence mission use cases. Requirements
• 5+ years of demonstrated program and project execution expertise in support of AI/ML infrastructure/platform and model delivery, including to austere environments
• Extensive knowledge of software/hardware/network/security/data management integration approaches for federated sharing of the operating system's runtime environment, architectural components of infrastructure services and support applications, as well as mission applications.
• Strong knowledge of the architecture and operation of state-of-the-art AI/ML enabled mission systems and knowledge of the analysis, design, implementation, operation, test, evaluation, and maintenance of software systems and computer systems architecture, computer networking, and information assurance tools and techniques.
• Broad and comprehensive knowledge in the technical aspects of planning, design, development, test, certification, delivery, operation, and sustainment of complex automated information systems and services.
• Bachelor's degree plus 10 years of experience in applicable field
• Experience with Intelligence, Surveillance and reconnaissance tactical mission applications, across multiple intelligence sources (e.g., GEOINT, MASINT, SIGINT).
• Demonstrated experience in direct support of Senior Executive/General/Flag Officer military or intelligence community customers, demonstrating progressive technical development and mission-focused outcomes.
• Experience supporting cyber security or network security and software accreditations.
• Active Top Secret Clearance/SCI with CI Poly. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, veteran status, age, genetic information, or other legally protected status.