Title: Technical Lead
Clearance Required: Top Secret w/ SCI eligibility &nbs
Location: Stevensville, MD
Travel: 25% OCONUS
DESCRIPTION:
Halcyon Days Consulting, LLC (HDC) is a veteran owned small business that specializes in the design and engineering of Tactical Mission Networks (TMN). This is a unique opportunity to join a small and high-performing team committed to delivering cloud platforms for exciting missions.
We are seeking a Technical Lead to drive the design, development, and delivery of complex software and infrastructure solutions across multiple programs. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll architect systems, mentor engineers, and ensure technical alignment with customer mission objectives. The ideal candidate is a seasoned technologist with a track record of leading agile teams and delivering secure, scalable, and high-performing systems- often in classified or tactical environments.
RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:
- Lead the day-to-day technical direction of full-stack, cloud-native or tactical software development teams, ensuring alignment with mission objectives and technical best practices.
- Architect scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions while conducting design sessions, performing code reviews, and mentoring junior and mid-level engineers.
- Collaborate with project managers and program leads to translate mission requirements into actionable technical tasks and sprints, ensure on-time and in-scope execution aligned with quality standards, and proactively identity and mitigate technical risks.
- Serve as technical point of contact for government and commercial clients by supporting briefings, demonstrations, and roadmap discussions while contributing to proposals, white parts and R&D initiatives as needed.
REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS:
- 10-15 years of progressive experience in software engineering, cloud architecture. or systems development with at least 3 years in leadership capacity.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field preferred.
- Proven experience architecting and developing systems using modern tech stacks such as:
- Cloud: AWS, Azure or other IaaS/PaaS
- Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab, CI, Jenkins
- Languages: Python, Go, Java, Javascript, etc.
- Deep understanding of secure coding practices, DevSecOps, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Strong communications skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with tactical communications, or mission network systems.
- Prior work in defense or intelligence programs.
- Familiarity with dataflow architectures, Kafka/NiFi or geospatial data platforms.
- Agile/Scrum experience, and familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence, and GitLab.
SALARY RANGE:
$200,000-250,000
This salary range is an hourly (exempt from overtime) position. Benefits are provided in addition to the salary range.
BENEFITS:
HDC believes GREAT teams need GREAT tools!
- Healthcare- 100% employer paid medical, dental and vision for the employee and their dependents..
- 401k- Employer contributed 3% Safe Harbor (this benefit is contributed on your behalf even if you choose not to contribute to 401k or elect any investments), also up to 5% employer match, and 100% vested on hire date.
- PTO/Holiday- 160 hours of PTO/Sick leave per year, 11 paid holidays per year.
- Tuition Assistance- Up to $5250 per year
Halcyon Days Consulting, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.