Senior Technical Director

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Work with teams to research, conceive, and develop prototypes and operational software.
• Identify successful approaches to complex problems.
• Collaborate as part of a dynamic customer, as well as execute work independently.
• Enter actual time worked, once complete, at the end of the day, or no later than 10:00 a.m. the following workday, and submit timesheets at the end of each pay period.
• Monitor and respond to RavenTek email a minimum of 3 times per week.
• Complete required compliance training as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Knowledge, And Critical Skills

• Software development skills in one or more languages (Python, C++, Java), DevOps experience for team development, CICD and version management.
• Ability to quickly acquire knowledge of new technologies and quickly prototype solutions.
• Ability to work with other contractors as an equal or to assume a leadership or mentoring role.
• Ability to clearly document and describe project development to the government customer and their stakeholders so that you can demonstrate expertise and expand roles with the customer.
• Desire to work on-site at customer research facilities collaborating with government PMs and contractors.

Education & Work Experience

• Twelve (12) years of experience in application prototype development and a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or a related discipline, or a master's degree with ten (10) years experience, or a PhD with eight (8) years experience.
• In lieu of a bachelors' degree an additional four (4) years experience is required for a total of 16 years.
• Experience and understanding of network protocols, automation, and devices (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls).
• Experience with embedded systems development, Linux kerned or device driver development, or the desire and drive to acquire skills in this area.
• Experience with design, development, test, verification, and certification of operational software is highly desired.
• Virtualization and container technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Vagrant, etc.) experience.