Jobs at Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT)

Manage, secure, and maintain on-site Windows and Linux physical and virtual infrastructure (vSphere/ESXi, Hyper-V). Perform patching, STIG/SCAP/ACAS/Nessus compliance, backups, troubleshooting (Tier 2/3), automation scripting (Bash/Python/PowerCLI/Ansible), and VMware administration to ensure availability, security, and performance for DoD systems.

Design, develop, test, and maintain software for missile defense systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, integrate APIs and components, participate in code reviews, support deployments, and produce technical documentation across the software lifecycle.

Lead design, develop, test, and maintain mission-critical software for missile defense. Provide technical leadership, code/system reviews, troubleshooting, integration, deployment, and lifecycle sustainment across the full software development lifecycle.

Design, build, test, and maintain frontend user interfaces for a hybrid cloud SaaS platform supporting missile defense. Collaborate across teams, champion best practices, integrate AI-assisted development, and deploy software through CI/CD into containerized environments while traveling to customer sites as needed.

Design, build, and deploy on‑prem, air‑gapped AI/agent systems: integrate LLMs, MCP interfaces, RAG retrieval, and orchestration; optimize local CPU/GPU inference, harden Linux environments, run experiments, and collaborate across engineering and mission teams to move prototypes into operational capabilities.

Design and deliver on-prem, air-gapped AI systems and agentic workflows. Build integrations across LLMs, MCP, RAG pipelines, tool-using agents, orchestration, local inference infrastructure, and test/optimize production AI capabilities for mission environments.

Develop, integrate, and test software for complex DoD systems. Gather user requirements, design and implement code (C++/Java), build networked interfaces (TCP/UDP, DDS, Kafka, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ), participate in design/code reviews, support lab and field integrations, and follow the SDLC including testing, configuration management, and version control (Git/SVN). Work on-site in Arlington with occasional travel.

Design, implement, and test software (C++/Java) for complex DoD systems; gather and decompose requirements; integrate components and network protocols; support lab and on-site integration, testing, and deployment; participate in design/code reviews and lifecycle activities.

Support program financial control functions including planning, tracking, forecasting, and reporting on contracts. Work with Program Managers to analyze performance metrics, develop baseline budgets, perform Earned Value Management analysis, and generate monthly reports. Provide financial data for proposal pricing and contract negotiations as needed.

Support program execution across finance, contracts, schedule, procurement, risk, and integration. Track milestones and budgets, decompose schedules with engineers, manage stakeholders, document requirements, and apply Agile project practices to improve delivery.

Lead a team to develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code for automated deployment and configuration of Kubernetes-based multi-site microservice applications. Debug deployment/configuration issues, manage on-site and airgapped Kubernetes clusters, implement secure coding and automation, mentor engineers, integrate components, support test/integration activities, and use AI tools to accelerate deployments and troubleshooting.

Design, prototype, and deploy AI-enabled solutions (especially LLMs and generative AI) for missile defense. Integrate AI into workflows, collaborate with engineering/security teams, ensure compliance in classified environments, and support organizational AI adoption.

Design and architect system-of-systems solutions, develop data/test algorithms, evaluate customer needs, integrate and deploy distributed/cloud and software systems, perform analyses and verification, and communicate with customers to drive technical requirements to closure.

Develop, refactor, and modernize mission-critical Navy tactical software into a microservices-based, cloud-native and edge-capable architecture. Design, implement, and test code in C/C++/Python/JavaScript/Java; perform technical assessments of legacy systems; collaborate with customers and cross-site teams; support lab and government test integration; apply DevSecOps, Agile practices, and software architecture principles.

Lead design, implementation, integration, and testing of tactical Navy and unmanned systems software. Modernize legacy code, prototype AI/ML and distributed solutions, define architecture and requirements, support lab and government test sites, and communicate progress with customers and leadership.

Lead systems architecture efforts to translate customer needs into deployable solutions: define requirements, design SysML models, develop test/data algorithms, drive interdisciplinary teams, perform integration/verification, analyze system behavior, and communicate results to customers for rapid deployment and upgrades.

Deploy and maintain VMware-based virtualized infrastructure and Linux servers, automate configurations and application deployments with Ansible/Chef/Terraform/Packer, build STIG-hardened VM templates, perform patching and troubleshooting, support RMF/DoD compliance and ATO activities, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to support development, test, and production environments.

Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain scalable distributed backend and full-stack features for a hybrid cloud SaaS platform. Lead implementation across the SDLC, champion testing and best practices, collaborate with distributed teams, debug and troubleshoot systems, and support deployments on cloud, air-gapped networks, and tactical platforms. Must work on-site and travel to customer sites as needed.

Lead development and rearchitecture of AWS-centric, real-time combat system architectures. Perform MATLAB-based weapons modeling, system stress testing, probabilistic performance analysis (PK, PES, PSI, CK), validate DDS RTI/UDP real-time systems, ensure software certification, mentor junior engineers, and support ongoing system evolution.

Work on Navy surface and unmanned platform tactical systems: design, implement, refactor, and test software (C/C++/Python/Java/JavaScript). Develop software architecture, integrate components, support lab and government test sites, prototype AI/ML solutions, elicit requirements, participate in reviews, and present technical and schedule updates to leadership.