Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner, dedicated to safeguarding our nation’s interests and delivering innovative solutions that empower the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) to transform data into actionable intelligence, ensuring mission success in an evolving world.

Our mission-first software and data engineering platform modernizes data operations, utilizing advanced workflows, CI/CD, and secure DevSecOps practices. We focus on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring, enabling end-to-end solutions that drive operational impact.

We are committed to delivering cutting-edge tools and capabilities that address the most complex national security challenges, empowering our partners to stay ahead of emerging threats and ensuring the success of their critical missions. At Clarity, we are people-focused and set on being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives, careers grow, and individuals are valued. Join us as we continue to lead innovation and tackle the most pressing challenges in national security.

Position Overview

The Chief Engineer reports Program Manager to ensure the following outcomes:

• Their team members are empowered to do their best work.
• Their team delivers the best solutions for the customer

The Chief Engineer leads the Tech Leads and is responsible for the overall technical execution of the program. The Chief Engineer is not the most technical or best engineer; instead, they are be well-rounded, having experience leading large technical teams, engaging with customers, and aiding in the creation of technical vision and its implementation. They help Tech Leads lead their individual teams, mentoring where necessary, and creating and communicating the technical vision for the program. The Chief Engineer shall closely work with Program Management ensuring technical deliverables meet customer goals and contractual obligations.They  also collaborate with the Portfolio Principal Mission Architect (PMA) on the solution and vision; ensuring alignment between the project and the broader portfolio vision. The Chief Engineer  works with the Portfolio Mission Architect to understand the program’s applicable Cyber Dominance products/common code and ensure the team understands, utilizes, and contributes towards the common baseline.

 

The project seeks to implement a consistent, secure, and scalable data transfer and access infrastructure, data ETL mechanisms, and monitoring/metrics, while addressing DOD policy requirements around US persons and Personally Identifiable Information, in alignment with our customer’s mission needs to facilitate operationalization of various government products. Three primary data access modalities are planned (query-in-place, bulk transfer, steaming) encompassing both raw and processed data products. ETL efforts to focus on establishing suitable processing enclaves, transforms to conform to customer data repository schemas, and integration with approved cross domain systems.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership
• Assess, maintain, and nurture a healthy team culture, focused on sustainable delivery of high quality product.
• Meet one-on-one with your Tech Leads monthly at a minimum
• Collaborate with each Tech Lead’s administrative manager to provide effective mentorship and establish tailored development plans
• Provide feedback on your team members’ performance to their managers quarterly at a minimum
• Ensure the following:
• Talent Acquisition hires new team members that meet your team’s technical requirements
• Your team defines and follows an onboarding process for all new team members, with special focus on how they integrate into the larger Clarity team, and how the customers make use of their product and those of sister teams.
• Your team members understand their roles and responsibilities
• Team members have opportunities to use their technical strengths whenever possible
• Team members meet your expectations for technical performance, and that any issues are resolved promptly in coordination with the team member’s manager
• Technical Delivery
• Keep the team on target; communicate priorities and ensure their tasking aligns with it
• Work with the BADLANDS Principle Mission Architect to implement BADLANDS-wide engineering processes, standards, and quality expectations for your team, including tailoring and documenting deviations where appropriate
• Understand your program’s applicable Cyber Dominance products/common code and ensure the team understands, utilizes, and contributes towards the common baseline
• Understand the cybersecurity requirements for your program and ensure the prog