Your Dream. Our Team.

About Rise8

We’re transforming the United States Government and we know that takes a dream team. 

We believe customer experience starts with employee experience, so we take care of our employees. We offer competitive pay and benefits, invest in employee growth, and offer a culture you can’t find anywhere else.

At Rise8, we continuously achieve unreached heights through next-level tech, and on-the-level collaboration. Together, we create continuous impact. We turn breakdowns into breakthroughs, make small steps into giant leaps, and deliver game-changing products through culture-changing process.

We pair Risers with their customer counterparts and practice pairing at every moment to elevate people and teams and deliver results fast and forever. We work in small teams and rotate between them frequently so that we are able to meet new challenges and explore new ideas.

Our methodology is about experimenting and learning, and our culture is empowering. We subscribe to an ethos of kindness. We make a point to bring empathy to each and every project and are guided by a promise and a purpose: to deploy critical outcomes to prod in order to drive relentless progress. Not just an idea. But an outcome. A better world. A world where every day, fewer bad things happen because of bad software.

Rise8 is certified as a Great Place to Work with 100% of employees saying they love working here.

About You

• You want to make tomorrow better than today. 
• You have a passion for high-speed security and you care about risk management over compliance.
• You believe the biggest vulnerability in any system is time. You live to securely reduce cycle time.
• You enjoy daily decision making and real product delivery.
• You help ensure project success and client satisfaction. 
• You enjoy collaborative teams, pairing with team members, and inviting your clients to participate. 
• You like to work alongside, and learn from, lean and agile leaders. 
• You are a creative problem solver who is comfortable with uncertainty.
• You’re a curious and keen learner who thrives on enhancing your (and our) practices and knowledge.

As a Technology Director at Rise8, you will:

This role combines deep software engineering experience with strategic leadership, while maintaining oversight of secure IT operations and compliance (NIST SP 800-171 / CMMC). You will guide technical direction, evaluate emerging technologies, and ensure our internal systems and development practices remain secure, scalable, and audit-ready.

• Own the company’s technology strategy and multi-year roadmap.
• Lead R&D efforts, and drive adoption of modern engineering practices.
• Provide senior-level architectural guidance, support complex design decisions, and establish coding, DevSecOps, and cloud platform standards.
• Evaluate and prototype emerging technologies, build reusable accelerators and reference architectures, and partner with Delivery and Cyber leaders to improve the effectiveness and security of our services.
• Oversee secure cloud and IT operations—including identity and access, endpoint management, networking, developer environments, and automation—ensuring these environments meet operational and compliance requirements.
• Serve as the technical owner for NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC implementation: maintain control baselines, ensure audit-ready documentation, support evidence collection, and collaborate on incident response and continuous monitoring.
• Represent the company’s technical direction to clients and partners, contribute to proposals, and act as a senior technical advisor to the CEO and executive team.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience across multiple languages, frameworks, and cloud platforms.
• 5+ years in engineering leadership or architecture roles.
• Strong experience with cloud-native development, DevSecOps, and secure software delivery.
• Hands-on familiarity with secure cloud configuration, identity & access management, and modern endpoint/device management.
• Experience implementing or operating NIST SP 800-171 / CMMC or similar federal compliance frameworks.
• Broad systems, networking, and cloud security fundamentals.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to guide teams and influence executive decision-making.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance is a strong plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience supporting DoD/GovCon environments (NIPR/SIPR familiarity, CAC workflows).
• Experience with Terraform/Ansible or similar automation tooling.
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