Position Overview

The Software Engineer position is part of a dynamic team at the forefront of implementing infrastructure designs to support the next generation of cyberspace operations.  This role presents unique opportunities to iterate, streamline, and scale your platform’s capabilities to meet the demand for broad deployment and exceptional flexibility.  In this role, your team will implement a platform that simplifies complex infrastructure management across a mix of cloud-native and on-premises environments.  Your work will involve scalable systems architecture; implementing GitOps workflows for version-controlled and automated operations; and creating and leveraging tools and processes that bridge the gap between development and operations while simultaneously enhancing productivity and reliability across diverse infrastructure settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate and lead design and architecture of back-end systems
• Deploy and maintain a robust and high-quality platform, putting the user’s requirements first and  always driving towards a working product on-time 
• Limit and resource test the platform
• Facilitate delivery and deployment of the platform

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance (note, only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances) with CI polygraph
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline (degree requirement can be met with four years of hands on experience in a software engineer or similar full time position)
• Must be able to demonstrate the ability to deploy, maintain, and monitor hardware, docker containers, and Kubernetes clusters with limited supervision - this is typically achieved after a minimum of 2 years of full time industry experience and a bachelors degree
• Proficient in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Podman)
• Proficient with container orchestration using Kubernetes
• Proficient with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform preferred)
• Comfortable and proficient in Linux-based development environments
• Ability to collaborate as a team but execute independently
• Comfortable in a high-trust, adaptable, team environment
• Proficient in system architecture and design
• Proficient in on-premises system troubleshooting
• Proficient with source code management tools like Git, GitHub or GitLab

Preferred Qualifications

• Active US TS/SCI security clearance with CI polygraph or higher
• More than 5 years of industry experience in a platform engineering, DevOps or similar role in the Cyber Operation Domain
• Experience communicating with customers and end-users

Location and Clearance

• This is a hybrid position with an expected 2-3 days onsite on an "as needed" basis with no minimum required time. Clarity Innovations strives to set consistent expectations and ensure a flexible and healthy work-life balance, but due to the position's nature and emergent customer needs, some weeks may exceed 2-3 days and others may require no onsite work.
• This position is available in both Herndon, VA or Columbia, MD, and will require a counterintelligence polygraph within six months after hire. Candidates desiring to be based out of Fort Meade will require a counterintelligence polygraph prior to hiring.

Position Overview

DANDIE (Data Acquisition Network for Delivery, Ingestion and Exploitation) is a new program that will serve as the strategic data platform designed to streamline the procurement, onboarding, consumption, and offboarding of CAI / PAI datasets as a reliable enabler of OCO missions. Built on OSS, COTS, and GOTS components and deployed on Kubernetes, DANDIE will support batch, streaming, and QiP cross-domain data workflows and gearing up to become the enterprise data hub for Cyber Command.

In this role, you will evaluate data utility and quality, identify trends and opportunities, and provide actionable insights that inform dataset procurement, onboarding prioritization, and operational usage decisions across DANDIE. You will help determine which datasets actually move the mission—by quantifying utility, quality, and impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate dataset utility and quality using quantitative and qualitative measures
• Analyze datasets to identify trends, gaps, anomalies, and improvement opportunities
• Partner with the Lead Data Scientist and Metrics Engineer to align measures to mission objectives
• Develop clear narratives and visualizations communicating dataset strengths, weaknesses, and risk
• Provide insights supporting procurement and prioritization decisions (value-to-mission, readiness, cost efficiency)
• Support iterative refinement of metrics and methods based on platform usage and stakeholder feedback
• Contribute to building repeatable evaluation methodologies for new data sources

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or applied measurement roles
• Proficiency in Python and SQL
• Experience with data analysis, visualization, and communicating results to stakeholders
• Ability to translate analytical findings into decision-relevant recommendations
• Strong documentation skills and comfort presenting to mixed audiences
• TS/SCI with CI Poly preferred; must be eligible to obtain TS/SCI with CI Poly within 6 months of hire
• U.S. citizenship required

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience with data quality, usage analytics, or KPI frameworks
• Experience with large-scale data platforms or data lakes
• Familiarity with streaming/event data analysis (e.g., time-windowed metrics, near-real-time monitoring).
• Familiarity with structured/semistructured/unstructured data assets
• Experience supporting DoD/IC or regulated environments
• Exposure to metadata/catalog concepts (e.g., lineage, dataset registration, tagging)
• Familiarity with cross-domain data constraints and operational data handling realities

Work Environment

• Government program environment
• U.S. citizenship required
• TS/SCI with CI Poly preferred; must be eligible to obtain TS/SCI with CI Poly within 6 months of hire
• Commute to Herndon, VA or Ft. Meade, MD
• Hybrid schedule with on-site support expected (minimum 2 days per week)

Position Overview

This position is part of a dynamic team at the forefront of developing critical components of a next generation, distributed cyber network operations platform providing novel solutions to challenges that cyber missions face at scale. In this role, you will directly contribute to the core messaging framework at the heart of intra-platform orchestration. Your work on the team will be to directly contribute to the design and implementation of microservices written in Python and Go, containerized via Docker images, and deployed into a Kubernetes cluster. A developer that will flourish in this role will have a broad purview of experiences including secure networking practices such as implementing mTLS at the application and service-mesh layer, leveraging gRPC to facilitate intra-process comms, and debugging GQL APIs. Additionally, this role presents unique opportunities, such as engagement with our customers and end-user groups to help iterate and streamline functionality. 

The ideal candidate takes pride in the work that they do and strives for excellence in everything. They run towards a challenge and intentionally seek out hard problems that push them out of their comfort zone. They understand that the mission we support is bigger than any one individual and has a massive impact on our country’s national security. The team dynamic is relational, humble, and excellent. We own up to our mistakes quickly and readily, we think about how our work affects the personal lives of our teammates, and we do not settle for average solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs software applications and systems while providing solutions to a variety of technical problems of moderate scope and complexity.
• Develop robust and high-quality software aligned with the overall product vision, balancing user requirements with strategic goals and consistently delivering working solutions on schedule.
• Contributes to the completion of milestones associated with specific projects and CI development to ensure smooth versioning/release cycles.
• Build and integrate automated testing into the product’s codebase.
• Foster a collaborative team environment, mentoring more junior developers when applicable and coordinating efforts across cross-functional teams to ensure project success.

Qualifications

• Must have a current TS/SCI active security clearance (note, only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. (Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands-on experience in a Software Engineering or similar full-time position.)
• Ability to collaborate as a team but execute independently.
• Thrives in a high-trust, adaptable team environment.
• Familiar with contributing to or leading the design of new capabilities.
• Knowledge and expertise with the Go and/or Python programming languages.
• Must be comfortable with containerization and deploying and debugging containerized services (e.g. Docker, Podman).
• Knowledge of security concepts, networks, and system internals to apply in daily tasks. 
• Proficient in Linux-based development environments (e.g., Ubuntu, RedHat Enterprise Linux, or derivatives).
• Proficient writing Automated Tests (e.g., unit tests, acceptance tests, system/integration tests).
• Proficient with version control software such as Git and hosted code repositories, such as GitLab, along with basic CI/CD concepts..

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building and operating Go-based microservice distributed system architectures.

• Experience with Kubernetes (K8s) deployment strategies, cluster lifecycle (deployment, troubleshooting, scaling), and container orchestration.
• Experience implementing modern DevOps practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD, IaC, GitOps) in production deployment workflows.

• Perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering for customer tasks 
• Perform static and dynamic analysis applying research tools such as disassemblers, debuggers, and fuzzers 
• Be able to communicate security research findings internally and, when and where it is appropriate, externally
• Mentor fellow security researchers

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance (note, only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances)
• Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands on experience in a software engineer or similar full time position
• Experience with Ghidra, Binary Ninja, IDA or other reverse engineering/disassembler tools
• Experience working in Linux fundamentals (strong grasp of sockets, file descriptors, networking, iptables, file systems, kernel, etc.)
• Ability to read and write C and assembly languages as needed (ARM, MIPS, X86) with some oversight or supervision
• Strong programming fundamentals; particularly with networking, data structures, and data models

• Currently possess a Top Secret security clearance
• OS and kernel reverse engineering 
• Understanding of fuzzers 
• Strong understanding of dynamic analysis with gdb/gdbserver and similar tools
• Basic understanding of processor tool chains and how to set them up
• Understanding of emulation using Qemu for running binaries in a non-native environment
• Experience identifying 0-days and vulnerabilities

Company Overview

Clarity is a technology company focused on equipping customers with the capabilities and support to conduct intelligent and successful cyber operations. We do this by finding the most talented engineers and operators in the country, giving them some of the most challenging problems facing the US government, and helping them unleash their creativity and problem-solving skills. Excellence is our standard and mission success is our metric.

Role

As a Principal CNO Developer, you will be the technical anchor for the development and integration of specialized cyber tools into our core platform. This role requires a "player-coach" mentality: you will lead the implementation of complex CNO features while ensuring that these tools integrate seamlessly with both the platform infrastructure and the end-user’s workflow. You will serve as the primary technical point of contact for CNO tool lifecycle management—from initial prototyping to final user-facing integration.

Responsibilities

Development & CNO Integration

• Lead the development of high-performance CNO tools using C, Python, and Go, ensuring they are optimized for platform compatibility.
• Drive CNO tool integration, focusing on how backend capabilities interface with the broader platform architecture to ensure reliable delivery and execution.
• Perform Reverse Engineering (using Ghidra, IDA, or Binary Ninja) to inform tool design and troubleshoot integration hurdles.
• Design and maintain integration-focused build systems and CI/CD pipelines that streamline the path from "code complete" to "mission ready."
• Develop across Linux and Windows environments, with a specific focus on cross-platform interoperability and persistence.
• Translate high-level architectural designs into actionable technical tasks for the engineering team.

User Integration & Technical Leadership

• Bridge the gap between developers and operators, ensuring that CNO tools are intuitive and meet the specific functional needs of the end-user.
• Act as the Technical Lead for specific toolsets, mentoring mid-level developers and ensuring code quality remains elite.
• Decompose complex mission requirements into modular technical components that can be integrated into the platform's ecosystem.
• Contribute directly to the codebase to solve the most difficult integration "bottlenecks" that stop tools from reaching the field.

Customer & Mission Engagement

• Serve as the CNO Subject Matter Expert for the customer, providing deep technical insight during bi-weekly release cycles.
• Gather direct operator feedback to influence the tool roadmap, ensuring we aren't just building "cool tech," but tools that work in high-stakes environments.
• Analyze customer platform requirements to perform trade-off analysis (e.g., performance vs. stealth, or modularity vs. ease of deployment).
• Proactively identify future integration needs based on evolving customer mission sets and platform updates.

Required Qualifications

• Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance (US Citizenship required).
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or 4 years of equivalent hands-on experience).
• Experience: 6-10+ years of professional software development experience, with a heavy emphasis on CNO/OCO tool development.
• Languages: Expert-level proficiency in C/C++ and Python; strong experience with Assembly (x86/x64/ARM) or Go is highly preferred.
• Platform Knowledge: Deep understanding of OS internals (Windows/Linux) and how CNO tools interact with kernel and user-mode components.
• Tools: Proven experience with containerization (Docker, Podman) and version control for large-scale integration projects.
• Mindset: Ability to execute independently in high-pressure environments while maintaining a collaborative, high-trust team dynamic.

Role

Clarity is seeking a Senior Principal, HR Business Partner (HRBP) to join a dynamic Human Resources (HR) organization. Reporting to the Senior Director of HR, this role partners closely with leadership and corporate enablement functions to design and implement people strategies that are scalable, repeatable and high-impact that balance business outcomes, risk mitigation,  the employee experience and align with business growth goals. 

We are seeking a collaborative, team oriented and results focused HRBP to align talent initiatives with business needs and objectives. The right candidate for this role will be comfortable and successful operating in a fast-paced, private equity backed, high-build environment that is focused on rapid growth. This role offers flexibility and allows a mix of remote and in-office presence at either of our headquarters locations in Columbia, MD or Herndon, VA.

Responsibilities

Partner with Senior Director, HR in areas that support business growth and performance

• Act as a consultative thought partner to business leaders on talent related strategies in support of a 1000-employee organization
• Support a broad range of talent management areas including but not limited to succession planning, performance management, training and data analytics 
• Develop, implement and lead talent related initiatives in support of business objectives to attract, retain and engage a highly technical workforce 
• Provide proactive and consultative guidance serving as a trusted advisor to employees, supervisors, and senior leaders on HR-related matters
• Partner with the business on change management initiatives and assist in the design of effective manager and employee communications
• Lead complex internal investigations and work the resolution of employee relations cases. Develops and implements repeatable, scalable processes and frameworks to ensure consistency, efficiency, and compliance across all investigations
• Advance a performance driven culture through goal-setting, ongoing performance feedback check-ins and annual review processes
• Utilize HR metrics and analytics to identify trends, measure effectiveness and drive strategic solutions
• Partner with Compensation, Benefits and other HR functions to deliver integrated enterprise-wide solutions
• Drive process improvement initiatives to ensure data integrity best practices are at the heart of the organization
• Mentor and support HR team members by sharing expertise, providing guidance and fostering the development of consistent, high-quality practices across the department

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Minimum of eight (8) or more years of progressive HRBP experience with demonstrated depth in Employee Relations, organizational effectiveness and talent strategy
• Minimum of 5 years of HRBP experience supporting a government contracting employee workforce
• Demonstrated business acumen in government contracting with the ability to connect people decisions with operational and business outcomes
• Experience supporting change management, cultural transformation and process improvements
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Deep experience in handling complex Employee Relations cases, embedding employment law principles and risk mitigation
• General knowledge of HR principles, state and federal compliance requirements and legal practices
• Strong reporting and analytical skills with experience in preparing reports in Excel and PowerPoint that are visually engaging and tell the talent story
• Experience in the use of the HR Information System, ADP

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience operating in a technology led business is highly preferred
• PHR or equivalent certification preferred

Senior Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack

Location: Herndon, VA (Hybrid, 3+ days in office)

Role

This position is part of a dynamic team at the forefront of implementing designs to support the next generation of cyber operations. This role requires technical versatility across the stack, from backend services to infrastructure. Above all, Engineers are driven by a “Whatever It Takes” mindset—executing in an expedient and pragmatic way while keeping the mission top-of-mind and making excellent engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes correctly and on-time.

Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Engineering

• Lead the design of Kubernetes and cloud-based systems (AWS/Azure).

• Provision and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Crossplane, or Ansible.

• Manage specialized environments using tools like KIND to bridge the gap between development and operational deployment.

• Deploy and maintain AI workloads as appropriate to solve customer challenges.

• Identify bottlenecks and optimize specific features across the stack, from service latency to resource utilization.

Kubernetes & Workload Orchestration

• Deploy, manage, and maintain Kubernetes across development and production environments.

• Monitor and optimize workloads using Helm and Kustomize to deploy microservices at scale.

• Implement network policies, load balancing, and service discovery using Istio Service Mesh.

DevSecOps & Automation

• Design and operate CI/CD pipelines to streamline code deployments and facilitate operational capabilities.

• Ensure infrastructure security through implementing FIPS encryption, Zero Trust principles, and robust identity management.

• Relentless Automation: Advocate for and implement robust automation to eliminate manual work and improve system reliability.

Operations & Observability

• Implement and monitor system availability and security, using Prometheus and Grafana.

• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents to minimize downtime, relentlessly seeking automated long-term fixes.

• Manage recovery processes to ensure mission continuity.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Understand high-level operational relevancy and business objectives of the technology you are implementing

• Contribute to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

• Promote automation practices across teams to enhance agility and performance.

• Knowledge Management: Create clear documentation and stay updated on latest industry trends to keep solutions cutting-edge.

Required Qualifications:

• Mission-focused mindset with an emphasis on achieving cyber dominance to provide a technical advantage for the warfighter and others executing critical US national security objectives.

• A bias for action, ownership, and the drive to see projects through to mission completion

• Current Top Secret security clearance

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or a related technical discipline. (Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands-on experience in an Engineering or similar full-time position.)

• More than 8 years of industry experience as a Platform Engineer, Full Stack Engineer or similar role

• Proficient with container orchestration using Kubernetes in production environments

• Experience with monitoring tools for Kubernetes environments, such as Prometheus

• Experience working with Helm charts for packaging applications

• Ability to collaborate as a team and execute independently

• Thrives in a high-trust/startup, adaptable team environment

• Experience with  CI/CD pipelines and CI/CD GitOps based deployments

• Proficient in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Podman)

• Understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform

• Expertise with both compiled and scripting languages (Go, Python, etc)

Preferred Qualifications:

• SCI eligibility

• Expertise in the Cyber Operations 

• Expertise with Istio for service mesh management

• Experience with Rook-Ceph for storage

• Experience with Kubernetes operators and custom resource definitions (CRDs)

• Experience with DevSecOps practices and integrating security tools with Kubernetes

• Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL)

• Experience with OIDC (OpenID Connect) and KeyCloak

• Familiarity with PLTR technologies, such as Foundry 

• Familiarity with Agile development practices and the Scaled Agile Framework

• Familiarity with Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) utilities

• Familiarity with VPN technologies such as IPSec, OpenVPN, and Wireguard

• Familiarity with integrating with Cross Domain Solutions

Role

As a member of the Security Research team, you will imagine weaknesses in multiple types of systems and then find, demonstrate/document, and exploit those weaknesses. You will be joining a team of mature and extremely competent Security Researchers to breakdown and fully understand how a host of different systems function. You will need to leverage extensive experience performing static and dynamic analysis and must be familiar with multiple classes of vulnerabilities. Additionally, you must be extremely comfortable communicating with team members, technical partners, and non-technical partners alike. The ideal candidate will be comfortable and confident operating at the early phases of a vulnerability research project and have the mettle to see the project through to multiple phases and iterations.

Responsibilities

• Perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering for customer tasks
• Perform static and dynamic analysis by applying research tools such as disassemblers, debuggers, and fuzzers
• Perform exploit development leveraging discovered vulnerabilities
• Communicate security research findings internally and, when and where appropriate provide mentorship for your fellow security researchers

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance (note, only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances)
• Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands on experience in a software engineer or similar full time position
• Experience with Ghidra, Binary Ninja, IDA or other reverse engineering/disassembler tools
• Experience working in Linux fundamentals (strong grasp of sockets, file descriptors, networking, iptables, file systems, kernel, etc.)
• Ability to read and write C and assembly languages as needed (ARM, MIPS, X86) with out oversight or supervision
• Strong programming fundamentals; particularly with networking, data structures, and data models
• Strong knowledge of reverse engineering and vulnerability research
• Documented ability to develop exploits for common vulnerability classes

Preferred Experience

• Currently possess a Top Secret security clearance
• OS and kernel reverse engineering
• Mitigation circumvention
• Understanding of fuzzers
• Strong understanding of dynamic analysis with gdb/gdbserver and similar tools
• Basic understanding of processor tool chains and how to set them up
• Understanding of emulation using Qemu for running binaries in a non-native environment
• Experience identifying 0-days and vulnerabilities

Platform Engineer – Big Data (TS/SCI w/ CI Poly)

Position Overview
We are seeking a Platform Engineer to lead the design, engineering, and evolution of a secure, scalable Big Data platform supporting mission-critical federal workloads. This role operates at the intersection of platform architecture, data infrastructure, and DevSecOps, ensuring high availability, performance, and compliance within classified environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and oversee implementation of large-scale Big Data platforms (data ingestion, transport, transformation, storage, and access)
• Lead platform engineering efforts across Kubernetes-based environments, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and automation
• Define and enforce platform standards for CI/CD, infrastructure as code (IaC), and GitOps practices
• Integrate and optimize data pipelines across distributed systems, including cross-domain and secure data transfer solutions
• Drive observability strategy (monitoring, logging, tracing, SLOs) across platform and data services
• Ensure compliance with federal security requirements (e.g., RMF, STIGs, Zero Trust architectures)
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and strategic guidance to engineering teams and stakeholders
• Collaborate with government and contractor teams to align platform capabilities with mission needs

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph
• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, or data engineering roles
• Deep experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud-native architectures
• Strong background in Big Data ecosystems (e.g., data lakes, streaming, ETL/ELT pipelines)
• Experience with DevSecOps tooling (CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, IaC such as Terraform)
• Familiarity with secure data architectures, including cross-domain solutions
• Experience operating in classified or highly regulated environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with observability platforms (e.g., Elastic, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Knowledge of service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio)
• Familiarity with federal cloud environments (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government)
• Prior experience supporting DoD or IC programs

Key Attributes

• Strategic thinker with hands-on technical depth
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Ability to operate in high-security, mission-driven environments

Position Overview

DANDIE (Data Acquisition Network for Delivery, Ingestion and Exploitation) is a new program that will serve as the strategic data platform designed to streamline the procurement, onboarding, consumption, and offboarding of CAI / PAI datasets as a reliable enabler of OCO missions. Built on OSS, COTS, and GOTS components and deployed on Kubernetes, DANDIE will support batch, streaming, and QiP cross-domain data workflows and gearing up to become the enterprise data hub for Cyber Command.

In this role, you will own the platform and lake architecture blueprint for DANDIE, ensuring scalable integration of OSS, COTS, and GOTS components on Kubernetes, with patterns that support brokerage, metrics, transport, and secure operations. You will design the backbone of a platform intended to scale across Cyber Command’s data ecosystem. You will also be leading a cross-functional team of Data Platform infrastructure experts.

Key Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end platform architecture (e.g., service boundaries, integration patterns, shared services, guardrails)
• Establish architectural standards for Kubernetes-based deployment, reliability, and scalability
• Design platform patterns supporting batch, streaming, and cross-domain workflows end-to-end
• Define reference architectures for data brokerage, ingest, transport, metrics, metadata, and lake access
• Partner with security stakeholders to ensure architecture supports RMF/ATO constraints and least privilege principles
• Drive architecture reviews, technical decision documentation, and cross-team alignment
• Define non-functional requirements (e.g., availability, resiliency, observability, performance, operability)
• Guide long-term platform evolution and modernization strategy

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years designing cloud-native platforms or distributed systems
• Demonstrated experience architecting Kubernetes-based systems and service-oriented architectures
• Experience defining and governing architecture standards across multiple teams
• Strong ability to communicate tradeoffs to technical and leadership audiences
• Experience designing for operational reliability and observability in production systems
• TS/SCI with CI Poly preferred; must be eligible to obtain TS/SCI with CI Poly within 6 months of hire
• U.S. citizenship required

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience architecting data platforms, data lakes, data meshes, or large-scale ingestion systems
• Familiarity with streaming architectures (e.g., Kafka-based pipelines, event-driven services)
• Experience integrating OSS, COTS, and GOTS components in regulated environments
• Familiarity with cross-domain data constraints and CDS integration considerations
• Experience with Zero Trust-aligned architectures and boundary design
• Prior DoD/IC program experience

Work Environment

• Government program environment
• U.S. citizenship required
• TS/SCI with CI Poly preferred; must be eligible to obtain TS/SCI with CI Poly within 6 months of hire
• Must be located within commutable distance to Herndon, VA on a hybrid schedule with on-site support expected (minimum 2 days per week)
• May have occasional travel to Ft. Meade, MD.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive business development strategy, aligned to Clarity’s business strategy and offerings, for appropriate USAF and USSF customers. This includes producing and updating Market Plans on a yearly basis. 
• Stay informed about industry trends, market dynamics, and competitive landscape to inform business development strategies and decision-making pertinent to USAF and USSF markets and mission domains
• Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and meetings to promote brand awareness and foster new connections
• Leveraging market intelligence and customer insights, develop plans to drive marketing, IR&D, technology differentiation, workforce strategy, and partner engagement priorities
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the USAF and USSF communities in order to advance Clarity’s growth objectives
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities, including prime contracts, subcontracts, IDIQ’s and the corresponding task orders, in alignment with company goals and capabilities.
• Support and/or lead the capture process for strategic opportunities, as necessary, through proposal submission ensuring alignment with customer requirements and objectives
• Develop content to include briefings (internal and external), customer presentations, and various process artifacts, to support opportunity identification and pursuit
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Mission Vertical (Systems, Data, Cyber, Products) SMEs, the Proposal Operations Team, Capture Managers, and others to develop innovative solutions that address customer needs and differentiate our offerings.
• Build, mature, and continuously improve a high-quality pipeline of opportunities spanning tactical and strategic opportunities for USAF and USSF markets
• Be responsible and accountable for bookings goals and metrics established each year for USAF/USSF markets
• Convert a growing percentage of pipeline into awarded work
• Enhance Clarity’s brand recognition in these customer markets
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance to business development team members, portfolio and program managers, and others across Clarity, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and/or minimum of 5 years of experience in business development, capture, program management and/or related roles within the Government or Government Contracting industry, with a focus on the USAF and USSF community
• Proven track record of success in identifying, pursuing, and winning government contracts and task orders
• Strong network of contacts within the USAF and USSF community, spanning Government, Military and Industry partners
• Operational or Technical knowledge of key missions areas within USAF and USSF
• Deep understanding of the federal acquisition process, contract vehicles and standalone contract opportunities, as well as acquisition trends.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence senior-level stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to analyze market dynamics, develop account plans/strategies, identify opportunities, and support the proposal development process to drive business growth for Clarity.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and lead cross-functional teams to achieve common goals
• Active Top Secret security clearance required, with current SCI eligibility

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and/or minimum of 10 years of experience in business development, capture, program management and/or related roles within the government contracting industry, with a focus on the USAF and USSF communities. 
• Previous military service in the USAF or USSF 
• Proven track record of success in identifying, pursuing, and winning large-scale ($100M+) government contracts and task orders

In addition to salary, this position is eligible for Clarity’s Incentive Program

Senior Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack

Location: Herndon, VA (Hybrid, 3+ days in office)

Role

This position is part of a dynamic team at the forefront of implementing designs to support the next generation of cyber operations. This role requires technical versatility across the stack, from backend services to infrastructure. Above all, Engineers are driven by a “Whatever It Takes” mindset—executing in an expedient and pragmatic way while keeping the mission top-of-mind and making excellent engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes correctly and on-time.

Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Engineering

• Lead the design of Kubernetes and cloud-based systems (AWS/Azure).

• Provision and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Crossplane, or Ansible.

• Manage specialized environments using tools like KIND to bridge the gap between development and operational deployment.

• Deploy and maintain AI workloads as appropriate to solve customer challenges.

• Identify bottlenecks and optimize specific features across the stack, from service latency to resource utilization.

Kubernetes & Workload Orchestration

• Deploy, manage, and maintain Kubernetes across development and production environments.

• Monitor and optimize workloads using Helm and Kustomize to deploy microservices at scale.

• Implement network policies, load balancing, and service discovery using Istio Service Mesh.

DevSecOps & Automation

• Design and operate CI/CD pipelines to streamline code deployments and facilitate operational capabilities.

• Ensure infrastructure security through implementing FIPS encryption, Zero Trust principles, and robust identity management.

• Relentless Automation: Advocate for and implement robust automation to eliminate manual work and improve system reliability.

Operations & Observability

• Implement and monitor system availability and security, using Prometheus and Grafana.

• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents to minimize downtime, relentlessly seeking automated long-term fixes.

• Manage recovery processes to ensure mission continuity.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Understand high-level operational relevancy and business objectives of the technology you are implementing

• Contribute to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

• Promote automation practices across teams to enhance agility and performance.

• Knowledge Management: Create clear documentation and stay updated on latest industry trends to keep solutions cutting-edge.

Required Qualifications:

• Mission-focused mindset with an emphasis on achieving cyber dominance to provide a technical advantage for the warfighter and others executing critical US national security objectives.

• A bias for action, ownership, and the drive to see projects through to mission completion

• Current Top Secret security clearance

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or a related technical discipline. (Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands-on experience in an Engineering or similar full-time position.)

• More than 8 years of industry experience as a Platform Engineer, Full Stack Engineer or similar role

• Proficient with container orchestration using Kubernetes in production environments

• Experience with monitoring tools for Kubernetes environments, such as Prometheus

• Experience working with Helm charts for packaging applications

• Ability to collaborate as a team and execute independently

• Thrives in a high-trust/startup, adaptable team environment

• Experience with  CI/CD pipelines and CI/CD GitOps based deployments

• Proficient in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Podman)

• Understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform

• Expertise with both compiled and scripting languages (Go, Python, etc)

Preferred Qualifications:

• SCI eligibility

• Expertise in the Cyber Operations 

• Expertise with Istio for service mesh management

• Experience with Rook-Ceph for storage

• Experience with Kubernetes operators and custom resource definitions (CRDs)

• Experience with DevSecOps practices and integrating security tools with Kubernetes

• Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL)

• Experience with OIDC (OpenID Connect) and KeyCloak

• Familiarity with PLTR technologies, such as Foundry 

• Familiarity with Agile development practices and the Scaled Agile Framework

• Familiarity with Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) utilities

• Familiarity with VPN technologies such as IPSec, OpenVPN, and Wireguard

• Familiarity with integrating with Cross Domain Solutions

Principal AI Engineer

Location: Herndon, VA (On-site)

Experience Level: 6-10 years of experience

Security Clearance: TS/SCI Required

Overview

Clarity Innovations is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to join the AI Enablement Team. In this role, you will be a key contributor to operationalizing, securing, and maturing artificial intelligence capabilities within the Joint Development Environment (JDE) and various operational platform environments. You will help build and maintain the AI "path-to-prod," ensuring a stable and scalable AI technical stack across multiple mission operational environments and development spaces for various cyber tools and capabilities. Our project lays the AI “plumbing” for accessing models and inference through a continually evolving single AI run stack. 

Background 

This project is focused on providing a unified interface for AI model access, enabling users to leverage both local open-source and Cloud Service Provider (CSP) managed models (such as AWS Bedrock and Azure OpenAI). The project aims to supercharge users by integrating AI access, tools, and frameworks into their workflows, from general content creation to advanced AI-powered development tools. You will be working with Clarity’s AI access platform, to centralize API management and streamline AI enablement. In addition, you will provide expert recommendations for adoption of AI across various enterprise teams to include agentic orchestration, spec-driven development, and MLOps workflows. 

Primary Responsibilities

• Contribute to the build-out and day-to-day execution of the AI access platform and the AI run stack, based on K8s
• Manage and automate the deployment of core AI services using a standardized K8s framework
• Facilitate the integration and serving of various frontier models (e.g., Claude, GPT) and local inference engines (e.g., vLLM) through OpenAI-compatible interfaces and AI access gateways (e.g., Open WebUI).
• Design and implement MLOps pipelines to support the full lifecycle of AI-enabled applications.
• Help inform the standards of AI-enabled development the enterprise customer and development teams should adopt (i.e., spec-driven standards for agentic development, AI-coding workflows, skills libraries, etc.) 
• Help inform and develop MCP-based tools to improve the platform and team workflows / tasks

Requirements

• Ability to collaborate as a team but execute independently
• Thrives in a high-trust, adaptable team environment
• Proficiency in working with Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and agentic workflows.
• Strong proficiency in modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Go) and building/consuming RESTful APIs
• Proficient with Kubernetes (K8s) deployment strategies, cluster lifecycle (deployment, troubleshooting, scaling), and container orchestration
• Ability to be high side / on customer site 2-3 days per week on average (in Herndon, VA headquarters and then occasionally traveling to customer site in Columbia, MD)

Education & Experience

• 6-10 years of professional experience in software engineering, with a significant focus on AI/ML and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field.

Nice-To-Haves

• Experience working with NVIDIA AI Enterprise, Nemo Agent Toolkit, and NIMs
• Experience with K8s-based platforms, including declarative deployments, GitOps (e.g., ArgoCD, FluxCD)
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for tracking LLM traces, metrics, and inference tracking (FinOps workflows)
• Experience working within the cyberspace domain and offensive cyber operations
• TS/SCI w/ CI Poly (TS/SCI is required, Poly is nice-to-have)