Director of Engineering

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November 7

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IronArch Technology

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B2B • Government • SaaS

IronArch Technology is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that specializes in providing innovative technology solutions for Federal agencies. With a commitment to serving clients in the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs, IronArch excels in digital services, platform engineering, development, and technology advisory focused on cloud modernization. Their goal is to empower Federal agencies by addressing operational challenges and enabling them to deliver efficient and effective services to their stakeholders.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2013

🤝 B2B

🏛️ Government

☁️ SaaS

📋 Description

• Define and execute the engineering department’s strategic plan aligned to company goals and portfolio needs. • Develop a differentiator within engineering that IronArch can be known for within that separates IronArch from our competitors. • Partner with Delivery, Experience, Product, and Business Development leaders to shape integrated technical solutions and cross-functional delivery models. • Establish and maintain technical governance, coding standards, AI use patterns, and reusable architectural patterns. • Oversee department health; managing staffing forecasts, utilization, employee satisfaction, and performance metrics. • Build, mentor, and retain a diverse, high-performing team of engineering leads and senior technologists. • Set strategic goals for the department that align with the organization’s objectives. • Develop and execute departmental strategies, policies, and procedures ensuring consistency across the organization wherever possible. • Maintain enough technical fluency in modern development frameworks (e.g., .NET, Java, Node.js, React, AWS/Azure) to support and mentor engineering teams on federal contracts. • Provide surge support to contracts just starting to launch and then transition them to full time staff. • Evaluate technical talent through code reviews, technical interviews, and coding challenge design; ensure a consistent, equitable bar for engineering excellence. • Provide architectural guidance and oversight on complex initiatives, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability. • Support technical troubleshooting and solutioning across delivery teams as a senior advisor. • Partner with BD and proposal teams to craft compelling, technically sound solutions in RFI/RFP responses. • Serve as solution architect and author for technical and management volumes. • Support pricing and staffing strategies, aligning labor categories to realistic technical expectations. • Lead or contribute to technical challenges, oral presentations, and proposal sessions. • Identify and pursue organic growth and follow-on opportunities within existing programs. • Oversee engineering delivery across programs to ensure adherence to VA and federal security, accessibility, and compliance standards. • Reinforce DevSecOps best practices, automated testing, and continuous delivery pipelines. • Drive consistency in documentation, CI/CD, and testing frameworks across teams. • Ensure engineering delivery aligns with contractual requirements, IronArch standards, and client expectations. • Model IronArch’s People First and Deliver and Inspire Excellence values. • Create pathways for professional growth within engineering, including technical mentorship and leadership development programs. • Promote inclusion, transparency, and collaboration across distributed teams. • Foster knowledge sharing through internal communities of practice, technical brown-bags, and learning initiatives.

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years in a senior leadership or departmental management role. • Strong background in modern application development (e.g., .NET, Java, Node.js, or cloud-native architectures). • Proven experience leading and evaluating coding challenges and technical assessments for hiring. • Demonstrated success contributing to capture efforts and proposal development for federal IT programs. • Deep understanding of Agile, DevSecOps, and CI/CD delivery in federal or enterprise-scale environments. • Experience managing engineering delivery under compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, FISMA, Section 508). • U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain or maintain a Public Trust or higher clearance. • Knowledge of speech recognition, NLU/NLP, and conversational AI integrations. • Familiarity with federal security/compliance standards (FedRAMP, FICAM, NIST SP 800-63). • Prior engineering leadership experience within VA, DoD, or other federal digital service environments. • Current authorization to work with federal agencies such as the Department of Veterans Affairs.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation and market-leading bonus opportunities • Medical, dental and vision benefits where a significant portion of the premium is subsidized by IronArch. • For qualifying high deductible health plans, IronArch also contributes towards a Health Reimbursement Account to cover eligible medical expenses • Company-provided healthcare concierge assistance to help explain your coverage in plain language; help you find, choose, and schedule quality care; and address billing, benefit, or claims concerns, potentially saving hours of your time • 401(k) retirement plan where the company contributes dollar for dollar up to 3 percent, and 50 cents on the dollar for the 4th and 5th percent with immediate entry and immediate vesting • 20 days of PTO accumulated per calendar year • 11 paid holidays • Bereavement, jury duty, parental (maternity/paternity/adoption), and military leaves • Sabbatical programs • Company-paid short- and long-term disability • Company-paid life insurance • Voluntary life, accidental and indemnity income replacement benefits • Professional development reimbursement • Health club reimbursement • Matching donation program and annual philanthropic activities • Pet insurance