Senior Embedded Software Engineer

CACI•Honolulu, HI

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Embedded Software Engineer works on the operations floor alongside intelligence operators and analysts using a government-owned, multi-source analytic capability. The role helps the capability perform at the point of use and returns observations about mission use, capability shortcomings, and future needs to the team enhancing the capability. Its two functions are adoption and mission value—training, capability integration, workflow analysis, troubleshooting, and tradecraft support—and forward sensing: disciplined observation of use cases, friction, and unmet needs for the capability roadmap. The position is primarily focused on forward sensing. The engineer works with on-site analysts to understand their mission, develop software solutions that streamline workflows, and integrate with existing enterprise tools to increase the intelligence value of available data. They support users directly at the mission site, document observations for capability development, and coordinate local workarounds with the core development team so they can be incorporated into the enterprise baseline. Work must remain within contract scope, site security requirements, and the organizational-conflict-of-interest framework. The position may involve relocation or extended assignments at the supported mission location, including outside the continental United States, and travel of up to 25%.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI security clearance; a polygraph is preferred.
10+ years of operational intelligence experience in an analytic, targeting, collection, or watch-floor environment, or direct software development support to these functions.
Demonstrated technical fluency with analytic tools, data systems, and their integration, including configuring, troubleshooting, and adapting fielded capability with users in real time.
Ability to work independently at a customer site with limited direct supervision and exercise sound judgment in ambiguous conditions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including producing clear, structured observation reporting for a technical audience and communicating critical information to a geographically dispersed team across time zones.
Willingness to relocate to, or work extended assignments at, the supported mission location, including OCONUS.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a technical, intelligence, or related discipline, or equivalent operational experience.
Prior assignment at a joint or combined operational headquarters, a national intelligence agency, or an equivalent operational intelligence organization.
Familiarity with geospatial, multi-source, or object-based analytic platforms and their data architectures.
Experience in a forward-deployed engineer, embedded technical support, or field engineering role in a classified environment.
Working knowledge of scripting or data-transformation methods applied to diagnosis and integration rather than standalone tool development.
Polygraph.

Responsibilities

Work with on-site analysts to understand their mission and create software solutions that streamline workflows.
Design and develop software products that interface with enterprise software tools used by analysts to increase the intelligence value of available data.
Catalog generated software so it can be tracked and incorporated into an enterprise software baseline when required.
Develop working proficiency in the supported organization’s analytic tradecraft to translate operator problems into technical terms and technical constraints into operator terms.
Provide on-site integration, configuration, workflow automation, and troubleshooting support for the fielded analytic capability directly to end users.
Diagnose problems in place and commit to a resolution path within 48 hours.
Capture and document use cases, capability gaps, workflow friction, and unmet mission needs in a structured format, and report them on a defined cadence into the capability development roadmap.
Support connection of the enterprise analytic capability to adjacent mission systems and data sources at the site, within the fielded baseline and customer configuration control.
Coordinate warranted local workarounds with the core development team for incorporation into the enterprise baseline rather than maintaining them as standalone local software.
Deliver hands-on training and best-practice support to users and sustain customer trust in every interaction.
Operate within contract scope, site security requirements, and the organizational-conflict-of-interest framework.