ditto - Senior Systems Integration Engineer, FDE
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Requirements
• Clearance Requirement: Must hold an active Secret clearance (Due to federal security clearance requirements, U.S. Citizenship is strictly required for this role). • 5+ years of experience in systems integration engineering, software engineering, or technical program execution. This includes hands-on experience integrating software with military C2 systems, sensor platforms, or tactical communications systems. • 2+ years of technical experience with Cursor-on-Target (CoT) message formats and TAK ecosystem tools (TAK Server, ATAK, WinTAK), including standing up servers, configuring data feeds, and debugging message flows. • Demonstrated experience with system design for complex, multi-vendor integration environments. You should be able to whiteboard a full data flow from a sensor to a display, identify integration seams, and propose solutions across protocol and format boundaries. • A highly adaptable, problem-solving mindset, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, move fast, and balance immediate operational fixes with long-term technical fidelity. • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. As the crucial bridge between the operational edge and our core development team, you must be able to translate complex, edge-case technical realities and user workflows into clear, actionable requirements for product engineers. • Experience with tactical datalink protocols beyond CoT, including Link 16, VMF, or JREAP, and an understanding of how these datalinks feed into the broader joint C2 picture. • Familiarity with SOF-specific mission command systems and the unique integration requirements of SOCOM's distributed operational architecture. • Experience with API design and middleware development for connecting heterogeneous military systems (e.g., ESBs, message brokers, protocol translation gateways). • Prior experience with edge computing architectures, including deploying integration logic on resource-constrained hardware at the tactical edge. • Previous experience working directly with SOCOM, JSOC, or Component Command customers, with an understanding of how operational workflows drive integration requirements. • Familiarity with lightweight container orchestration (e.g., K3s, Docker Compose) for packaging and deploying integration services in austere environments. • A background in software development (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or C++) with the ability to write custom parsers, adapters, and integration glue code. • Location: Tampa, FL / Ft. Liberty, NC (On-site required) • Clearance: Secret
Responsibilities
• Architect End-to-End System Integrations: Design and implement the full integration stack that connects our software to the SOCOM operational ecosystem, including TAK (Team Awareness Kit) servers, tactical datalinks, and mission command systems. • Implement Cursor-on-Target (CoT) Pipelines: Build, deploy, and maintain robust CoT event ingestion and dissemination pipelines that enable real-time situational awareness across disparate systems and classification levels. • Design Datalink and System Interfaces: Engineer software adapters and translation layers that bridge our platform with legacy and modern datalink protocols, ensuring bidirectional interoperability with the broader C2 architecture. • Solve Problems in Real-Time: Act as the first line of technical defense at SOCOM sites, rapidly diagnosing and resolving integration failures, data flow interruptions, and system interoperability issues as they arise. • Bridge the Gap: Translate the unique, edge-case operational realities you observe (e.g., non-standard TAK configurations, datalink format variations, multi-vendor system conflicts) into actionable technical requirements and system design proposals for the core product development team.
Benefits
• Pay Transparency at Ditto • Ditto uses a location-based compensation model. This means pay ranges for the same role may vary depending on where you live, based on cost of living and market data.The ranges you see on our job postings represent the full span of target compensation across all markets where we hire. Within that range, actual offers are determined by a candidate’s skills and experience. This ensures we remain competitive with local markets while also maintaining internal consistency and fairness in real spending power across locations. • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • or drag and drop here • Decline to self-identify • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. • White • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. • Black or African American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. • Asian • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. • American Indian or Alaska Native • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races. • Two or More Races • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) • I identify as one or more of the classifications of protected veteran listed above • I am not a protected veteran
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