Platform Security Architect

3 weeks ago


McLean, Virginia, United States In-Q-Tel Full time
Job Description

This is an exempt position reporting to the Vice President of the Enterprise Technologies Practice.

The person in this role will work closely with IQT's government partners to understand their technology problems and use their mastery of technology to investigate and recommend potential solutions from the venture-backed start-up landscape.

This position will guide the technical aspects of an investment to ensure that IQT delivers effective and compelling solutions to our government partners in the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense.

The Enterprise Technologies Practice is responsible for identifying and executing investments in technology areas including:

  • Enterprise Data Management
  • Alternative Data Sources
  • Data Analytics
  • High-Performance Computing
  • Web 3. Quantum Software

We are currently focused on hiring talent for our enterprise data management and data analytics work.

This effort supports government partners with a variety of technology goals, including:

  • Chief Data Officers and Agency Data Offices to promote standards and platforms managing enterprise data assets.
  • Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and Machine Learning Engineers to streamline core workflows like data pipelines, feature engineering, AI/ML workflows.
  • Developers to accelerate with advanced DataOps tooling and high-quality components.
  • End Users with and without technical skillsets, to help support accelerating time to insight from enterprise data assets.

Leverage technical/market experience and understanding of government partner use cases to develop Global Competitive Analyses and other situational awareness products as assigned.

Foster Trusted Partnerships. Develop technology architectures and solutions to address challenges faced by IQT's government partners.

Envision plans for the evaluation and adoption of work program technology by IQT's government partners.

Demonstrated subject matter expertise in one or more technical fields relevant to Enterprise Data Management, such as ETL, Data Streaming, Cloud Data Warehouses, Data Orchestration, Databases, Vector Databases, Data Engineering, Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Data Quality, Data Governance and Metadata Management, Data Catalogs, and Data Privacy and Security.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline.

At least 5 -10 years professional experience with some portion of that time involving technology development in a business and/or intelligence environment.

Candidates with active top-secret clearance preferred; Strategic tech forecasting (How will tech evolve over the next 5 years? Advanced studies in a relevant discipline, demonstrated by a graduate degree or equivalent professional experience.

Experience evaluating third party technologies/vendors.

Strong written and verbal communications skills, with ability to communicate complex technology subjects to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Experience in both technical and proposal/contract writing.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

IQT identifies, evaluates, and leverages emerging commercial technologies to deliver best-in-class capabilities, insights, and other services to government partners through a unique global investment platform.

We call our mission "Global Security Investing." As well as encompassing defense-focused startups and harnessing existing and over-the-horizon commercial technologies to sustain military and intelligence overmatch against adversaries, Global Security Investing emphasizes the importance of international reach and collaboration in a world where innovative venture-backed startups can now be found everywhere.

Think you would be a great fit to help carry out IQT's mission?

We offer a range of benefits, including:

  • Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
  • Retirement Plan
  • Tuition & Professional Development Assistance
  • Telework & Flexible Schedule

Type Regular Full-Time



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