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Build Engineer

General Atomics Intelligence

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Charlottesville, VA (On-Site/Office)

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence Inc. (GA-Intelligence) develops cutting-edge software solutions that transform raw data into actionable intelligence. We specialize in real-time global situational awareness and battle management, processing petabytes of data from hundreds of sources across air, land, and sea. Our systems-including the widely used THRESHER and DRAGONSPELL platforms-support tens of thousands of users at all levels of the DoD and Intelligence Community and enable critical decision-making for national security missions.
We process hundreds of thousands of observations per minute, operating at the scale of global sensor networks and battlefield telemetry. Our backend architecture leverages technologies like Kafka, AWS, NiFi, and GeoMesa-the latter of which we designed and open-sourced-to deliver high-throughput, mission-resilient systems that turn streaming data into real-time intelligence.

What You'll Do
As our Build Engineer, you'll be responsible for building and maintaining project job templates, supporting teams in using them, and coordinating with our admin teams for infrastructure improvements. This role blends interactions with our broader system administration team and our project teams. You will work with our admin and security teams to ensure compliance with infrastructure requirements and growth. You will work with our project teams to simplify and improve our build infrastructure and projects usages of it, and ensure teams can make the most of it.

Why GA-Intelligence?
At GA-Intelligence, we're not chasing hype or building throwaway demos-we're solving complex, mission-critical problems that matter. Unlike younger firms chasing the next funding round, we've spent decades earning the trust of our users and delivering systems they rely on every day. And unlike traditional defense contractors, we're nimble, privately held, and able to make long-term decisions in the best interest of our customers and our country-not quarterly earnings reports.
Our users love our software. Our customers come back because we deliver. And our engineers stay because they get to work on real problems, with real impact, alongside people who care.
If you're looking for a place where engineering excellence meets enduring mission, GA-Intelligence is where you belong.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILLITIES
  • Adopt and improve current shared job templates, based on project feedback
  • Ensure job template evolution aligns with infrastructure updates
  • Support teams in using job templates, frequently by directly updating their jobs, minimizing disruption to project teams
  • Maintain build documentation and provide technical guidance to development teams
  • Evaluate and integrate new build technologies and tools as needed
*Open to all GA-Intelligence locations.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.

Job Qualifications

  • Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or a related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; four or more years of experience with a bachelors degree or two or more years of experience with a masters degree. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
  • Strong hands-on experience with modern CI/CD and containerization practices.
  • 3+ combined years of experience in software/build engineering.
  • Deep empathy for developers and a passion for helping teams succeed.
  • Understanding of software development lifecycles and Agile methodologies.
  • Excellent communication and facilitation skills; able to lead change without direct authority.
  • Experience with Maven, GitLab, Artifactory preferred.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Security Clearance is required.


What We Believe
These values weren't crafted in a branding session-they were observed and articulated after 35 years of building software that matters. They reflect how we work, what we value in each other, and the kind of impact we want to have. At GA-Intelligence, they aren't aspirational-they're how we operate.
Solving Meaningful Challenges - Building mission-driven technology that makes a difference
Collaborative Culture - Working as a team to push boundaries and innovate
Technical Excellence - Encouraging continuous learning, curiosity, and efficiency
Idea Meritocracy - Valuing ideas based on impact, not hierarchy
If these principles resonate with you-not just in theory, but in daily practice-you'll find yourself at home here.
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GA-CCRi maintains and deploys production systems for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. These analytics are designed to determine not just where something is, but what it is, where it's been and what it's doing. All of this "data to knowledge" is made available to end users in our own browser-based application for visualization, analysis, and understanding. We always want to do more, and that's where you come in!

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