GDS Lead Engineer

Who We Are :

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Versar Global Solutions provides full mission lifecycle solutions for challenges faced by our government and commercial Customers in the natural, built, and digital environments. With nearly 2, team members around the world, and a rich legacy spanning more than 70 years, Versar Global Solutions delivers a broad array of planning, analysis and risk management solutions, project and program management, operations and maintenance services, and information technology applications for environmental management and remediation projects, mission critical facilities and installations, and in support of readiness and contingency operations.

Who You Are :

You are a hands-on Technical Lead with experience designing, building, and operating modern, cloud-native systems across the full application stack. You combine strong software engineering fundamentals with ownership of technical direction, architecture, implementation, and delivery, guiding teams toward scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions grounded in industry best practices and proven approaches adapted to complex, real-world environments.

You bring a broad but practical range of experience spanning backend development, data engineering and analytics, data governance, cloud infrastructure, networking, and AI-enabled systems. You understand how to evaluate open-source, commercial, and standards-based technologies, make informed tradeoffs, and lead their deployment within larger enterprise environments. You are comfortable working across domains, rapidly learning new tools, and prioritizing contributions across multiple concurrent initiatives.

You are known as a pragmatic, “get-it-done” technical leader who thrives in fast-moving, multidisciplinary environments. You balance hands-on individual contributions with architecture decision-making, mentorship, and clear communication in both technical and business contexts, carrying initiatives from concept through production.

What You’ll Do :

Technical Architecture

• Own technical direction and system architecture across assigned initiatives, including interface design, technology selection, and long-term maintainability.
• Author, review, and approve architecture and design documentation, clearly articulating tradeoffs across performance, cost, scalability, and operational risk.

Project Management

Software Engineering

Data & AI / ML Engineering

Security & Data Governance

What You’ll Bring :

Core Strengths

Technical Skills

Compensation

Expected Salary : $, to $, Annually

Versar Global Solutions is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the Company in good faith believes it might pay and / or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. The Company reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Location Requirements

The position will primarily work a hybrid schedule with some days onsite at Versar Newport News in Virginia.

EEO Commitment

Versar Global Solutions is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Versar Global Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Versar Global Solutions expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran. Improper interference with the ability of Versar Global Solutions employees to perform their job duties is not tolerated.