Architecture & Data Lead

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><h3>About Us</h3> <p>Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in three distinct practice areas: healthcare, cyber, and national security. United by a shared sense of duty and deep belief in the power of innovation, Red Cell is developing powerful tools and solutions to address our Nation’s most pressing problems.</p></div><p>ABOUT DEFCON AI</p> <p>RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF DISRUPTION. DEFCON AI is an insights company that leverages artificial intelligence, mathematical optimization, data analytics, and software engineering for resilient optimization of complex systems.<br>In today’s dynamically changing world, DEFCON AI’s technology aligns outcomes with operational goals, better decision making, and empowers customers to anticipate assess, and mitigate the impacts of disruptions.</p> <div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About the Role</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <div> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This is a rare opportunity to define how data moves across the U.S. military’s&nbsp;logistics&nbsp;ecosystem.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">As the Architecture and Data Lead, you will own one of the most critical integration challenges in modern DoW software: enabling data to flow reliably across platforms, classification levels, and operational environments — and transforming it into usable, decision-ready information.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">You will design and build the integration platform that connects DEFCON AI’s software to the broader&nbsp;logistics&nbsp;C2 ecosystem. This includes developing adapters, common data models, translation layers, synchronization mechanisms, and classification-aware data architecture that ensure systems&nbsp;remain&nbsp;coherent from headquarters to the tactical edge.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This is a senior role combining&nbsp;</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">deep technical execution and system-level architecture leadership</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">. You will define the architecture, build key components, and guide a team of engineers and partners to deliver production-ready integrations across disconnected environments, varied data models, and multi-enclave deployments.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":278}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Key Responsibilities</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Cross-Platform Integration Architecture</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="20" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Design and implement the bidirectional data layer connecting major DoW C2 platforms (Palantir and Anduril)</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="20" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Develop common data models and translation layers to resolve schema and vocabulary mismatches</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="20" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Build and validate production-grade adapters (e.g., Foundry, Lattice) in live government environments</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="20" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Advance integration concepts into fully implemented, tested system-level data flows<span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Data Integration &amp; Authoritative Source Onboarding</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="21" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Own end-to-end data flow from authoritative DoW systems into and across the platform</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="21" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Lead onboarding of key data sources (logistics, personnel, maintenance, DoW data platforms)</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="21" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Extend existing government data pipelines into