Lead Engineer– Legacy Transformation

Location: Orlando, FL or Hanscom, MA

Years’ Experience: 12 years professional IT experience

Education: Bachelor’s Degree Required

Clearance: Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance. United States Citizenship is required as part of the eligibility criteria to be able to obtain this type of security clearance.

Certifications:

• An active CompTIA Security certification is required.
• One or more of the following certifications preferred:
  • CISSP
  • CySA
  • AWS or Azure Cloud Security certification
  • Kubernetes or container security certification

Key Skills:

• Experience developing, sustaining, or leading technical efforts for legacy Modeling and Simulation, training, or mission planning systems, including models, systems, and interfaces.
• Must have deep understanding of legacy environments with hands on experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical sustainment and transition of a legacy Modeling and Simulation or training baseline within a larger operational portfolio.
• Serve as the primary technical authority for understanding legacy behaviors, interfaces, dependencies, and operational constraints.
• Coordinate daily with engineering teams, incumbent contractors, and Government stakeholders to support sustainment and transition activities.
• Guide engineers implementing fixes, integrations, and transition paths while ensuring legacy training and simulation artifacts remain operational.
• Support transition engineering efforts that integrate legacy systems into broader, modernized environments.
• Partner with cybersecurity and DevSecOps teams to address findings, maintain compliance, and ensure legacy components remain deployable.
• Provide technical leadership, risk awareness, and execution discipline across sustainment and modernization efforts.
• Contribute to technical planning, execution tracking, and continuous improvement activities.

Qualifications

• Must have 12 years professional engineering experience.
• Must currently possess an active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelors degree required.
• An active CompTIA Security certification is required.
• One or more of the following certifications preferred:
  • CISSP
  • CySA
  • AWS or Azure Cloud Security certification
  • Kubernetes or container security certification
• Demonstrated experience developing, sustaining, or leading technical efforts for legacy Modeling and Simulation, training, or mission planning systems, including models, systems, and interfaces.
• 2 years of military mission planning, operational, or wargaming experience and supporting simulation or training environments used by operational or command organizations.
• Experience transitioning legacy systems into modern, service-based or cloud-enabled architectures.
• Exposure to environments where modern and legacy systems coexist.
• Proven experience integrating and fielding simulation or training capabilities in operational environments.
• Experience working with cloud-based services such as AWS or Azure and RESTful architectures used to host or integrate legacy capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical sustainment and transition activities for legacy systems.
• Experience supporting Air Force or DoD Modeling and Simulation or training systems.
• Familiarity with operational training, simulation, or stimulation artifacts and associated fielding patterns.
• Experience supporting systems used by command centers or operational planning organizations.
• Familiarity with secure enterprise or platform-based delivery environments.
• Proven experience coordinating with multiple contractors and Government stakeholders during sustainment, integration, or transition efforts.
• Working knowledge of DoD cybersecurity practices, including coordination with security teams to sustain and remediate legacy components.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and manage engineers in a mission-focused, multi-disciplinary environment.

About Sparibis

Sparibis LLC is a professional solution firm that Clients rely on to access the best talent to drive their business success.

Sparibis is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.