Mission Architect (Cybersecurity)

Location: On-site in Arlington, Virginia, United States; limited to U.S. citizens

Base salary: $137,000–$203,000 annually. Estimated total compensation: $149,000–$240,000, including target bonus and estimated equity value.

Company

hirify.global industrializes offensive cyber operations for the United States and its allies. Founded in 2024, the company is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

What you will do

• Translate complex operational workflows, decision points, and constraints into product requirements and build-ready user stories.
• Partner with Product Managers, engineers, designers, and researchers to shape PRDs, scope, workflows, and information architecture.
• Define acceptance criteria and validate features through realistic end-to-end scenarios, benchmark workflows, and operational testing.
• Review releases for usability issues, workflow gaps, edge cases, and alignment with real practitioner needs.
• Serve as the primary domain expert for the product team and support customer conversations and demonstrations.
• Identify emerging user needs, use cases, and deployment opportunities that inform product direction.

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on practitioner experience in cyber operations, intelligence analysis, capability acquisition, or a comparable domain.
• Strong credibility with practitioners and trusted judgment in high-stakes operational work.
• Experience translating operational workflows into structured requirements, user stories, or other build-ready documentation.
• Experience shaping user-facing tools, workflows, or interfaces used in real operational environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication across technical, operational, and executive audiences.
• U.S. citizenship is required; some products may require eligibility for an active U.S. Government security clearance and work in a controlled environment.

Nice to have

• Transition from a practitioner role into product development, requirements engineering, or capability development.
• Experience with AI/ML-powered products, including agentic systems, LLM-based workflows, or knowledge graph applications.
• Experience in evaluation design, operational test and evaluation, scenario-based assessment, scoring rubrics, or benchmark frameworks.
• Experience creating training content, reference materials, or doctrine for operational users.
• Experience influencing product direction at a software company serving government or defense customers.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options.
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, and disability coverage options.
• Paid parental leave for eligible full-time employees, with varying leave periods by parent category.
• Paid holidays and flexible paid time off.
• 401(k) plans with pre-tax and Roth options, plus HSA, FSA, and dependent-care FSA options.