About us: Offensive cyber startup based in DC. We build capabilities for the U.S. government and allied nations We're hiring dozens of international engineers, researchers, and operators per quarter — immigration is mission-critical, not a second thought back-office function.
If a hire's H-1B falls through or a visa interview slips 90 days, we lose the candidate, the project slips, and the customer waits. We need someone who treats immigration as an operational system to be engineered — not a queue of paperwork.
What you'll own: You'll build and run our immigration function from scratch.
Operating at scale (10s of hires/quarter)
• End-to-end ownership of every employment-based filing: H-1B (cap and cap-exempt), O-1, L-1A/B, TN, E-3, J-1 waivers, EB-1A/B, EB-2 NIW, PERM
• Build the pipeline: candidate intake → strategy memo → filing → adjudication → arrival → onboarding
• Define and hit time-to-start SLAs — think weeks, not months
• One source of truth (Linear), every case status visible
Pre-empt failure modes
• Identify hard cases before an offer is extended (export control, prior denials, derivatives, cap subjection)
• Aggressive use of premium processing, expedite requests, third-country processing, interview waivers — every legitimate speed lever, by default
• Mandamus + AAO appeals when warranted; you decide, we execute
Manage the legal stack
• Own the relationship with outside counsel
• Decide what stays in-house vs. outsourced based on volume, complexity, and cost — and own the math
• Reduce per-case legal spend while improving outcomes
Own ITAR/EAR-adjacent immigration
• Coordinate deemed-export licensing for foreign nationals on controlled work
• Track export-control posture for every international hire from offer through term
Be the candidate's advocate
• International hires are betting their families on us. You make sure they don't get burned.
• Personally manage senior hires; build self-serve for the rest
• Drive arrival logistics: SSN, banking, housing, schools, licenses
Build the team behind you
• Sole IC for the first 6-9 months; team grows with hire volume
Who you are
Required: 4+ yrs employment-based immigration experience · Deep hands-on filing across H-1B, O-1, L-1, PERM/EB · Track record at volume (Fragomen, BAL, Erickson, Ogletree, Trow & Rahal, Lepore Taylor Fox, or in-house at scale) · Operationally minded — you've built or rebuilt a system, not just executed cases · DC area · U.S. citizen or PR
Strongly preferred: Direct U.S. consular experience (former FSO / Vice Consul / Visa Specialist) · Defense or IC background · Deemed-export / DDTC / EAR licensing experience · JD with active bar · AILA member · Existing USCIS / consular relationships
Mindset signals:
• You think in systems, not tickets
• You've fired a slow law firm before
• You've gotten a stuck case unstuck through the right escalation, not the loud one
• You've told a hiring manager no and been thanked for it later
What we offer
Highly competitive base + meaningful equity. Housing stipend that covers rent for most of our employees. Founder of a function that doesn't exist yet — real authority, real budget, full ownership. Mission-driven work; our customers defend the country. Role grows into VP / Chief of People & Immigration as we scale. Full benefits.