Chief Engineer: Enterprise IT & Security Architecture

LMI Government Consulting; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Government Consulting seeks a Chief Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise IT and communications across secure facilities. The role requires establishing the engineering vision, maintaining the integrated baseline, and aligning systems, network, cloud, cybersecurity, data, and operations with a coherent solution.

Travel up to 25-50% and steady interaction with government sponsors, executive leadership, and engineering teams to drive milestone-driven prototypes and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of progressive experience designing, integrating, modernizing, or sustaining complex enterprise IT, including classified environments.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations or major initiatives across dispersed locations.
• Broad technical knowledge across enterprise architecture, systems, networking, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, applications, and operations.
• Experience leading architecture reviews, trade studies, risk assessments, integration, and major engineering decisions.
• Experience engineering capabilities for SCIF or other accredited classified environments, including multi-enclave systems and security boundaries.
• Working knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (NIST SP 800-37 / 800-53) and experience advising senior leaders.
• Active Top Secret Clearance (SCI eligibility) required.
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing. Ability to develop papers, reports, and briefings targeted to senior decision makers.
• Nice to Have: Advanced degree or relevant senior-level systems engineering, architecture, program management, or cybersecurity certification.
• Nice to Have: Experience integrating cross-domain solutions (CDS) into enterprise architectures.
• Nice to Have: Experience supporting Special Access Program (SAP) facilities, systems, or environments.
• Nice to Have: Experience designing or standing up network or security operations centers (NOC/SOC), including 24x7 coverage models.

Responsibilities

• Establish the program's technical vision, engineering strategy, priorities, architecture, standards, and modernization roadmap.
• Serve as principal technical advisor to the Program Manager, government sponsors, executive leadership, and engineering teams.
• Own the integrated technical baseline across systems, network, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, applications, data, facilities, and operations.
• Lead architecture reviews, design reviews, readiness reviews, technical interchange meetings, and engineering working groups.
• Manage technical risks, architecture gaps, interface challenges, conflicting requirements, technical debt, and lifecycle concerns.
• Direct trade studies addressing assumptions, alternatives, cost, schedule, security, risk, and operational consequences.
• Ensure mission requirements remain traceable through architecture, implementation, integration, verification, validation, transition, acceptance, and operations.
• Resolve cross-domain conflicts and communicate major decisions, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Establish an integrated automation strategy spanning engineering, cybersecurity, testing, monitoring, compliance, and operations.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Systems engineering

Networking

Infrastructure

Cloud

Cybersecurity

Applications

Data

Operations

Governance

Configuration management

Change control

Decision management

Reliability

Availability

Resilience

Maintainability

Operational supportability

Security architecture

Zero-trust

Risk management

Defense in depth

Automation

Observability

Infrastructure as code

Modern engineering practices

Risk analysis

Trade studies

Investment prioritization

Lifecycle cost

Executive communication

Negotiation

Conflict resolution

Mentoring

Leadership

Education

Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field

Advanced degree or relevant senior-level systems engineering, architecture, program management, or cybersecurity certification

Job description

LMI Government Consulting seeks a Chief Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise IT and communications across secure facilities. The role requires establishing the engineering vision, maintaining the integrated baseline, and aligning systems, network, cloud, cybersecurity, data, and operations with a coherent solution.

Travel up to 25-50% and steady interaction with government sponsors, executive leadership, and engineering teams to drive milestone-driven prototypes and