Chief Engineer: Enterprise IT & Security Leader

Gtsc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 190,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Generous paid vacation and holiday

401(k) with employer match

Life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability

Tuition assistance and professional发展

Job summary

The Bowen Group, a GTSC company, seeks a Chief Engineer to serve as the program's senior technical authority for enterprise IT and communications capabilities across secure facilities. Location: Washington, DC metro area with travel to program locations.

Current TS with SCI-eligibility and SAP eligibility required. The Chief Engineer will establish the engineering vision, maintain the integrated baseline, and align systems, network, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, and data around a

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience designing, integrating, modernizing, or sustaining complex enterprise IT in classified environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations or major initiatives across dispersed locations.
• Broad 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 advising senior leaders.
• Active Top Secret Clearance (SCI eligibility) required.
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing, for senior decision makers.

Responsibilities

• Establish the program's technical vision, engineering strategy, priorities, architecture, standards, and modernization roadmap.
• Serve as the principal technical advisor to the Program Manager, sponsors, 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, and technical interchange meetings.
• 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 requirements remain traceable through architecture, implementation, and operations.
• Resolve cross-domain conflicts and communicate major decisions and risks to stakeholders.
• Establish an integrated automation strategy spanning engineering, cybersecurity, testing, monitoring, compliance, and operations.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Systems engineering

Networking

Cybersecurity

Cloud

Operations

Executive communication

Risk management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, CS, IT or related field

Tools

NIST RMF (SP 800-37/800-53)

Job description

The Bowen Group, a GTSC company, seeks a Chief Engineer to serve as the program's senior technical authority for enterprise IT and communications capabilities across secure facilities. Location: Washington, DC metro area with travel to program locations.

Current TS with SCI-eligibility and SAP eligibility required. The Chief Engineer will establish the engineering vision, maintain the integrated baseline, and align systems, network, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, and data around a