Chief Enterprise Engineer & Systems Architect

LMI Consulting, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 125,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel opportunities

25–50% travel

Job summary

LMI, a government-focused digital solutions provider, seeks a Chief Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise IT and communications across secure facilities. You will shape the engineering vision, maintain the baseline, and align systems, network, cloud, cybersecurity, data, and operations around a coherent solution.

This execution-oriented, milestone-driven leadership role requires credibility across mission, security, cost, schedule, and lifecycle risk.

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.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the 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

Requirements management

Networking & infrastructure

Tech governance

Resilience & reliability

Security architecture

Automation & IaC

Risk analysis & trade studies

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field

Job description

LMI, a government-focused digital solutions provider, seeks a Chief Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise IT and communications across secure facilities. You will shape the engineering vision, maintain the baseline, and align systems, network, cloud, cybersecurity, data, and operations around a coherent solution.

This execution-oriented, milestone-driven leadership role requires credibility across mission, security, cost, schedule, and lifecycle risk.