Senior Enterprise IT Chief Engineer (TS/SCI)

The Bowen Group (a GTSC Company); Virginia; On-site; USD 190,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation and holiday leave

Flexible Spending Account (medical and

dependent

401(k) with employer match

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition assistance

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 across secure facilities. Location: Washington, DC metro area with travel to program locations and 25–50% travel.

Current TS with SCI-eligibility and SAP eligibility is required. The role leads architecture reviews, risk assessments, and modernization across systems, networks, infrastructure, and cyber, aligning with mission goals.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressively responsible enterprise IT experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations 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 experience advising senior leaders.
• Active Top Secret Clearance (SCI eligibility) required.
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing.

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, 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

Program leadership

Executive communication

Security clearance knowledge

Cross-location leadership

Broad IT knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

RMF knowledge (NIST 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 across secure facilities. Location: Washington, DC metro area with travel to program locations and 25–50% travel.

Current TS with SCI-eligibility and SAP eligibility is required. The role leads architecture reviews, risk assessments, and modernization across systems, networks, infrastructure, and cyber, aligning with mission goals.