Senior SEO Strategist (Remote) for Government Digital

Bixal; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex hours

401K with matching incentive

Parental Leave

Medical/dental/vision benefits

Flex Spending Account

Company provided short-term disability

Commuter benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO)

11 Paid holidays

Job summary

Bixal in Fairfax, VA seeks a Senior SEO Specialist to own the program's search strategy and execution across public-facing websites and applications. This is a largely autonomous, senior role advising content teams and stakeholders on maximizing discoverability while aligning with federal compliance and security standards.

This full-time position can work remotely from anywhere in the USA and requires a Secret Clearance, with a salary range of $100,000–$110,000 and a commitment to transparent

Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance.
• BA/BS in Marketing, Digital Communications, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of hands-on SEO experience, including technical SEO, on-page optimization, and content-driven SEO strategy for large, high-traffic websites.
• Demonstrated experience with SEO/analytics tooling (e.g., Google Search Console, Google Analytics, SEMrush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, or equivalent).
• Proven experience setting and tracking SEO KPIs and delivering data-driven performance reporting to non-technical stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of schema markup/structured data, site speed optimization, and technical SEO diagnostics.
• Experience developing keyword strategy grounded in user intent and long-tail search research.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end SEO program, conducting regular performance analyses benchmarked against Federal, DoD, and industry best practices, and delivering actionable recommendations to leadership.
• Establish SEO baseline metrics and KPIs and report progress against targets on an ongoing basis.
• Analyze search engine visibility, user behavior, conversion rates, and technical SEO health (e.g., page load speed, crawl/site errors), driving continuous optimization based on findings.
• Conduct regular SEO validation checks (e.g., broken links, HTTP errors, and other site performance issues), coordinating remediation with technical stakeholders.
• Lead keyword research focused on user intent and long-tail search behavior; design and implement internal linking, schema markup, and site-speed optimizations to improve organic rankings and click-through rates.
• Develop and execute link-building and content-promotion strategies (e.g., press releases, content syndication, partnerships) to build domain authority; extend SEO strategy to voice search and event-specific landing pages.
• Incorporate audience research and communications planning insights into keyword targeting and content-priority decisions.
• Contribute SEO-specific test scenarios and success metrics to usability testing efforts, translating findings into optimization recommendations.
• Advise across content strategy and lifecycle management on how SEO considerations should be embedded in planning and governance.
• Advise content and editorial teams during content development on SEO best practices, ensuring new and updated content is optimized for search at the point of creation.
• Provide SEO and keyword input to paid and earned media planning to ensure messaging and campaigns are optimized for reach and relevance.
• Ensure social media and community-facing content is optimized for searchability and discoverability across digital engagement channels.
• Provide keyword and search-trend guidance to social media content planning, informing editorial calendars and content themes to maximize organic reach.
• Deliver staff training and workshops on SEO best practices to build organizational SEO literacy.
• Provide regular SEO reporting and present findings/recommendations to Government stakeholders.
• Other relevant duties as qualified/trained to perform

Skills

SEO expertise

Technical SEO

Analytics tooling

Keyword strategy

Content strategy collaboration

Education

BA/BS in Marketing, Digital Communications, Data Analytics, or related field

Tools

Google Search Console

Google Analytics

SEMrush

Ahrefs

Screaming Frog

Job description

Bixal in Fairfax, VA seeks a Senior SEO Specialist to own the program's search strategy and execution across public-facing websites and applications. This is a largely autonomous, senior role advising content teams and stakeholders on maximizing discoverability while aligning with federal compliance and security standards.

This full-time position can work remotely from anywhere in the USA and requires a Secret Clearance, with a salary range of $100,000–$110,000 and a commitment to transparent