Systems Engineering Lead

Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunhill Government Solutions in Bethesda, MD is seeking a Systems Engineering Lead to guide architecture, design, development, and integration of enterprise solutions for a federal biomedical program. Hybrid on-site role with intermittent telework, coordinating with cross-functional teams.

You will mentor developers, conduct design reviews, ensure secure, high-performing systems, and uphold architectural standards while engaging stakeholders to meet technical needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT/CS.
• 5+ years in systems engineering/analysis.
• Strong IT fundamentals: servers, networks, databases, security.
• Experience provisioning and maintaining systems hardware/software.
• Ability to gather and validate system requirements.
• Ability to work across languages/OS/hardware.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving under deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, development and integration of enterprise solutions via config, development, workflow automation and governance.
• Provide technical leadership: mentor teams, design reviews, platform optimization, documentation.
• Provide high-level technical expertise across system operations, admin, analysis, engineering and design.
• Assess new IT projects and recommend design solutions and processes.
• Design and develop reusable components, code and automation frameworks; maintain CI/CD scripts.
• Lead complex systems development, OS upgrades, architecture analysis.
• Develop technical specs from needs, interface docs, test plans; verify conformance.
• Analyze operations to identify improvements; plan business case and feasibility analysis.
• Serve as technical expert and liaison with the client; align with needs.
• Architect, implement and evaluate secure infrastructure tools and services.
• Lead installation, configuration, testing and maintenance of OS, apps, system mgmt tools; mentor junior staff.

Skills

Systems engineering

IT security design

Requirements analysis

Analytical skills

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Job description

Dunhill Government Solutions is hiring a Systems Engineering Lead to lead the architecture, design, development and integration of enterprise solutions supporting complex engineering and business processes for a federal biomedical research program in Bethesda, MD. You will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements, implement scalable platform capabilities, oversee system integrations and ensure secure, high-performing solutions, while mentoring development teams, conducting design reviews and maintaining architectural standards. This is a hybrid role (on site in Bethesda, MD with intermittent telework).

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture, design, development and integration of enterprise solutions through configuration, custom development, workflow automation and technical governance
• Provide technical leadership: mentor development teams, conduct design reviews, drive platform optimization and maintain architectural standards and documentation
• Provide high-level technical expertise and analytical support in solving the most complex issues across system infrastructure operations, administration, analysis, engineering and design
• Assess new IT software projects and initiatives and recommend new or improved design solutions and processes
• Design and develop reusable components, code and custom automation frameworks; maintain scripts that build continuous delivery pipelines
• Lead complex systems development and design work, including operating system upgrades, system enhancements, computer architecture analysis and design
• Develop technical specifications from user needs, interface control documents, test plans and procedures; test conformance to specifications
• Analyze business operations to identify process improvement and automation opportunities; plan business case and feasibility analysis of costs, benefits and risks
• Serve as technical expert and liaison with the client, participating in meetings to ensure client needs are met
• Architect, implement and evaluate secure, infrastructure-focused tools and services, ensuring infrastructure is robust, scalable and efficient
• Lead the installation, configuration, testing and maintenance of operating systems, application software and system management tools; mentor and lead junior staff

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or another relevant field, or equivalent relevant experience
• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering/analysis
• Strong IT fundamentals, including server administration, networking, database support/administration, infrastructure support and IT security design
• Demonstrated ability to provision, install, configure, operate and maintain systems hardware, software and related infrastructure
• Ability to elicit, analyze, document and validate system requirements that support required system changes
• Ability to work with various programming languages, operating systems and hardware platforms; proven ability to investigate, troubleshoot and resolve complicated technical issues
• Strong experience applying process and systems engineering, analytics and operations research methods at every phase of a project
• Attention to detail; ability to work under aggressive deadlines and manage multiple priorities; excellent analytical, communication, writing and interpersonal skills

Preferred:

Master's degree; an advanced computing certification.

Compensation:

$124,000 - $160,000 per year

US Citizenship and the ability to pass a federal background investigation in order to be granted access to sensitive information.