Chief Engineer, Enterprise IT and Communications (BG26100917PL)
About The Position
The Bowen Group, a GTSC company, is seeking a Chief Engineer to serve as the program’s senior technical authority for enterprise IT and communications capabilities across secure facilities. The role is based in the Washington, DC metro area, with travel to program locations and an expected 25–50% travel commitment. The Chief Engineer establishes the engineering vision, maintains the integrated technical baseline, and aligns systems, networking, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, applications, data, facilities, and operations into a coherent solution. This execution-oriented leadership position supports a fast-paced, milestone-driven prototype with near-term commitments. Success calls for broad technical credibility, disciplined governance, executive communication, and sound judgment across mission, security, resilience, cost, schedule, and lifecycle risk. The position serves as principal technical advisor to program and government leadership, leads multidisciplinary engineering activities, and ensures mission requirements remain traceable through implementation, integration, verification, validation, transition, acceptance, and operations. Candidates must hold a current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; SAP eligibility is also required. Applicants must complete the applicable security screening and meet government eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Requirements
- 12 or more years of progressive experience designing, integrating, modernizing, or sustaining complex enterprise IT, including classified environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 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.
- Current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; SAP eligibility is required.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to develop papers, reports, and briefings for senior decision makers.
- Foundational skills in enterprise architecture and multidisciplinary systems engineering; requirements, interfaces, integration, verification, validation, and lifecycle management; networking, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, applications, identity, data, and operations.
- Foundational skills in technical governance, configuration management, change control, decision management, reliability, availability, resilience, scalability, maintainability, and operational supportability.
- Foundational skills in security architecture, zero-trust principles, risk management, defense in depth, automation, observability, infrastructure as code, and modern engineering practices.
- Foundational skills in technical risk analysis, trade studies, investment prioritization, lifecycle cost, executive communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, mentoring, and multidisciplinary technical leadership.
- Must successfully complete security screening related to foreign contacts, foreign interests, foreign travel, personal conduct, and financial responsibility as part of SAP access determination.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree or relevant senior-level systems engineering, architecture, program management, or cybersecurity certification.
- Experience integrating cross-domain solutions (CDS) into enterprise architectures.
- Experience supporting Special Access Program (SAP) facilities, systems, or environments.
- Experience designing or standing up network or security operations centers (NOC/SOC), including 24x7 coverage models.
Responsibilities
- Establish the program’s technical vision, engineering strategy, priorities, architecture, standards, and modernization roadmap.
- Serve as 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.
- Maintain traceability of mission requirements 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.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Generous paid vacation and holiday leave.
- Flexible Spending Account for medical and dependent care.
- 401(k) with employer match.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Tuition assistance and professional development opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
