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# Chief Engineer, Enterprise IT and Communications

- **Company:** GTSC TALENT SOLUTIONS, LLC
- **Location:** Fairfax, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $190,000.0 - $205,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Cyber Security, IT Management, Zero Trust Network Access, SAP (Applications), Systems Integration, Technical Debt, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9203339/chief-engineer-enterprise-it-and-communications

## About the Role

Qualifications Required: * 12+ years of progressive experience designing, integrating, modernizing, or sustaining complex enterprise IT, including classified environments. * Bachelorx27s 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. * 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.

Nice to Have: * 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.

## Description

The Chief Engineer will establish the engineering vision, maintain the integrated technical baseline, and align systems, network, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, applications, data, and operations around a coherent solution. This execution-oriented leadership role supports a fast-paced, milestone-driven prototype with near-term commitments. Success requires broad technical credibility, disciplined governance, executive communication, and balanced judgment across mission, security, resilience, cost, schedule, and lifecycle risk., Primary duties include: * Establish the programx27s 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.

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS * Enterprise architecture and multidisciplinary systems engineering. * Requirements, interfaces, integration, verification, validation, and lifecycle management. * Networking, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, applications, identity, data, and operations. * Technical governance, configuration management, change control, and decision management. * Reliability, availability, resilience, scalability, maintainability, and operational supportability. * Security architecture, zero-trust principles, risk management, and defense in depth. * Automation, observability, infrastructure as code, configuration management, and modern engineering practices. * Technical risk analysis, trade studies, investment prioritization, and lifecycle cost. * Executive communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, mentoring, and multidisciplinary technical leadership.

Current Top Secret clearance with SCI-eligibility and SAP-eligibility are required for this position . Only applicants with a current security clearance will be considered. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Special Access Program (SAP) Eligibility: Candidates must successfully complete security screening related to foreign contacts, foreign interests, foreign travel, personal conduct, and financial responsibility as part of the SAP access determination process.


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