Chief Engineer (Washington) Job at Jobs via Dice, Washington DC

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Job Description

Deputy Chief Engineer

We are seeking a Deputy Chief Engineer to provide handson technical leadership and oversight for a largescale IT operations and modernization program. This onsite role is critical to driving engineering quality, systems integration, and technical execution across infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, application platforms, and enterprise architecture.

Ideal candidates are seniorlevel engineers or architects who excel in complex technical environments, lead multidisciplinary teams, and balance innovation, stability, and compliance in missioncritical federal settings.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Technical Execution

  • Serve as a senior technical authority across the program.
  • Align engineering approaches with enterprise architecture, security, and operational requirements.
  • Lead modernization initiatives: cloud adoption, DevSecOps, automation, zerotrust architecture.
  • Collaborate with government engineers on technical strategy and architecture reviews.
  • Promote best practices across networking, cloud, cybersecurity, and application services.

CrossFunctional Technical Coordination

  • Ensure solution integrity and coherence across services.
  • Support design and validation of new systems and platforms.
  • Lead or support SELC activities: requirements, design, testing, deployment.
  • Deliver technical documentation and engineering artifacts on time.

Engineering Governance & Risk Management

  • Enforce technical standards, security controls, and compliance (e.g., NIST, FISMA).
  • Identify and manage technical risks and dependencies.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and provide resolution strategies.
  • Support configuration management and change control processes.

Documentation & Technical Deliverables

  • Oversee preparation and quality of engineering documentation: Architecture diagrams, integration plans, asbuilt documentation.
  • SELC artifacts: specifications, test plans, implementation guides.
  • Security documents: risk assessments, waivers, POA&M, interconnection agreements.
  • CONOPS, use cases, SOPs, support models.
  • Ensure deliverables meet technical standards and contractual expectations.

Requirements

Qualifications

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or related field.
  • Minimum 7 years of technical experience in engineering leadership roles.
  • Experience supporting federal or enterprise IT programs across multiple disciplines.
  • Familiarity with IT modernization: DevSecOps, IaC, automation, cloudnative platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).

Technical Skills & Competencies

  • Expertise in enterprise systems engineering and integration.
  • Knowledge of government compliance frameworks (NIST RMF, FedRAMP, FISMA).
  • Strong analytical, architectural, and problemsolving skills.
  • Proven ability to lead technical teams and collaborate across disciplines.
  • Excellent communication skills for technical and nontechnical audiences.

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