p>Key Responsibilities: ā¢ Serve as the primary technical interface to the customer, leading technical discussions, briefings, risk decisions, tradeoffs, and roadmap alignment ā¢ Translate evolving mission needs into actionable technical strategy, execution plans, and modernization priorities across research and infrastructure ā¢ Own technical delivery outcomes: availability, performance, compliance posture, platform evolution, and operational excellence ā¢ Act as the senior systems engineering authority for end-to-end architecture across multi-domain environments (unclassified and classified networks) ā¢ Lead engineering efforts for system development, integration, and certification, including high-visibility compliance initiatives ā¢ Improve resiliency and operational maturity: incident response patterns, root-cause analysis, performance tuning, capacity planning, and change control ā¢ Guide modernization efforts while maintaining uptime and mission continuity ā¢ Drive secure baselines across multi-OS environments ā¢ Lead implementation and validation of controls aligned to appliance governance policies, always ensuring audit readiness ā¢ Partner with security/compliance stakeholders to close gaps and continuously improve security posture without breaking research velocity ā¢ Lead and mentor cross-functional teams, ensuring infrastructure priorities align to research execution ā¢ Direct subcontract personnel, establish accountability, and maintain consistent delivery quality through clear technical expectations and operation rhythm.
5+ years of demonstrated experience working with large complex engineering systems and subsystems with expertise applied across multiple engineering disciplines such as electrical, computer, software, telecommunications, information security, and networking.