Chief Systems Engineer/Architect Lead

Location: North Chicago, IL

• Provide senior technical advice and executive-level briefings on architecture, engineering alternatives, technology risks, modernization priorities, and technical innovation.
• Develop enterprise solutions spanning applications, cloud services, data centers, networks, storage, and security while maintaining integration and interoperability with existing systems.
• Prepare modernization roadmaps, gap analyses, milestones, schedules, and measurable outcomes; support quarterly modernization strategy updates to the Government.
• Guide network and data center modernization, including software-defined networking, Application Centric Infrastructure, virtual routing/switching, Zero Trust networking, and software-defined data center capabilities.
• Design hybrid-cloud, high-availability, backup, Continuity of Operations (COOP), and disaster-recovery solutions that support scalability, workload mobility, and service continuity.
• Perform structured requirements analysis and trade studies; evaluate commercial and Government solutions and develop concepts of operations, technical designs, rough-order-of-magnitude estimates, and total-cost-of-ownership inputs.
• Support secure software and infrastructure integration, Agile/DevSecOps delivery, development and test environments, configuration baselines, and verification of enterprise solutions.
• Integrate Risk Management Framework (RMF) controls, DISA Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIGs), and vulnerability-remediation considerations into technical designs and implementation activities.
• Support architectural integration of data platforms, enterprise interfaces, analytics, and AI-ready data capabilities in coordination with software, data, and cybersecurity teams.
• Maintain technical and interface documentation; provide knowledge transfer and technical training and participate in project kick-off and quarterly Program Management Reviews.

• At least five years of experience within the past eight years providing enterprise-level IT architecture and engineering services similar in scope to ENLIST across network domains.
• Possess one cloud security certification (for example, from CompTIA or Cloud Security Alliance) or one cloud-related technology certification (for example, Microsoft, VMware, IBM, AWS, or Google).
• At least one year of experience within the past five years providing executive-level technical briefings and presentations to senior personnel.
• Possess a Secret security clearance.

• Two or more cloud-related technology certifications, such as Microsoft, VMware, IBM, AWS, or Google certifications.
• One or more Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) certifications.
• A DoDI 8570.01 Information Assurance System Architect and Engineer (IASAE) Level III certification.
• Meet the Department of Defense Manual (DoDM) 8140 Foundational Qualifications - Advanced Standard.

• Proposed ENLIST Key Personnel position supporting USMEPCOM, contingent upon award.
• Work at USMEPCOM Headquarters in North Chicago, Illinois. Attend occasional Headquarters planning/team-building activities and travel to CONUS/OCONUS locations as required.
• Work schedule must support Government technical coordination, engineering and modernization activities, testing, and required reviews.
• Provide proof of U.S. citizenship; meet IT-II/Tier 3 or Tier 3 Reinvestigation requirements; obtain a Common Access Card (CAC); and submit investigation and baseline/computing-environment certification documentation for onboarding.