Lead Engineer

General information

Requisition # R59729 Locations USA-VA-Chantilly Posting Date 04/11/2025 Security Clearance Required TS/SCI w/ Poly Remote Type Onsite Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

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ManTech seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Lead Engineer to join our team in Chantilly, VA. 

The Lead Engineer will be responsible for providing IT Architecture, Engineering, Technical, and Systems Administration support.

The Lead Engineer provides all the necessary technical expertise and guidance to architect and design solutions for the customer. Ensuring effective execution of all architecture tasks with the customer assigned projects. Responsible for providing thought leadership for our clients while providing technical oversight for solution deployment engagements. Also, will play a critical role in understanding the clients’ strategic and programmatic needs, proposing effective solutions, and consistently providing high-level customer service. In this role, you will be part of the program leadership and will regularly interface with client leadership and ManTech senior leadership.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead technical engagements to assess client business and technical objectives, determine deliverables, evaluate risk and execute projects effectively. 

• Conduct design workshops with multiple stakeholders

• Design and implement medium to large-scale IT solutions, including data analytics platforms, cloud infrastructure, and IT service management standards, tools and methodologies

• Design, implement, maintain procedures relating to service catalog and/or service level management activities.

• Align standards and frameworks with overall business and technology strategy as well as identify and communicate current and emerging technology concepts

• Work to develop strategic plans for architecture, engineering and integration as well as assist in rectifying issues and improving service in faltering/failing projects

• Identify implementation risks and analyze potential impact on the enterprise and on the achievement of scheduled objectives

• May require occasional travel to locations within the WMA and worldwide. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, systems engineering, or related field with 10+ years of relevant experience in the Information Technology field.

• 10+ years of experience implementing medium to large-scale IT solutions including platforms to conduct data analytics, data replication, heavily customized application suites, cloud infrastructure, thin/fat client desktop solutions

• Experience leading and managing system updates, upgrades, change management, problem tracking and reporting

• An active Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification

• The ability to obtain and maintain additional required DoD 8570.01-M Certifications as necessary.

Preferred Qualifications:

• ITIL® v3 Foundation, or higher, certification

• Experience with ServiceNow

Clearance Requirements:

• An active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%

• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

• Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.  Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations

ManTech International Corporation considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.
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