Lead Technical Engineer

Vibrint

21h

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Technical Engineer for a future funded position to provide technical leadership, oversee solution design, and guide engineering teams in delivering high-quality, mission-focused systems. The Lead Technical Engineer will play a critical role in shaping technical strategy, ensuring compliance with standards, and mentoring team members to achieve project success. Position requires an active TS/SCI with polygraph level clearance. US citizenship is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field (Master's preferred).
8+ years of engineering experience
Strong background in systems engineering, software engineering, system administration or related discipline.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams.
Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Foundation Certification or ability to obtain shortly upon acceptance
Experience with Agile or DevSecOps methodologies.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of CMMC, NIST, or other federal compliance frameworks.

Responsibilities

Serves as the primary technical authority on the program, ensuring consistency, quality, and execution of the overall technical effort.
Works directly with customer leads and stakeholders to ensure technical solutions align with mission objectives, requirements, and performance expectations
Support Program Management Team with ramp-up and transition activities.
Provides direction oversight and technical direction to Task Leads.
Drive technical efficiencies across all tasks by fostering collaboration, technology sharing, innovation, best practices, and lessons learned.
Serve as the local Site Reliability Lead
Serves as a member of the Risk and Opportunity Management Board
Works with the tasks leads to track program risks and opportunities, creating mitigations and driving to closure
Create and track program technical metrics.
Provide input to program status reports and present technical status at to both internal and external leadership
Develop and review technical documentation, including design artifacts, interface specifications, and test plans.
Works with task leads to define key performance indicators (KPIs) against which to monitor progress and performance.
Works with task leads to create corrective action plans
Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence and collaboration.