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Guidehouse operates and continuously enhances a complex, high-visibility Federal platform supporting multiple agencies, significant transaction volumes, and a very large user community.\nIn this role, you will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for end-to-end engineering execution, streamlining and scaling the technology stack, and ensuring reliable, secure, high-quality delivery. You will partner closely with program leadership and Federal technical stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into actionable technical plans and measurable outcomes.\nLead day-to-day execution of technology delivery across architecture, platform operations, security and engineering services\n\nContribute to the overall technical roadmap, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability for a complex, mission-critical Federal SaaS platform\n\nDrive the technology stack, addressing technical debt while enabling new product capabilities and growth\n\nEstablish and mature engineering standards, development processes, and SDLC practices aligned with Agile and DevSecOps principles\n\nLead architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions are performant, secure, and aligned to long-term program needs\n\nPartner with program leadership to align technical priorities with contractual requirements, delivery milestones, and operational goals\n\nGuide incident response, vulnerability remediation, and production stability efforts for high-availability systems\n\nManage and mentor engineering managers and senior technical leads; build, develop, and retain high-performing engineering teams\n\nLead recruitment and workforce planning efforts to scale engineering capacity in a dynamic delivery environment\n\nCollaborate with Federal technical stakeholders to manage expectations, resolve issues, and ensure transparency and responsiveness\n\nSupport integrated planning with product, operations, and business teams to ensure coordinated execution\n\nContribute to program status reporting, leadership briefings, and internal governance forums related to technology delivery\n\nPromote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and engineering excellence\n\n What You Will Need:\n·Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD \"PUBLIC TRUST\"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.\n\nBachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field\n\nMinimum of TWELVE (12) years of experience in technical leadership roles within large-scale software or platform environments\n\nDemonstrated experience leading engineering delivery for complex, mission-critical Federal systems with high availability and security requirements\n\nExperience managing and scaling large engineering teams, including employees and subcontractors, in a matrixed environment\n\nProven ability to lead managers and senior individual contributors across multiple delivery teams\n\nStrong background in Agile development methodologies and SDLC process maturity\n\nHands-on technical expertise across modern cloud-based architectures and enterprise application delivery\n\nExperience working directly with Federal clients and stakeholders in delivery, operations, and issue resolution contexts\n\nStrong operational, organizational, and prioritization skills in fast-paced environments\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences\n\nDemonstrated experience identifying, escalating, and mitigating delivery, technical, and operational risks\n\nStrong people leadership skills, including mentoring, performance management, and career development\n\nSolid understanding of Government contracting environments and delivery constraints\n\nExpertise with modern application frameworks and platforms (e.g., Java, JavaScript/React, microservices, containerized systems)\n\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps automation, and engineering tooling at scale\n\nDeep experience with AWS-based architectures and cloud-native development\n\n What Would Be Nice To Have:\nPrior experience serving as a senior technical leader on a large Federal IT contract ($100M+)\n\nExperience supporting Federal grants systems or large transactional government platforms\n\nProven success operating in a highly collaborative, multi-stakeholder program environment\n\n What We Offer:\nGuidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.\nBenefits include:\nMedical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance\n\nPersonal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays\n\nParental Leave\n\n401(k) Retirement Plan\n\nGroup Term Life and Travel Assistance\n\nVoluntary Life and AD&D Insurance\n\nHealth Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts\n\nTransit and Parking Commuter Benefits\n\nShort-Term & Long-Term Disability\n\nTuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities\n\nEmployee Referral Program\n\nCorporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach\n\nCare.com annual membership\n\nEmployee Assistance Program\n\nSupplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)\n\nPosition may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus\n\nAbout Guidehouse\nGuidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer-Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.\nGuidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.\nIf you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.\nAll communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or . Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.\nIf any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact . Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties.\nGuidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. 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