Engineering Manager

Description & Requirements

Maximus is a trusted federal partner supporting mission-critical programs across national security, defense, and public service delivery. Our work focuses on sustaining, operating, and improving essential government systems and services, with proven operational excellence, and a commitment to mission success for our customers.

Joining Maximus means becoming part of a collaborative, mission-driven organization where teamwork, accountability, and professional growth are core to how we operate. We invest in our workforce through training, education, and career development, empowering professionals to deliver high-impact solutions while contributing to outcomes that matter at a national scale.

This position is contingent upon contract award and position availability. Selected candidates will receive a contingent offer of employment, which will become final only upon successful contract award to Maximus, availability of the position, and receipt of authorization to proceed.

This role is hybrid and may be based out of either the Springfield, VA or Stennis, MS location, with an anticipated requirement to work on-site approximately 50% of the time and occasional travel to other site locations, based on customer needs.

An active Secret clearance is required.

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS167, T5, Band 8

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading all Operations and Engineering Support Services across TSA's enterprise IT and OT environments, ensuring secure, resilient, and uninterrupted operations across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid platforms.

- This role provides senior operational leadership for 24x7x365 mission-critical environments, managing large, geographically dispersed teams and ensuring continuous service delivery regardless of incidents, workload fluctuations, or staffing changes.

- The Engineering Manager oversees enterprise operations including network services, data centers, cloud services, end-user computing, system monitoring, capacity planning, and technology lifecycle management.

- The position directs incident response, service restoration, change, configuration, release, patch, and disaster recovery activities, ensuring timely execution and compliance with TSA and DHS operational, security, and lifecycle requirements.

- The Engineering Manager provides technical oversight of AWS and Azure cloud environments, enterprise networks, and integrated IT and OT systems, ensuring performance optimization, secure identity and access management, and effective cost and consumption controls.

- The Engineering Manager also provides technical oversight of enterprise networks, data centers, cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, monitoring and alerting platforms, configuration baselines, vulnerability remediation, and system integrations, actively guiding technical decisions, resolving high-risk operational issues, and ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with TSA operational requirements.

- This role is accountable for meeting all Service Level Agreements from Day One of contract performance, including performance monitoring, operational reporting, root cause analysis, and remediation of service issues.
- The Engineering Manager works closely with TSA stakeholders, other contractors, vendors, and external partners to ensure integrated service
delivery, eliminate operational silos, and support mission outcomes.

- The position ensures workforce planning, succession, and knowledge transfer, maintains complete and accurate operational documentation, and supports audit readiness and continuity throughout the contract lifecycle.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

- Demonstrated experience managing complex IT task orders or projects, including responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, staffing, and technical delivery.

- Proven ability to work directly with government stakeholders, apply industry-standard project management methodologies and tools, and deliver solutions for projects of similar scope and mission complexity.

- BA/BS required.
- 10+ years of required work-related experience.

- Hybrid with travel to various locations such as Springfield VA and Stennis MS.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

- ITSM Experience and/or Certifications.

- ITIL.

- PMI / PMP.

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Minimum Requirements

TCS167, T5, Band 8

EEO Statement

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.

Accommodations
Maximus provides reasonable accommodations to individuals requiring assistance during any phase of the employment process due to a disability, medical condition, or physical or mental impairment. If you require assistance at any stage of the employment process-including accessing job postings, completing assessments, or participating in interviews,-please contact People Operations at .

Minimum Salary

$ 130,000.00

Maximum Salary

$ 180,000.00