IT Hardware Engineer w​/Top Secret clearance

Overview

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, provenexpertisein federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, homeland, healthcare, and intelligence sectors—helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change.

Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

LMI is seeking a skilled IT Hardware Engineer to support the procurement, configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management of desktop, laptop, server, and peripheral hardware across a network of technical communications facilities. This individual will work closely with the Systems Engineer/Endpoint Lead and site teams to ensure hardware readiness, compliance, and reliability across program locations, including classified and SAP environments.

Primary duties include:

• Procure, configure, image, and deploy desktops, laptops, servers, and peripheral hardware in accordance with established standards.

• Perform hardware installation, upgrades, break/fix repair, and preventive maintenance across facility locations.

• Maintainaccuratehardware inventory, asset tags, and lifecycle/refresh documentation.

• Support rack and stack, cabling, and physical installation of hardware in data center, SCIF, and SAP facility environments.

• Diagnose and resolve hardware-related incidents, escalating complex systems issues to the Systems Engineer/Endpoint Lead as needed.

• Coordinate with facility security officers (FSOs) to ensure hardware handling, transport, and disposal comply with classified and SAP environment requirements.

• Support hardware configuration and integration for cross-domain solutions (CDS), ensuring equipment meets physical and logical security requirements for approved cross-domain transfer capability
  
  SupportVTC endpoint hardware setup and peripheral integration for classified and unclassified conference rooms across all sites, including multi-tier AV configurations.

• Assist with hardware compliance documentation to support RMF/NIST SP 800-37/800-53 authorization activities.

• Support deployment and integration of IT service management (ITSM) toolsets, including ticketing and asset management platforms, as part of the enterprise NOC/SOC operations model.
  Location: This position is based in the Washington, DC metro area, with travel to program locations.

Travel: This position requires approximately 25-50% travel to support activities across multiple program locations

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

• 3+ years of IT hardware engineering, deployment, or field support experience.

• Experience supporting classified or federal systems environments.

• Experience supporting Special Access Program (SAP) facilities, systems,or environments.

• Hands-on experience with desktop/laptop imaging, hardware break/fix, and asset lifecycle management.

• Ability to lift/move IT equipment and perform physical installation tasks as needed.

• Familiarity with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and NIST SP 800-37/800-53 security authorization processes as they apply to classified hardware environments.

• Familiarity with ICD 705 physical security standards as they apply to SCIF and SAP facility hardware requirements, including greenfield buildoutenvironments.
  Niceto Have:

• Relevant certifications (e.g., CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+,…