Engineering Journal Jobs in Irving

Position Overview

The Office of Development is seeking a Senior Writer, Philanthropic Narratives, who can balance creativity with analytical thinking to advance our messaging strategy—ensuring our stories clearly communicate organizational priorities and celebrate the impact of philanthropic support.

Reporting to the Manager of Donor Relations, the Senior Writer serves as a strategic storytelling partner, shaping and elevating the organization’s most critical philanthropic narratives. This role leads the development of comprehensive campaign cases for support, compelling major and principal gift proposals, donor monographs, and impactful long-form stewardship communications—ensuring every piece clearly articulates vision, urgency, and measurable impact.

As a trusted writer and advisor to senior leadership and campaign stakeholders, this position leads narrative development from concept through final delivery—ensuring clarity, credibility, alignment, and inspiration across high-stakes donor materials.

Responsibilities

• Leads the development of enterprise-level philanthropic narratives that articulate urgency, impact, and vision. Serve as a trusted writing partner to senior leadership, campaign volunteers, and other key stakeholders.
• Create and steward strong thematic frameworks across campaigns, proposals, and stewardship publications. Support both campaign-driven and stewardship-focused storytelling across the donor lifecycle.
• Translate complex organizational priorities, program strategies, and financial needs into clear, persuasive donor-facing narratives. Apply editorial judgment to synthesize inputs into disciplined, donor-centric storytelling, maintaining consistency of voice, tone, and narrative direction across high-visibility materials.
• Write and manage the development of major gift proposals, campaign monographs, and long-form philanthropic communications. Guide materials through multiple review cycles, managing feedback and revisions. Conduct interviews with executives, subject-matter experts, and cross-functional partners to capture institutional perspective and nuance.
• Collaborate closely with partners across the National Office, including but not limited to development, finance, program, and marketing, to align narratives with fundraising strategy, brand standards, and audience expectations.
• Ensure all materials align with organizational brand standards and fundraising best practices. Adapt narratives as priorities evolve while preserving coherence, focus, and editorial excellence.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Knowledge of: High to expert level writing and editing skills, high level of competency in branding and messaging; ability to tailor messaging to different audiences; strong attention to detail; non-profit fundraising principles and practices; major donor development strategies; project management methodology; excellent understanding of donor relations and stewardship best practices.
• Skill in: Communicating effectively, both written and verbal; building and maintaining strong relationships with donors, colleagues, and external partners; managing projects, including needs assessment, planning, execution, monitoring, and evaluation; page layout and construction tools for print and digital publications; working effectively with internal and external stakeholders to develop and implement projects; writing and editing copy for various channels. Team management and mentoring skills a plus.
• Ability to: Manage and prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and work effectively within a team environment with a sense of urgency; ensure visuals are accurate, consistent, and adhere to brand guidelines; meet deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously; juggle different tasks and priorities effectively; take initiative and work independently with minimal supervision; stay updated on new design trends, software advancements and champion innovations in philanthropic engagement; adjust to changing demands and project requirements; provide excellent service to internal and external clients; mentor other creative specialists within the team and build good working relationships with peers and managers within the Office of Development as well as the wider Scouting America organization; communicate clearly and succinctly in order to maximize production time.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in English, journalism, communications, marketing, public relations, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional writing experience, with a strong portfolio of long-form, audience-specific, donor-facing, and/or executive-level content; experience in philanthropy, non-profit fundraising, higher education, healthcare, and/or other mission-driven organizations.
• Must pass a criminal history background check.

Any work-related experience resulting in acceptable proficiency levels in the above Minimum Qualifications is an acceptable substitute for the above-specified education and experience requirements.

Preference

Experience serving as an in-house writer within a nonprofit, foundation, or other mission-driven organization, with direct exposure to fundraising or development operations.

Primary Role

The Assistant Director - Construction & Architectural Design serves as the backup and second-in-command to the Director - Construction & Architectural Design, while directly managing commercial design-build projects.

This role supports team leadership and process optimization, ensuring efficient project execution across multiple markets, including scheduling, budgeting, stakeholder management, and driving operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in leading and building design-construction teams
• Foster teamwork and strong inter-company relationships
• Support business development and project capture
• Establish systems to optimize and scale the business
• Track and manage financial performance
• Mitigate risks related to contracts and project scope
• Oversee contract management and installations
• Develop and manage budgets, schedules, and scope changes
• Vet subcontractors and support sales managers
• Ensure compliance with codes and regulations
• Prepare and negotiate contracts and schedules
• Identify and manage project changes and issue

Other Duties Include

• Drive continuous improvement
• Evaluate and implement new technology tools

Qualifications

• Certifications/Designations: AIA, PE, RA
• Ability to obtain contractor licenses in multiple states
• Ability to obtain a security clearance

Education/Experience

• Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or Architecture required
• 10+ years in commercial construction project management or leadership, with experience across diverse project types and sizes, ideally in North America and other international locations
• Experience in permitting, estimating, budgeting, scheduling, and team management
• Proficiency in technology tools for productivity (BIM, Revit, estimating tools)

Competencies Required

• Strong background in Design services and Architecture
• Extensive experience in Construction Management and Project Management

Personal Attributes

• Positive attitude, team player, organized, independent, detail-oriented

Desired Behaviors

• Make fact-based decisions having done the hard work of obtaining actual data
• Leaders who are visible, accessible, and provide coaching to encourage lifelong training and learning
• Foster teamwork and functional diversity in order to achieve the best solutions
• Employees who take ownership, speak up immediately, respond quickly, escalate if needed, and think like an owner
• Drive continuous improvement through personal initiative and innovation
• Learn from failures in a positive/structured way… focusing on process and other improvements going forward
• Clearly define goals and objectives through KPI’s that are consistent with company-wide priorities
• Achieve results by consistently meeting our commitments
• Focus on what’s important to our customers (internal or external)
• Develop a culture of celebrating our successes… customer wins, improvements and demonstrated good behavior

Special Requirements

• Pass background checks and qualify for security clearance
• Able to travel globally as required

Now Hiring: Senior Splunk Engineer

Location: Irving, TX (75063)

Duration: 12 Months (Potential Extension)

Role: Contract

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Splunk Engineer to lead the administration and optimization of Splunk Enterprise Security in a cloud-hosted environment. If you’re passionate about SIEM operations, security monitoring, and building scalable Splunk architectures, this opportunity is for you!

Required Skills & Experience

5+ years of hands-on Splunk platform administration

Active Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin and/or Splunk ES Certified Admin certification

Experience managing Splunk in AWS / Azure / GCP environments

Strong knowledge of SIEM operations, log management, and event correlation

Advanced SPL (Search Processing Language) skills

Experience with Splunk components:

• Indexers

• Search Heads

• Heavy/Universal Forwarders

• Deployment Servers

• Cluster Management

Familiarity with compliance frameworks: PCI DSS, SOX, NIST CSF

Strong communication skills for collaborating with technical & non-technical stakeholders

Nice to Have

Experience in large-scale retail or high-transaction environments

Knowledge of Splunk SOAR (Phantom) and security automation workflows

Background in Threat Hunting, SOC Operations, or Detection Engineering

Certifications such as CISSP, GIAC (GCIA/GCIH), AWS Security Specialty, AZ-500

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)

Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end administration of Splunk Enterprise Security

Design & manage notable events, risk-based alerting, and threat intelligence integrations

Build and optimize correlation searches, dashboards, and investigations

Onboard enterprise log sources and ensure CIM compliance

Support PCI DSS, SOX, and NIST CSF audit and reporting requirements

Monitor environment health: indexing, search performance, forwarders, licensing

Maintain documentation, runbooks, and troubleshooting guides

Serve as the escalation point for complex Splunk issues

Collaborate with security architecture teams to enhance the overall security ecosystem

Senior Experience Designer

Location: Irving, TX (Onsite)

Contract Duration: 6-month contract with a strong possibility of extension or conversion to a full-time position.

Position Overview

Our client is seeking a Senior Experience Designer to join their onsite team in Irving, TX. This role requires a strategic, systems-thinking designer who can create scalable, user-centered solutions across complex digital ecosystems.

The ideal candidate has strong expertise in modern design tools, experience working in agile environments, and a proven ability to design enterprise-level or hardware-constrained digital systems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (4-year degree required)
• 5+ years of relevant experience in UX/Product/Experience Design
• Expertise in modern design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.)
• Experience designing enterprise systems or hardware-constrained digital environments
• Strong understanding of responsive and system-based design principles
• Ability to design scalable solutions across multiple devices and contexts
• Experience collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineering teams in agile environments
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) or Computer Science
• Portfolio demonstrating system-level thinking and end-to-end design ownership
• Case studies showing how solutions scaled, evolved, and shipped to production
• Experience working autonomously while influencing outcomes through collaboration
• Experience contributing to or extending design systems
• Background in retail, payments, or compliance-heavy industries is a plus

Position Summary

The Maintenance Technician II is responsible for inspecting, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining manufacturing equipment and systems used in production operations. This role requires strong mechanical skills and the ability to work independently while supporting equipment reliability on the manufacturing line.

Requirements

• Must provide basic personal tools
• Ability to work independently and manage assigned tasks
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Electrical troubleshooting experience is a plus
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years of maintenance experience in manufacturing or a related field

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair manufacturing line equipment, including molding equipment, conveyor systems, and other production machinery.
• Diagnose equipment problems using work orders, technical documentation, and discussions with operators.
• Perform preventive maintenance tasks such as inspecting, cleaning, testing, and repairing equipment.
• Inspect industrial equipment for proper installation, assembly, and potential defects.
• Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems using testing equipment and diagnostic tools.
• Repair or replace defective components including seals, gaskets, and other mechanical parts.
• Calibrate testing instruments and equipment to ensure proper performance.
• Maintain accurate maintenance logs, repair records, and calibration documentation.
• Maintain inventory of spare parts and coordinate repair or replacement as needed.
• Study blueprints, schematics, and service manuals to determine installation and repair procedures.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, and technical teams to resolve equipment issues.
• Conduct safety inspections in manufacturing and maintenance environments.
• Assist with equipment setup, testing, and troubleshooting to ensure proper functionality.