IBM Maximo Practice Lead & Senior Solution Architect (Fairfax)

About Niyam IT (Niyam)

Niyam IT is a federal IT solutions company serving civilian and national security clients across the U.S. government. We are a close-knit team of experts who take ownership of our work, partner deeply with our customers, and go the extra mile to deliver outcomes that matter. We're growing our IBM Maximo practice and looking for a leader who wants to help us build something, not just fill a seat.

Niyam IT is a federal IT solutions company serving civilian and national security clients across the U.S. government. We are a close-knit team of experts who take ownership of our work, partner deeply with our customers, and go the extra mile to deliver outcomes that matter. We're growing our IBM Maximo practice and looking for a leader who wants to help us build something, not just fill a seat.

What We Offer

• Flexible Work Hours: Life doesn't always fit into a 9-to-5 schedule. We offer flexibility to help you manage your work-life balance effectively.


• Remote Work: Niyam understands the value of flexibility. We offer remote work.


• Career Growth: Niyam is not just a job; it's a career journey. We provide a supportive environment for your professional development and offer fully paid opportunities for training and advancement within the company.


• Great People: Our people are the blueprint of who Niyam is to the industry and community.


• Great Environment: Niyam fosters a great environment where innovation, collaboration, and personal growth thrive.


• Diversity & Inclusion: We believe in the strength of diverse perspectives. Your unique ideas are welcomed and celebrated every day at Niyam.

Join us in creating a workplace where innovation, diversity, and well-being thrive. Your journey at Niyam awaits.

About This Role

This is not just a billable position. Niyam is investing in building a formal Maximo practice, and this person will be at the center of that effort.

Your initial engagement will be with FEMA supporting the Logistics and Property Management System (LPMS), where you will serve as the Senior Solution Architect and primary technical authority. From that delivery foundation, you will grow into broader practice leadership, shaping how Niyam wins, staffs, and delivers Maximo work across the federal civilian market, including DHS and adjacent agencies.

This role is eligible for Niyam's Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP), which rewards contributions to business development capture and program management outcomes.

What You'll Do

Delivery (Primary)

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of IBM Maximo Asset Management (7.6.x) and Maximo Application Suite (MAS) solutions at FEMA and future client engagements.


• Serve as the technical authority across EAM, system architecture, data architecture, cloud infrastructure, integrations, and application modernization.


• Collaborate with client stakeholders, project managers, infrastructure teams, and development resources to design scalable, secure, high-performing Maximo solutions.


• Design and maintain enterprise data models supporting asset management, maintenance, inventory, procurement, and operational workflows.


• Establish data governance standards, master data management practices, and data quality frameworks across Maximo and integrated enterprise systems.


• Lead complex data migration, conversion, cleansing, and validation efforts for implementations and upgrades.


• Architect highly available, scalable, and secure Maximo environments supporting enterprise workloads.


• Lead integration strategy and implementation between Maximo, financial systems, and other enterprise platforms.


• Ensure compliance with federal cybersecurity policies, FedRAMP requirements, FISMA, and NIST standards.


• Mentor and guide administrators, developers, configurators, analysts, and support personnel.


• Lead architecture reviews, technical design workshops, and solution governance activities.

Practice Building (Growth Path)

• Support Maximo-related capture efforts by contributing to technical volumes, solution approaches, and proposals in response to federal RFPs and task orders.


• Help recruit, interview, and onboard Maximo talent to build out the practice team.


• Develop and refine Niyam's Maximo service offerings, methodologies, delivery frameworks, and reusable proposal collateral.


• Represent Niyam's Maximo capabilities to current and prospective clients and teaming partners.


• Contribute to technical roadmaps that position Niyam for growth across DHS and the broader civilian agency market.

Qualifications And Education Requirements

• US Citizenship with ability to obtain a Public Trust.


• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.


• Minimum 10 years of experience with IBM Maximo Asset Management and/or Maximo Application Suite implementations.


• Minimum 5 years in enterprise solution architecture, data architecture, or systems engineering roles.


• Demonstrated expertise in Maximo architecture, configuration, integrations, security, performance optimization, and system administration.


• Strong knowledge of EAM, CMMS, maintenance, inventory, procurement, and asset lifecycle management processes.


• Experience leading large-scale system implementations, upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives.


• Advanced knowledge of SQL, relational databases, data modeling, and enterprise data management.


• Exceptional analytical, leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.


• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Skills

• IBM Certified Deployment Professional — Maximo Application Suite.


• IBM Certified Administrator — Maximo Manage.


• Expertise in Red Hat OpenShift and cloud-native architectures.


• Experience with IBM WebSphere, Linux, and enterprise middleware platforms.


• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks.


• Prior federal civilian or DHS delivery experience.


• Experience contributing to competitive proposals or capture efforts.


• Experience with Atlassian Jira, Confluence, or similar tools.

What We Offer

• 100% company-paid health, dental, vision, life, and AD&DD insurance.


• Free short-term and long-term disability coverage.


• Flexible work hours and remote/hybrid options.


• Generous paid time off.


• Retirement plan.


• Fully paid training and conference opportunities to support your professional growth.


• Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) with capture and program management bonuses.


• A real opportunity to shape a growing practice, not just fill a role.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

Niyam IT, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity ('EEO') Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, age, citizenship status, veteran or military status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, disability, unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws.