Senior SEO Specialist

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Bixal is hiring a Senior SEO Specialist to own SEO strategy and execution across large-scale public-facing websites and applications. The role is fully remote within the United States, requires an active Secret Clearance and 10+ years of hands-on SEO experience, and lists a $100,000-$110,000 salary range.

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Role Snapshot

• Original title: Sr. SEO Specialist
• Company: Bixal
• Location: Remote within the United States
• Employment type: Full-time
• Experience: 10+ years
• Salary: $100,000-$110,000 per year

Company Overview

Bixal uses technology, communications, data, and human-centered design to help governments and leading organizations become more efficient, effective, and impactful.

About the Role

The Senior SEO Specialist will own the program's end-to-end SEO strategy and execution, improving organic visibility and search performance across public-facing websites and applications. The role combines technical SEO, content optimization, analytics, keyword strategy, stakeholder advising, and ongoing performance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end SEO program and conduct regular performance analyses against Federal, DoD, and industry best practices.
• Establish SEO baseline metrics and KPIs and report progress against targets.
• Analyze organic visibility, user behavior, conversion rates, site speed, crawl issues, and other technical SEO indicators.
• Lead keyword research around user intent and long-tail search behavior and implement internal linking, schema markup, and site-speed improvements.
• Develop link-building and content-promotion strategies to improve domain authority and organic performance.
• Advise content and editorial teams on embedding SEO best practices into content planning and development.
• Provide keyword and search-trend guidance across communications, social media, and campaign planning.
• Deliver SEO reporting, recommendations, training, and workshops to stakeholders and staff.

Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance.
• BA/BS in Marketing, Digital Communications, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of hands-on SEO experience, including technical SEO, on-page optimization, and content-driven SEO strategy for large, high-traffic websites.
• Experience with tools such as Google Search Console, Google Analytics, SEMrush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, or equivalent.
• Experience setting and tracking SEO KPIs and presenting data-driven performance reporting to non-technical stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of schema markup, structured data, site-speed optimization, and technical SEO diagnostics.
• Experience developing keyword strategy based on user intent and long-tail search research.
• Preferred experience includes government or DoD SEO, voice-search optimization, relevant SEO/analytics certifications, or mentoring junior SEO/content staff.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary: $100,000-$110,000 per year
• Most offers tend to land near the midpoint of the range.
• Flex hours
• 401(k) with matching incentive
• Parental leave
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Flex Spending Account
• Company-provided short-term disability and life insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Paid Time Off
• 11 paid holidays

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