CISA - Program Manager

cFocus Software Incorporated; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

cFocus Software seeks a Program Manager to join our program supporting the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This onsite role in Arlington, VA requires a TS/SCI clearance and a track record of delivering complex federal projects.

You will own contract execution, establish staffing and control mechanisms, coordinate cross-disciplinary teams, and provide regular status reporting while ensuring compliance with security and federal requirements.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Experience planning and leading large-scale federal programs.
• Knowledge of security and data management frameworks.
• Experience with schedule, cost, and deliverable oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own overall contract execution, including cost, schedule, technical performance, quality, and functional activities.
• Establish project organization, staffing, and resource plans.
• Maintain an integrated project plan traceable to the SOW.
• Plan post-award kickoff meetings and program reviews.
• Prepare weekly/monthly status reports and briefings.
• Manage the Deliverables List and firm dates.
• Supervise personnel across multiple labor categories.
• Coordinate technical teams for modeling, geospatial, and data lifecycle activities.
• Ensure compliance with Federal security requirements.
• Maintain readiness for surge support.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Project management experience

PMP certification

Federal government contracting

DHS/CISA/IC experience

Security frameworks (NIST SP 800-53/SP

Integrated master schedules / WBS

Education

Master’s degree in Homeland Security or Business

Bachelor’s degree + 5 years relevant experience

Tools

ArcGIS

Job description

cFocus Software seeks a Program Manager to join our program supporting the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This position is onsite in Arlington, VA. This position requires a TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications:

• Active final Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance.
• Master’s degree in a related discipline, such as Homeland Security or Business; or a bachelor’s degree plus five years of relevant experience through an equivalent combination of education and technical training.
• At least five years of demonstrated experience planning and leading projects similar in size and scope to this requirement.
• Demonstrated experience managing Firm-Fixed-Price contracts for a Federal Government organization.
• Demonstrated experience supervising employees across labor categories and skill sets comparable to this requirement.
• Program Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
• Experience supporting DHS, CISA, the Intelligence Community, or other national-security customers in a classified environment.
• Working knowledge of telecommunications infrastructure, Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), Internet and wireless networks, cybersecurity, and critical-infrastructure resilience.
• Familiarity with ESRI ArcGIS, geospatial analytics, software/data delivery lifecycles, Section 508, and Federal security frameworks such as NIST SP 800-53 and SP 800-37.
• Experience with integrated master schedules, work breakdown structures, burn-rate analysis, CDRLs, executive reviews, and corrective-action management.

Duties:

• Own overall contract execution, including cost, schedule, technical performance, quality, and functional activities.
• Establish the project organization, management approach, staffing plan, physical and technical resource plan, and cost/schedule control mechanisms.
• Maintain an integrated, networked project plan in CISA-directed enterprise tools, traceable to the work breakdown structure and SOW.
• Verify the attainability of objectives, evaluate progress against program goals, manage dependencies, and integrate related schedule activities.
• Serve as the single point of contact for the Contracting Officer and COR and coordinate with Government task leads and stakeholders.
• Plan and lead the post-award kickoff meeting and Quarterly Program Management Reviews; ensure decisions, actions, risks, and delivery dates are documented and tracked.
• Prepare and present weekly status reports, weekly team planning/status meetings, monthly status reports, quarterly reviews, event-driven reports, and other directed plans.
• Produce monthly burn-rate reporting that accurately shows funding ceilings, planned and actual expenditures, percentage spent, and totals.
• Manage the Contract Deliverable Requirements List and establish firm dates for incremental deliverables.
• Supervise personnel across multiple labor categories and technical disciplines; maintain required staffing levels through careful scheduling and active performance management.
• Coordinate technical teams supporting telecommunications modeling and analysis, ArcGIS-based geospatial capabilities, IMT/IAT tools, data lifecycle activities, documentation, training, and transition requirements.
• Implement quality-control processes so deliverables are accurate, complete, concise, professional, compliant, and ready for Government acceptance.
• Manage risks, issues, corrective actions, and Government feedback, including timely revision and resubmission of rejected deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Federal, DHS, CISA, security, records, accessibility, software-development, and data-management requirements.
• Maintain readiness for mission-driven surge support, including work outside normal business hours when required.