IT Strategy and Portfolio Lead (TS/SCI, Contingent)

Zaden Tech; Maryland; On-site; USD 130,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage with HSA and FSA

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Flexible holidays

Commuter benefit

Job summary

Zaden Technologies in the Baltimore-Washington area seeks a senior advisor to a Government CIO for a DoD cyber mission customer. You will drive enterprise IT and cybersecurity initiatives from strategy through execution, including portfolio governance, enterprise architecture, cloud and data strategy, and the planning/briefing cadence used by a CIO and CISO.

Responsibilities include aligning IT initiatives with mission needs, leading architecture and data strategy efforts, and briefing senior

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship required.
• PMP certification required.
• Leading and supervising DoDI 8140 workforce elements in the last 3 years.
• Experience briefing a CIO and CISO on agency actions within the last 5 years.
• At least 2 years leading teams executing orders from USCYBERCOM or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Advise the DoD cyber mission customer on enterprise IT and security strategy.
• Drive portfolio governance, enterprise architecture, cloud and data strategy.
• Lead teams receiving, planning, executing, and reporting on orders from authorities.
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines, hybrid/multi-cloud migrations, and data platforms.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

PMP certification

Leadership

CIO/CISO briefing

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization

Infrastructure as Code

Multi-cloud / Hybrid-cloud

Data lake / data strategy

Networking & security

Tools

LAN/WAN infrastructure

VTC systems

Unified communications

Cloud platforms

Firewalls / Routing / Switching

Job description

This position is contingent upon contract award. Start date follows award and a 30-day transition.

Be the senior strategic and operational advisor to a Government CIO for a DoD cyber mission customer in the Baltimore-Washington area. You'll drive enterprise IT and cybersecurity initiatives from strategy through execution: portfolio governance, enterprise architecture, cloud and data strategy, and the planning and briefing cadence a CIO and CISO run on.

What you'll do:

• Develop, maintain and align enterprise IT strategic initiatives, portfolio and acquisition strategies and roadmaps, synchronized with the customer's mission and cyber frameworks.
• Lead enterprise IT architecture, cloud computing strategy and enterprise data strategy, and run portfolio governance with clear structures, processes and reporting.
• Optimize IT resource allocation and program dependencies with data-driven analysis, including cost-benefit analyses for build-versus-buy decisions.
• Brief the CIO and CISO on agency-wide planned, recommended and directed actions.
• Lead teams that receive, plan, execute and report on orders issued by USCYBERCOM or a subordinate command, or another commander with authority over the customer's systems.
• Lead teams running CI/CD pipelines, hybrid and multi-cloud migrations, and modern data platforms.

Must have:

• An active TS/SCI clearance at the time of application (U.S. citizenship required).
• PMP certification.
• Within the last three years, at least one year leading and supervising teams working across the DoDI 8140 workforce elements: IT (cyberspace), cybersecurity, software engineering, and data/AI.
• Within the last five years, experience briefing a CIO and CISO on agency-wide planned, recommended and directed actions.
• Within the last seven years, at least two years overseeing personnel executing orders from USCYBERCOM or a subordinate command, the National Manager for National Security Systems, or another commander with authority over the supported systems.

Also required (the Government verifies these at contract start):

• Within the last ten years, at least three years leading and supervising teams in Government and private networking and infrastructure environments, classified and unclassified.
• Within the last ten years, at least three years building, operating, securing, defending and extending LAN/WAN systems: wireless, firewalls, routing and switching, IPv6, VPN, cloud, virtualized servers and storage.
• Within the last seven years, at least five years with unified communications, including design, installation, maintenance and administration of VTC systems across unclassified, Secret and TS/SCI environments.
• Within the last three years, at least one year leading teams running a CI/CD pipeline with containerization, micro-segmentation and Infrastructure as Code.
• Within the last five years, at least two years leading teams migrating legacy systems into multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Within the last seven years, at least two years leading personnel developing and implementing data lakes and modern data strategies.

Pay and benefits:

Pay range: $130,000 to $155,000 per year. Benefits include medical coverage with HSA and FSA options, a 401(k) plan, paid vacation, sick leave and flexible holidays, and a commuter benefit.

Clearance:

An active TS/SCI clearance (eligibility for access to SCI) is required at the time of application and must be maintained. U.S. citizenship is required for the clearance.

Equal opportunity:

Zaden Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status (disability/vet), or any other characteristic protected by law.