Program Manager - Hybrid IT & Security Modernization Leader

Definitive Innovative Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Definitive Innovative Solutions (DIS) is seeking a Program Manager to lead enterprise IT operations and modernization across cloud, development, cybersecurity, data, IAM, and accessibility. You will serve as the primary contractor POC for DIS and clients, ensuring alignment with priorities and delivering secure, cost-effective solutions.

This hands-on leadership role combines program management expertise with technical judgment to guide multidisciplinary teams, sustain reliable operations,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field, plus at least 10 years of IT experience.
• PMP certification or a comparable program/project management credential.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams responsible for enterprise cloud operations, application development, and modernization.
• Experience managing federal IT programs, including government stakeholder engagement, contract deliverables, staffing, financial management, and performance reporting.
• Experience with SecDevOps and Agile delivery, including sprint coordination, release planning, configuration management, and operational support.
• Working knowledge of cloud architecture, containerized applications, APIs, identity and access management, and data services sufficient to guide technical discussions and manage delivery risks.
• Working knowledge of federal cybersecurity and privacy requirements, including FISMA, the NIST RMF, FedRAMP, and assessment and authorization processes.
• Understanding of Section 508 accessibility and its integration into the system development lifecycle.
• Experience developing integrated schedules, budgets, forecasts, resource plans, risk registers, and management dashboards using project and financial management tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive briefings, technical reporting, and cross‑functional issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contractor interface with the COR and designated government stakeholders, ensuring clear communication, responsive issue resolution, and customer satisfaction.
• Lead architects, engineers, developers, cybersecurity specialists, accessibility professionals, and support personnel in an integrated SecDevOps environment.
• Contribute technical expertise within your area of specialization and coordinate specialists to resolve architecture, operational, security, and delivery issues.
• Develop and maintain the Program Management Plan and integrated master schedule, including tasks, milestones, deliverables, staffing, dependencies, risks, and government review periods.
• Manage contract execution within authorized scope, funding, and staffing levels. Coordinate proposed changes with the COR and Contracting Officer through established processes.
• Direct workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, performance management, coverage, and succession planning to maintain qualified staff and uninterrupted services.
• Manage program budgets, labor utilization, estimates, forecasts, invoices, and cost reconciliation. Track actual and projected expenditures by project, contract line item, accounting number, and task.
• Maintain management dashboards covering delivery progress, resource utilization, financial performance, cloud consumption, and cost‑optimization opportunities.
• Conduct biweekly status meetings and submit monthly status reports by the fifth business day. Ensure timely agendas, meeting minutes, decisions, and action tracking.
• Maintain the program risk and issue register, assign mitigation owners, elevate unresolved concerns, and coordinate government review of risk‑acceptance requests.
• Coordinate development sprints, infrastructure maintenance, application releases, and approved migrations while managing dependencies and protecting ongoing operations.
• Ensure changes follow approved architecture, configuration‑management, change‑control, and release‑management processes.
• Integrate cybersecurity, privacy, human‑centered design, Section 508 accessibility, and quality reviews into planning, development, testing, and operations.
• Coordinate security assessments, authorization support, vulnerability remediation, POA&M tracking, incident‑response activities, and required reporting with responsible technical leads.
• Implement the Quality Control Plan, monitor agreed service levels, and drive corrective actions. Ensure verification and validation activities maintain the required independence from development.
• Ensure deliverables are complete, accurate, reviewed, and submitted for government acceptance. Maintain operational documentation, technical artifacts, and performance evidence in approved repositories.
• Identify opportunities for automation, shared services, process improvement, and emerging technology evaluation. Present recommendations and oversee implementation following government approval.
• Manage transition‑in, knowledge transfer, and transition‑out activities, including transfer of documentation, assets, responsibilities, and operational knowledge.
• Coordinate with our clients service providers, vendors, other contractors, and program stakeholders to resolve dependencies and support enterprise service delivery.
• Manage subcontractor performance, deliverables, staffing, and contractual obligations to ensure integrated program execution.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Program management

Multidisciplinary leadership

SecDevOps

Agile delivery

Cloud operations

Federal IT programs

Communication skills

Executive briefings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field

PMP certification

Job description

Definitive Innovative Solutions (DIS) is seeking a Program Manager to lead enterprise IT operations and modernization across cloud, development, cybersecurity, data, IAM, and accessibility. You will serve as the primary contractor POC for DIS and clients, ensuring alignment with priorities and delivering secure, cost-effective solutions.

This hands-on leadership role combines program management expertise with technical judgment to guide multidisciplinary teams, sustain reliable operations,