USAF - Program Manager

cFocus Software Incorporated; Ellsworth (ME); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

cFocus Software seeks a Program Manager to support a United States Air Force program. This onsite role is located at Ellsworth AFB and requires a TS/SCI SSBI clearance.

The successful candidate will lead cross-disciplinary planning, IMS development, risk management, and executive reporting for a mission-critical defense program. You will coordinate with government stakeholders, manage changes, monitor performance, and ensure compliance with DoD cybersecurity and system lifecycle practices.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI SSBI clearance required.
• Minimum 10+ years of program/project management experience.
• Experience managing a complex, multi-disciplinary engineering and cybersecurity program in a mission-critical environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering program planning and execution across the full scope of work, establishing priorities, milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
• Develop, maintain, and control the integrated master schedule (IMS); identify cross-task dependencies, forecast impacts, and drive timely resolution of schedule variances.
• Identify program, technical, cybersecurity, schedule, resource, and operational risks; develop mitigation plans and track risks throughout the lifecycle.
• Plan and facilitate systems engineering technical reviews, including configuration reviews, readiness reviews, and other technical validation gates.
• Coordinate engineering change management and ensure configuration baseline integrity, disciplined change control, and validation following system modifications.
• Serve as the primary integration interface with SAF/FM, AFFSO, AFIMSC, Financial Management Authorizing Official stakeholders, system owners, program offices, and other Government representatives.
• Develop, monitor, and report performance metrics aligned with QASP objectives, including system availability, authorization status, vulnerability remediation, directive implementation, corrective-action timelines, and data integrity.
• Lead resource planning, workload balancing, personnel management, and team coordination; ensure the Government receives fully trained personnel and adequate coverage.
• Establish and enforce technical documentation governance, version control, quality control, deliverable review, and records traceability.
• Coordinate engineering activities across infrastructure, database, cybersecurity, development/test, CyberArk, and sustainment domains to prevent gaps and conflicting changes.
• Provide concise status briefings, risk-informed recommendations, staffing packages, and decision support to Government leadership and relevant governance forums.
• Oversee hardware/software procurement, renewal, and refresh activities, ensuring timely delivery and compliance with applicable statutes, the FAR, agency policy, and Government restrictions.

Skills

Active TS/SCI clearance

Program/Project Management experience

Education

B.S. Computer Science / IT / related field

Job description

cFocus Software seeks a Program Manager to join our program supporting the United States Air Force. This position is onsite with the onsite location being in Ellsworth, South Dakota. This position requires a TS/SCI SSBI clearance.

Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI SSBI clearance


• B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field


• 10+ years of Program/Project Management experience


• Demonstrated ability to manage a complex, multi-disciplinary engineering and cybersecurity program in a mission-critical environment.


• Demonstrated experience with program planning and execution, IMS management, risk management, resource planning, workload balancing, performance measurement, and executive reporting.


• Experience integrating cybersecurity, systems engineering, infrastructure, database, application sustainment, configuration management, testing, and operational support workstreams.


• Working knowledge of DoD and Air Force cybersecurity and system-lifecycle environments, including RMF, A&A, vulnerability remediation, continuous monitoring, and authorization decision support.


• Experience managing technical reviews, engineering changes, technical baselines, version-controlled documentation, and post-deployment validation.


• Ability to translate PWS and QASP requirements into actionable work plans, metrics, quality controls, deliverables, and corrective actions.


• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills suitable for interaction with senior Government leadership, authorizing officials, program offices, system owners, engineers, security personnel, and vendors.


• Ability to work primarily at Ellsworth AFB during the PWS duty-hour window and support rare work at Wright-Patterson AFB or a contractor facility, as required.


• Ability to obtain and maintain the required NACI/Entrance NACI, CAC, installation credentials, and any other investigation or access determination required for assigned duties. If the position is assigned root access, the individual must satisfy the PWS SSBI-based favorable trustworthiness requirement.


• Ability to comply with the DD Form 254 when issued and with applicable Air Force Instructions, system security instructions, memoranda, and local installation security directives.


• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster, or comparable program/project management credential.


• Experience supporting U.S. Air Force, DoD financial-management, or other high-availability mission systems.


• Familiarity with eMASS, ITIPS, CyberArk, DB2, WebSphere, Nutanix, Windows/Linux, Active Directory, IAVA, TCNO, NOTAM, COOP, FAR-compliant procurement, and QASP-based performance management.

Duties:

• Lead engineering program planning and execution across the full scope of work, establishing priorities, milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.


• Develop, maintain, and control the integrated master schedule (IMS); identify cross-task dependencies, forecast impacts, and drive timely resolution of schedule variances.


• Identify program, technical, cybersecurity, schedule, resource, and operational risks; develop mitigation plans and track risks throughout the lifecycle.


• Plan and facilitate systems engineering technical reviews, including configuration reviews, readiness reviews, and other technical validation gates.


• Coordinate engineering change management and ensure configuration baseline integrity, disciplined change control, and validation following system modifications.


• Serve as the primary integration interface with SAF/FM, AFFSO, AFIMSC, Financial Management Authorizing Official stakeholders, system owners, program offices, and other Government representatives.


• Develop, monitor, and report performance metrics aligned with QASP objectives, including system availability, authorization status, vulnerability remediation, directive implementation, corrective-action timelines, and data integrity.


• Lead resource planning, workload balancing, personnel management, and team coordination; ensure the Government receives fully trained personnel and adequate coverage.


• Establish and enforce technical documentation governance, version control, quality control, deliverable review, and records traceability.


• Coordinate engineering activities across infrastructure, database, cybersecurity, development/test, CyberArk, and sustainment domains to prevent gaps and conflicting changes.


• Provide concise status briefings, risk-informed recommendations, staffing packages, and decision support to Government leadership and relevant governance forums.


• Oversee hardware/software procurement, renewal, and refresh activities, ensuring timely delivery and compliance with applicable statutes, the FAR, agency policy, and Government restrictions.


• Coordinate vendor performance for the Ellsworth AFB commercial test/development internet service and ensure applicable uptime, bandwidth, response-time, static-IP, and DoD STIG requirements are managed.


• Support COOP, disaster recovery, emergency corrective actions, and escalation management to protect mission-essential financial management capabilities.


• Ensure personnel comply with installation, information-system, badge, investigation, clearance, cybersecurity workforce, and other security requirements applicable to their assigned duties