Deputy SEAS Manager - IT

MKS2 Technologies, LLC, an award-winning high growth small business, creates innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Instructional Design and Training, Software Engineering and IT Support Services to improve the security and well-being of our clients. Our commitment to excellence and our “Mission First” orientation has resulted in steady growth and an expanding client base across government agencies. We have employees nationwide and for the past three consecutive years were named one of the fastest growing Veteran-owned companies in the nation. Please take a moment to browse through our website and learn more about what it means to serve with MKS2.

We are hiring for a Deputy SEAS Manager – active TS/SCI Clearance to support our government customer based in Springfield, VA.  This position is required to be onsite.

This position will require U.S. Citizenship and an active DoD TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.

The Deputy SEAS Manager assists the SEAS Manager with leading multi-disciplinary projects and activities within the OCIO SEAS office. The Deputy SEAS Manager provides overarching support to the department's leadership, architects, and engineers by helping to facilitate day-to-day operations as well as long-term initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Leading multidisciplinary project teams, tiger teams, and working groups focused on new or improved technological solutions.
• Developing and managing project schedules, milestones, resources, and tasks to align project velocity with target delivery dates.
• Collecting, defining, refining, and tracking requirements throughout the systems development lifecycle.
• Working with engineers to draft test plans and strategies to ensure high quality products are delivered in accordance with customer expectations.
• Assisting architects and engineers with documenting and implementing foundational elements that standardize system design and delivery.
• Evaluating existing SEAS processes and providing recommendations that improve efficiency in accordance with applicable OCIO governance processes.
• Participating in engagements and promoting communication between between OCIO departments, partners, stakeholders, and end users.
• Developing and maintaining formal documentation for technical and functional technologies and processes (i.e., SOPs, charters, policies, workflows, manuals, CONOPs, RACIs, SLAs, etc.).
• Delivering and presenting briefings, statuses, schedules, and progress to SEAS and OCIO leadership.
• Performing other duties as assigned by the SEAS Manager.

Qualifications

• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Shall have 5 or more years of progressive, hands-on experience architecting, engineering, administering, and/or managing security enterprise information system projects in one or more of the following areas: endpoints, networks, servers, virtualization, storage, software, cybersecurity, or cloud.
• Demonstrated proficiency and expertise in the following areas:
• Leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex projects in accordance with the project management framework, Scrum, Agile, or similar methodology.
• Understanding of systems development lifecycle methodologies such as waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and/or DevSecOps.
• Gathering, documenting, and managing delivery of technical and functional requirements for IT solutions.
• Working with diverse stakeholders, prioritizing and assigning tasks, removing blockers, managing risk, tracking and reporting statuses, and briefing senior leadership on progress.
• Developing formal technical documentation, such as workflow diagrams, standards, procedures, user stories, policies, SLAs, test plans, roadmaps, briefings, etc.
• Excellent written, verbal, communication, presentation, and training skills with the ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences, as well as senior-level executives.
• Shall meet the Cyber IT/Cybersecurity Workforce CSWF Requirements Research & Development Specialist (661) for SECNAV M 5239.2 compliance (Navy Cool Website).

Security Clearance Requirements:

• This position will require an active DoD TS/SCI clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity, or Data Science from an accredited University; 

Certifications:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP); or
• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+); or
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH); or
• CompTIA Security+ CE

Desired Qualifications:

• Professional project management certification, such as Project+, CAPM, PMP, or similar.
• Experience planning, designing, engineering, testing, deploying, and maintaining large-scale Enterprise information systems. Understanding of IC, DoD, or Department of the Navy policies and practices governing IT.
• Exposure to architectural frameworks commonly used in Government agencies, such as DoDAF.

Skills & Technology Used:

• Demonstrated and progressive, hands-on experience architecting, engineering, administering, and/or managing security enterprise information system projects in one or more of the following areas: endpoints, networks, servers, virtualization, storage, software, cybersecurity, or cloud.
• Strong communication, presentation, written, and interpersonal skills.

Salary: $150,000-$170,000 + Benefits, PTO, and Retirement 

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: MKS2 Technologies is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.