Deputy Systems Engineering and Architecture Services (SEAS) Manager - Active TS/SCI Clearance

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.

Required 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.

Required Education and Certifications:

• 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:

• 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.

Riptide Technology, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer ensuring no employee or prospective employee will be discriminated against based on race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or marital status with regards to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion or rehiring.