IT Manager​/Business Liaison; Hands-On; S

IT Business Technology Lead (TS/SCI) {S}

ARKA Group L.P. (“ARKA”) is an advanced technologies company serving the U.S. military, intelligence community, and commercial space industry. Built on more than six decades of excellence, ARKA brings modern approaches and a culture of innovation to today's challenges.

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As the IT leader for a major business unit within ARKA Group, L.P., you will be responsible for the effective operation of all IT systems, strategies, and deliverables at the business unit level. You will help define and deliver technology solutions and support consistent with business goals and in partnership with leadership at the business unit level. As a key member of the corporate IT team, you will ensure two-way alignment of communications and strategy between the business unit teams and central IT.

You will lead a talented team of IT professionals who support the daily implementation, migration, maintenance, and security of system applications and network infrastructure across a variety of environments, including both classified and unclassified. As a roll‑up your sleeves, hands‑on lead, you will be self‑motivated, proactive, composed, and collaborative while managing a dynamic IT landscape with technical solutions that drive mission success.

• People Leadership:
  • Lead and direct a highly skilled team of IT professionals in a complex technical landscape, including both classified and unclassified environments.
  • Manage and prioritize a substantial and diverse workload with ever‑changing priorities.
  • Motivate, mentor, and train team members with varying levels of expertise, while identifying areas of individual growth and development.
• Technical and Strategic Leadership:
  • Develop, maintain, and implement an IT roadmap in concert with Corporate IT to support daily business needs and a long‑term vision related to department and business initiatives.
  • Partner with local business stakeholders and other ARKA IT business unit leads to support technical initiatives aligned to ARKA’s overall business and corporate strategy.
  • Collaborate with Corporate IT in setting standards, procedures, and best practices, while ensuring adherence by the business unit IT teams.
  • Lead and facilitate two‑way communications between Corporate IT and the business teams, ensuring business goals are appropriately covered in IT strategy and project portfolios, and Corporate IT strategy is implemented at the business unit level.
  • Proactively identify enhancements and/or gaps to technical solutions.
  • Maintain oversight of all site IT projects, ensuring that commitments are properly planned, staffed, monitored, and reported.
  • Establish metrics for managing IT effectiveness and for measuring the impact of IT on the site.
  • Partner with Information Assurance team to ensure IT compliance and security is maintained per industry standards.
  • Communicate to the end‑user community on IT changes and/or updates as far in advance as possible to mitigate downtime.
  • Provide hands‑on escalated support and jump in to assist team as required.

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related subject or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 10 years of hands‑on system and/or network administration and/or business application development/maintenance.
• A minimum of 3 years of leadership experience, which can include project or other indirect leadership assignments.
• Proven experience in leading, motivating, coaching, and training others with a can‑do positive attitude.
• Previous experience working on classified systems.
• Strong prioritization and organization skills with the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently while maintaining a high degree of flexibility.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and present clear, concise objectives to all levels of the organization while identifying and sharing risks and opportunities.
• Proven ability to unravel complex technical solutions and provide recommendations to the business, identifying risks and opportunities.
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience with various system…