Pending Contract AWARD: CIO Services Task Lead (Applications must Already hold a Top Secret Cle

pending contract award: cio services task lead (applicants must already hold a top secret clearance or higher)

• 03-aug-2026 to 30-sep-2026 (est)
• pre-contract award
• baltimore, md, usa
• per hour
• hourly
• full time
• medical, dental, vision, paid vacation, paid holidays, 401k matching, and the list goes on!

description:

the candidate will be leading a large cross-functional team embedded in a us government partner site. This position serves asaprimary point of contact between the client and company, leading technical implementation, program oversight, and personnel management.

telework status: no telework expected

clearance level required: top secret + sci eligible

required skills/credentials:

• be a us citizen who actively holds a security clearance at the ts (top secret ) clearance level or higher
• bachelors degree in one of the following: computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, information technology, math, or physics
• minimum ten years of post-graduate professional experience
• minimum of one year of experience in the last three years leading and supervising teams
• experience in the last five years briefing a cio and ciso on agency-wide planned, recommended, and directed actions to enable unity of effort and operational effectiveness
• minimum of three years' experience in the last ten years leading and supervisingteamsin government and private sector infrastructure environments
• minimum of three years' experience in the last ten years with the building, operating , securing, defending, and extending network infrastructure
• minimum of one years' experience in the last three years leading and supervising teams running a continuous integration/continuous deployment (ci/cd) pipeline utilizing modern approaches including containerization, micro-segmentation, and infrastructure as code
• minimum of two years' experience in the last five years leading and supervising teams in planning and executing migration of legacy systems into multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments
• minimum of two years' experience in the last seven years leading and supervising personnel developing and implementing "data lakes" and other aspects of modern data strategies
• minimum of one years' experience in the last five years briefing a cio and ciso on agency-wide planned, recommended, and directed actions to enable unity of effort and operational effectiveness
• experience with application development, system administration, networking, cloud engineering, cybersecurity, or related technical field
• project management professional (pmp) certification
• certification compliant with dod 8570 iat ii (e.g., security+)
• proficiency withprojectmanagement tools such as jira, bigpicture , or microsoft project
• proficiency with microsoft office products for efficient communication, reporting, and presentation
• experience integrating artificial intelligence intodaily workflows for process improvement
• process improvement experience and certifications such as leansixsigma
• experience managing projects in both predictive and agile environments
• experience creating, managing, tracking, and reporting of budgets
• mission focused work environment
• hsa contributions
• 401k matching
• holiday and paid time off (pto)
• monthly wan parties & quarterly events
• flexible hours

remote work is not an option. We do offer relocation assistance . Please see our careers page or inquire with your recruiter about the terms and conditions.

salary and other compensation:

the hourly wage range is: $48.08 - $108.17

the salary range for this position is subject not only to the hire's skills, education, expertise, and years of experience, but also to features of the final position offered to the hire: including, but not limited to the location of the position, clearance required for the position, and the contract associated with the position. See our perks & benefits page for a general description of benefits and other potential compensation benefits:

about us:

at cipher tech solutions, inc. (cipher tech), we take great pride in supporting some of the most mission critical work in the department of defense and the intelligence community. The majority of our company is comprised of extremely talented software developers who write production tools which directly support one of two missions: digital forensics and malware reverse engineering.

digital forensics is the practice of extracting and processing evidence from computers, phones, tablets, cameras, flash-drives, and just about any other form of digital media. The results of our work are then…