Director, IT

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Full Time Regular Chandler, AZ, US

Title:

Director, IT

Department: 820900

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Location:

Chandler, AZ

Level: M4

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. is a leading global technology company providing terrestrial and wireless network solutions, next-generation 9-1-1 emergency services, satellite and space communications technologies, and cloud native capabilities to commercial and government customers around the world. Our unique culture of innovation and employee empowerment unleashes a relentless passion for customer success. With multiple facilities located in technology corridors throughout the United States and around the world, Comtech leverages our global presence, technology leadership, and decades of experience to create the world’s most innovative communications solutions.

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Comtech's Satellite & Space business is seeking a Director of Information Technology to lead IT operations and to own the cybersecurity and regulatory compliance posture of a satellite and space communications manufacturer operating under U.S. government contracts and export control.

The successful candidate will run the day-to-day IT function: infrastructure, business systems, end-user services, and the team that delivers them. The candidate will own CMMC certification and sustainment, NIST SP 800-171 implementation, DFARS cybersecurity obligations, and the IT dimension of ITAR and EAR export control and be accountable for the accuracy of what the business represents to the government about its cybersecurity posture.

The business is a low-volume, high-mix, program-driven manufacturer of complex hardware with a substantial engineering and test population. Infrastructure serves engineering labs and the production floor as well as corporate users, and the compliance boundary must hold across all three.

• Lead the governance, risk, and compliance team that executes the compliance program. Set priorities, allocate resources, define the standard for work product, and hold the team accountable for schedule and quality.
• Direct and critically review the team's work with sufficient command of the underlying frameworks to challenge a control assessment, test an assertion that a control is implemented, and recognize when documentation describes an intended state rather than an operating one. This role is accountable for the team's conclusions, not only for its activity.
• Assess team capability against program requirements and close gaps through hiring, development, or specialist support. Decide what is performed in-house versus sourced to outside assessors, consultants, or managed providers, and manage those providers to defined scope and deliverables.
• Establish and run the compliance operating rhythm: control ownership assignments, evidence collection cadence, internal control testing schedule, risk register review, and management reporting.
• Report compliance status, open gaps, and residual risk to the CFO and segment leadership without filtering. Ensure the organization's stated posture and its actual posture never diverge.

• Own the CMMC program end to end and sustaining it through the three-year cycle and annual affirmation, directing the GRC team through boundary scoping, implementation of the NIST SP 800-171 practices, assessment, and ongoing sustainment.
• Review and approve the System Security Plan and Plan of Action & Milestones and hold the team to maintain them as living documents rather than artifacts…