Cybersecurity Projects Lead; Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

The organization seeks an experienced IT Project Manager (P4) to lead complex IT and cybersecurity initiatives supporting accredited information systems and cybersecurity teams across multiple locations. The position oversees end-to-end project execution, ensures alignment with enterprise architecture and service management standards, and supports compliance with U.S. Government and customer requirements, including RMF, SOIG, 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM), DAAG, and relevant NIST doctrine such as 800-53, 800-37, and 800-171.

The IT Project Manager coordinates cross-functional teams, manages project plans and resources, and directly supports outcomes that influence the organization’s compliance posture. The position also leads virtual and onsite peer assessments of accredited systems, ensures inspection-readiness and continuous improvement, and provides training and mentorship to both junior and experienced cybersecurity professionals.

• Align project outcomes with enterprise IT strategy and target architectures, ensuring solutions integrate with existing platforms and service management practices.
• Guide solution design to meet performance, reliability, maintainability, and security requirements across multiple sites.
• Identify, analyze, and manage IT and cybersecurity risks throughout the project lifecycle, including those affecting accreditation status and operational readiness.
• Lead mitigation planning, risk acceptance workflows as needed, and elevate to governance bodies when thresholds are exceeded.
• Lead integrated delivery across infrastructure, applications, identity, endpoints, logging and monitoring, vulnerability management, and compliance tools.
• Coordinate technical implementation and sustainment improvements, focusing on baseline security requirements and lifecycle management.
• Elicit, document, validate, and manage requirements across stakeholders, ensuring traceability to mission needs, cybersecurity controls, and IT policies.
• Translate requirements into actionable work packages, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, and resource forecasts under appropriate guidance and governance.
• Manage dependencies, change control, and delivery quality across distributed teams and facilities.

• Coordinate service delivery outcomes, define expectations including SLAs and OLAs where applicable, and manage stakeholder communications.
• Track performance metrics, report status, and initiate corrective actions when service or project commitments deviate.
• Apply relevant policies and regulatory requirements to planning and execution, ensuring projects remain compliant with RMF, SOIG, 32 CFR Part 117, DAAG, and related NIST doctrine.

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• DoW Secret security clearance (ability to maintain clearance required).
• Demonstrated ability to manage IT projects supporting cybersecurity and accredited systems in regulated environments (e.g., defense/IC, federal, or equivalent high-compliance industries).
• Direct project and issue tracking by leveraging advanced proficiency in Jira, Confluence, Power BI, and related tools to plan, monitor, and manage workflows.
• Support architecture efforts; aligns project deliverables with organizational IT goals; applies service-management standards.
• Manage project-level IT/system delivery with awareness of security, performance, and lifecycle management; ensure baseline…