SFJ S6 IT Manager; Japan

About the Organization

Hui Huliau is a nonprofit Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO) and community service organization whose business activities principally benefit Native Hawaiians. As an NHO we operate under U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations and own small businesses that participate in the SBA 8(a) Business Development Program for minority owned companies. Our small businesses provide a variety of contracted services to the U.

S. Military, U. S. Civilian agencies, and commercial customers at locations worldwide.

Profits from Hui Huliau's for-profit subsidiaries help sustain important education, social, economic, and cultural preservation programs that serve Native Hawaiians in the Waianae community. The Waianae Coast on the western side of the island of Oahu has the highest per capita percentage of Native Hawaiians in the world and the highest poverty and unemployment rate in the State of Hawaii.

Our mission to strengthen our communities, make a positive impact on the lives we touch, and provide a brighter future for the Native Hawaiian people through education, economic opportunities, and the preservation of the Hawaiian language and culture. Hui Huliau employees help us achieve this mission by providing outstanding service to our customers.

Cedar International LLC is currently seeking a SFJ S6 IT Manager to join their team in Japan. The qualified candidate will lead the design, implementation, and sustainment of critical command-and-control IT infrastructure supporting Space Forces-Japan operations. This role is ideal for an entrepreneurial IT leader who thrives in dynamic, high-stakes environments and can build capability from the ground up.

The selected candidate will play a central role in standing up and supporting new and existing operations centers, including the communications fit-out for the new Space Forces-Japan Headquarters. This position requires deep technical expertise, strong ownership, and the ability to deliver secure, reliable IT services across NIPR, SIPR, MPE, JWICS, and bilateral network environments.

This is not a purely managerial role. We are looking for a player-coach who can architect solutions, execute installations, troubleshoot live issues, manage assets with precision, and directly support joint exercises and senior leadership requirements.

• Infrastructure and Systems Leadership
• Lead communications and IT outfitting for headquarters relocation and facility stand-up efforts
• Execute physical teardown, transit, reinstallation, and operational restoration of IT systems and communications equipment
• Design, build, administer, and sustain secure and non-secure network environments
• Establish resilient, well-documented, and high-performing IT infrastructure for command-and-control operations
• Perform hands‑on system administration, configuration, troubleshooting, and performance optimization

• Design and deploy IT infrastructure for new and existing work centers and operations centers
• Engineer and support secure voice, video, and data services for exercises and operational events
• Manage the full lifecycle of exercise IT systems, from initial setup and hardening through live support and post‑event teardown
• Provision, maintain, and manage user accounts for permanent personnel and transient exercise participants
• Ensure continuous operational readiness during high‑tempo mission activities

• Serve as the primary point of accountability for IT asset management under BOS‑I principles
• Track hardware and software assets from acquisition through disposal
• Maintain accurate, auditable inventory records and lifecycle documentation
• Support compliance, configuration control, and documentation requirements across mission systems
• Coordinate requirements, approvals, and technical integration with

• Serve as the primary Client Systems Technician for headquarters staff
• Maintain and troubleshoot workstations, laptops, mobile devices, printers, and VTC systems
• Deliver responsive support for senior leaders and high‑visibility…