Cyber Security Project Manager

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

Provide project management for individual cyber security projects geared towards compliance with Government directives and enhancing internal processes to effectively address current and emerging cyber security initiatives.
• Manage a team of Cybersecurity professionals
  • Provide workload management
  • Promote team building
  • Perform yearly reviews
• Build and maintain relationships with Government customers and other partners
• Report the status of any/all projects managed to higher Directorate leadership.
  • Provide inputs to weekly and monthly status reports.
  • Provide inputs for responding to Government data calls.
  • Provide guidance and support for cyber projects.
  • Provide schedules and risk analysis for cyber projects.
• Provide input into Government customer reports

• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum fifteen (15) years of Information Technology life cycle experience; eight (8) years of experience applying DoD or equivalent cyber security standards; five (5) years of IT project team leadership or project management
• Demonstrated understanding of the DoD RMF process, specifically as it pertains to securing and accrediting boundaries within a DoD enclave
• Current PMP certification
• Ability to effectively manage projects remotely; lead and coordinate virtual and in-person meetings

Desire and ability to learn new skills, tools, and processes

• Proven experience delivering quality projects on time
• Commitment to continuous improvement of people, processes, and tools

Required Skills:

• Project Management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present briefings to high-level leadership
• Experience adapting to rapidly evolving requirements and situations
• Proficiency in eMASS
• Proficiency with MS Office suite
• Experience with MS SharePoint, MS Teams, and other tools to leverage for successful project management and communication efforts
• Experience detecting and supporting areas for process improvement

Preferred:

General knowledge of the following:

• Cloud computing
• Defense Health Care systems (AHLTA, BHIE, MHS GENESIS, etc.)
• Experience with Service Desk software (for example, Jira Service Management, ServiceNow, etc.)