IT Project Lead, SME

Key Responsibilities

Program & Technical Leadership

• Provide overall leadership and direction for all ISaaS teams, including ISSOs, ISSEs, ISSRs, and supporting staff.
• Lead the technical execution of enterprise-scale ISSO/ISSE services across systems at varying authorization maturity levels.
• Serve as the official technical interface with DOJ, OCIO, ISRMU, Authorizing Officials, and other Government stakeholders.

Program Management & Oversight

• Manage one or more programs or projects, including oversight of subordinate project and program managers.
• Ensure adherence to schedule, cost, scope, and performance objectives in accordance with call order requirements.
• Monitor call order performance, subcontractor execution, and funding levels; develop forecasts of program financial performance.
• Lead preparation and delivery of all required call order, programmatic, and financial reports.

Risk Management & Security Operations

• Assess cybersecurity risks, identify threats, and evaluate system and network security programs to inform ISaaS strategy.
• Apply the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) to manage authorization activities, continuous monitoring, and incident response.
• Ensure timely ATOs, proactive remediation of findings, and sustained audit readiness across the system portfolio.

Quality Assurance & Process Improvement

• Develop, implement, and maintain Quality Assurance (QA) programs for all ISaaS products and services.
• Establish and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) in collaboration with Government personnel to improve consistency, efficiency, and compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement through metrics, performance monitoring, and lessons learned.

Staffing & Workforce Management

• Lead recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, and supervision of ISaaS personnel.
• Assign staff to systems and portfolios based on risk, complexity, and workload.
• Provide technical direction, mentorship, and performance feedback to professional and technical staff.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with DOJ, OCIO, ISRMU, and other Government organizations.
• Coordinate cybersecurity operations and best practices across multiple organizational components and mission areas.
• Support cybersecurity assessments and ensure deployment of best practices resulting from those assessments.

Qualifications & Experience

Required

• Senior-level experience leading enterprise-scale cybersecurity, RMF, ISSO/ISSE, or information assurance programs.
• Demonstrated expertise with NIST RMF, FISMA, and federal authorization processes.
• Proven experience managing large, multi-team programs with budget, staffing, and performance accountability.
• Experience serving as a primary technical liaison with senior Government stakeholders.

Preferred / Highly Desired

• Prior experience supporting DOJ, or IC customers.
• Experience operating under performance-based or firm-fixed-price contracts.
• Familiarity with portfolio-based ISSO/ISSE delivery models and scalable authorization approaches.
• Experience introducing automation or tooling to improve RMF efficiency and consistency (without compromising compliance).