Deputy SEAS Manager - Engineering & Architecture Services, TS/SCI (Springfield, VA)

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation’s top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.

This position will require U.S. Citizenship and an active DoD TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph. This position is onsite with our government customer in Springfield, VA.

The Deputy SEAS Manager assists the SEAS Manager with leading multi-disciplinary projects and activities within the OCIO SEAS office. The Deputy SEAS Manager provides overarching support to the department's leadership, architects, and engineers by helping to facilitate day-to-day operations as well as long-term initiatives.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Leading multidisciplinary project teams, tiger teams, and working groups focused on new or improved technological solutions.


• Developing and managing project schedules, milestones, resources, and tasks to align project velocity with target delivery dates.


• Collecting, defining, refining, and tracking requirements throughout the systems development lifecycle.


• Working with engineers to draft test plans and strategies to ensure high quality products are delivered in accordance with customer expectations.


• Assisting architects and engineers with documenting and implementing foundational elements that standardize system design and delivery.


• Evaluating existing SEAS processes and providing recommendations that improve efficiency in accordance with applicable OCIO governance processes.


• Participating in engagements and promoting communication between between OCIO departments, partners, stakeholders, and end users.


• Developing and maintaining formal documentation for technical and functional technologies and processes (i.e., SOPs, charters, policies, workflows, manuals, CONOPs, RACIs, SLAs, etc.).


• Delivering and presenting briefings, statuses, schedules, and progress to SEAS and OCIO leadership.


• Performing other duties as assigned by the SEAS Manager.

Position Requirements:

• Shall have 5 or more years of progressive, hands-on experience architecting, engineering, administering, and/or managing security enterprise information system projects in one or more of the following areas: endpoints, networks, servers, virtualization, storage, software, cybersecurity, or cloud.


• Demonstrated proficiency and expertise in the following areas:


• Leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex projects in accordance with the project management framework, Scrum, Agile, or similar methodology.


• Understanding of systems development lifecycle methodologies such as waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and/or DevSecOps.


• Gathering, documenting, and managing delivery of technical and functional requirements for IT solutions.


• Working with diverse stakeholders, prioritizing and assigning tasks, removing blockers, managing risk, tracking and reporting statuses, and briefing senior leadership on progress.


• Developing formal technical documentation, such as workflow diagrams, standards, procedures, user stories, policies, SLAs, test plans, roadmaps, briefings, etc.


• Excellent written, verbal, communication, presentation, and training skills with the ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences, as well as senior-level executives.


• Shall meet the Cyber IT/Cybersecurity Workforce CSWF Requirements Research & Development Specialist (661) for SECNAV M 5239.2 compliance (Navy Cool Website).

Desired Qualifications:

• Professional project management certification, such as Project+, CAPM, PMP, or similar.


• Experience planning, designing, engineering, testing, deploying, and maintaining large-scale Enterprise information systems. Understanding of IC, DoD, or Department of the Navy policies and practices governing IT.


• Exposure to architectural frameworks commonly used in Government agencies, such as DoDAF.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity, or Data Science from an accredited University

Certifications:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP); or


• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+); or


• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH); or


• CompTIA Security+ CE

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Why GuidePoint?

GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately-held value added reseller that focuses exclusively on Information Security. Since its inception in 2011, GuidePoint has grown to over 1000 employees, established strategic partnerships with leading security vendors, and serves as a trusted advisor to more than 4,200 customers.

Firmly-defined core values drive all aspects of the business, which have been paramount to the company’s success and establishment of an enjoyable workplace atmosphere. At GuidePoint, your colleagues are knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced and will seek to collaborate and provide mentorship and guidance at every opportunity.

This is a unique and rare opportunity to grow your career along with one of the fastest growing companies in the nation.

Some added perks….

• Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only, some travel may be required for certain positions, working on-site may be required for Federal positions)


• Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans (spouse/children/family) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans (spouse/children/family) and GPS will contribute in one lump sum: ($500 per EE annually / $1000 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options)


• Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans


• 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program


• Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance


• Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment


• Pet Benefit Option