Mission SME / Senior Mission Lead

About the role

Join our Deloitte Cyber team to deliver powerful solutions that help clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape. Through powerful solutions and managed services that simplify complexity, we enable our clients to operate with resilience, grow with confidence, and proactively manage to secure success.

As a PROJECT Senior Mission Lead on the Cyber Defense & Resilience team, you will support cybersecurity mitigation and modernization efforts across mission and weapon systems with high operational impact. The team operates in a fast-paced environment requiring collaboration, executive-level communication, and disciplined execution across multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior leaders on cybersecurity vulnerabilities, mitigation priorities, operational risk, and implementation progress across weapon and mission systems
• Translate mission requirements and senior-leader intent into prioritized actions for Automation, Engineering, and other technical workstreams
• Develop mission narratives, decision packages, pre-briefs, and executive-ready materials for general officers, Senior Executive Service leaders, and other senior stakeholders
• Lead cross-organizational coordination with program offices, staff organizations, agencies, and other partners to assess dependencies, resolve issues, and integrate responses
• Establish governance, lead working groups, review staff products, and mentor junior team members to support repeatable execution and escalation of mission-critical cybersecurity issues

Skills

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience supporting military operations, acquisition organizations, program executive offices, program management offices, or comparable organizations
• Experience assessing cybersecurity vulnerabilities and leading mitigation activities across Army weapon systems, mission systems, or comparable defense environments
• Experience coordinating with senior leaders, acquisition stakeholders, program offices, and technical teams to execute mission priorities
• Experience developing briefing materials, decision packages, and mission narratives for general officers, Senior Executive Service leaders, or equivalent senior stakeholders
• Master's degree
• CISSP certification
• Current Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information eligibility
• U.S. citizenship
• Ability to work onsite in Crystal City or the Pentagon 4-5 days per week
• Ability to travel 25%, on average
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

• Preferred:
• Experience with fielded weapon systems, mission systems, systems integration, or acquisition program execution
• Experience with funding, budgeting, organizational structures, and senior leadership forums
• Experience coordinating with staff organizations, program offices, agencies, or cross-Service stakeholders
• Additional cybersecurity certifications beyond Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Prior service or experience supporting mission organizations

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current compensation range for this role in Washington DC is $131,000 to $218,300. You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance.