Project Manager

About the role

DSA is seeking a Project Manager to serve as the single point of accountability for cost, schedule, performance, staffing, risk, option task coordination, transition discipline, and Government engagement on a mission-critical biometric sustainment and modernization contract. This role will lead a multi-disciplinary team supporting critical DoD operations, secure cloud hosting, cybersecurity compliance, mission application sustainment, and controlled modernization.

Status: Pending award; this position is contingent upon contract award, customer approval, funding availability, and completion of applicable DSA recruiting, security, and onboarding requirements. Job ID: #DSA209

Responsibilities

• Lead overall contract execution across operations, engineering, cloud, cybersecurity, logistics, sustainment, modernization, and option task activities.
• Serve as the primary Government interface for performance reviews, issue escalation, staffing status, risk decisions, and mission priorities.
• Maintain integrated cost, schedule, staffing, risk, quality, and performance management processes.
• Drive transition planning, knowledge capture, and readiness gates.
• Oversee subcontractor integration, deliverable quality, corrective actions, and performance reporting.
• Ensure operational continuity, cybersecurity posture, modernization delivery, and customer communications remain synchronized.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, information technology, engineering, management, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience managing complex DoD, Army, IC, or federal technology programs.
• At least 3 years of experience relating to biometric comparisons, biometric management, or biometric matching algorithms.
• Experience leading multi-functional teams supporting enterprise systems, cloud operations, cybersecurity, software sustainment, or mission applications.
• Demonstrated experience with Government contract execution, performance reporting, staffing management, risk management, and customer engagement.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience briefing Government stakeholders.
• Experience with identity intelligence systems and 24/7/365 mission operations environments.
• DoD 8570/8140-aligned certification.
• Active Secret-level clearance.
• Experience with Microsoft Copilot and/or an approved equivalent AI solution.

Qualifications

• PMP certification strongly preferred.
• Experience with AWS cloud operations and data transfers across multiple domains.

Pay

Salary range: $150,000 – $180,000 USD (good-faith estimate; actual compensation based on qualifications, experience, skills, and other job-related factors).

Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. Applicants who accept a conditional offer may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.