Senior Cybersecurity Project Manager

About the role

Credence supports our clients' mission-critical needs with cutting-edge solutions like AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities. We're a privately held company recognized as one of the best places to work and consistently ranked on Inc. 5000 lists. We practice servant leadership, believing that together, we can achieve greater success.

Responsibilities

• Support ACC/A26 cybersecurity, ISR Enterprise IT modernization, and technology integration efforts
• Ensure cybersecurity, RMF, assessment and authorization, and security compliance requirements are identified and incorporated at the onset of new IT projects and technology initiatives
• Coordinate with ACC/A26, ACC Cybersecurity Chief ISSO/ISSMs, unit ISSOs/ISSMs, system owners, technical teams, and operational stakeholders to align project execution with USAF, DoD, IC, and national cybersecurity standards
• Manage cybersecurity project activities related to security plans, POA&Ms, A&A workflow tools, ATOs, patch management, IAVAs, DoD 8140 requirements, FISMA compliance tasks, and cybersecurity reporting
• Develop and maintain cybersecurity project schedules, action trackers, risk registers, milestone plans, compliance dashboards, and executive-level status reports
• Support the integration of cybersecurity requirements into system development, architecture reviews, test plans, implementation schedules, exercise support plans, experimentation activities, and system integration events
• Gather, analyze, and report data on the condition and progress of ACC/A26 cybersecurity programs, identifying risks, dependencies, schedule impacts, and compliance gaps
• Provide guidance to ISSOs/ISSMs, commanders, and project stakeholders on cybersecurity program improvement, risk mitigation, and security compliance execution
• Support evaluation of emerging ISR technologies and non-materiel IT solutions to ensure security, compliance, and authorization considerations are addressed prior to integration and fielding
• Coordinate cybersecurity inputs for enterprise IT task management, RFIs, technical action items, configuration baseline activities, and architecture support products
• Support development of cybersecurity training materials, work center training, and updated guidance for IT security tools, policies, and procedures
• Prepare senior leader briefings, cybersecurity project updates, compliance summaries, risk assessments, and decision-support products
• Identify cybersecurity risks, technology security gaps, RMF challenges, and integration issues, and recommend actionable mitigation strategies to improve mission assurance and project execution

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information eligibility/access (TS/SCI) required
• Master's degree (MA/MS) from an accredited institution in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Program Management, Business, or a related field
• Over 10 years of relevant experience supporting cybersecurity, RMF, enterprise IT project management, systems integration, ISR IT modernization, or DoD mission systems implementation
• Experience managing cybersecurity or IT security projects involving RMF, A&A, ATOs, POA&Ms, vulnerability management, compliance reporting, or cybersecurity governance
• Experience supporting ISR systems, C4ISR systems, intelligence IT architectures, cloud environments, enterprise applications, or DoD mission systems is highly desired
• Strong understanding of security requirements across the system development lifecycle, including project initiation, design, development, integration, testing, authorization, and sustainment
• Experience coordinating across ISSOs, ISSMs, system owners, cybersecurity leadership, technical teams, operational users, and senior government stakeholders
• PMP, PgMP, Agile, Scrum, ITIL, CISSP, CISM, Security+, CAP/CGRC, or equivalent certification is preferred but not required
• Significant experience managing cybersecurity, RMF, or enterprise IT security projects may be accepted as a substitute

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Training & Development