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IT Project Lead, SME

Agile Defense· Program Operations – Operations & Program Management
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Washington, DC$210k - $250kRegularPosted 8mo ago

About the role

The IT Project Lead – SME serves as the ISaaS Technical Director and Team Lead, responsible for the technical, operational, and financial execution of the Information Security as a Service (ISaaS) program within a large DOJ environment, ensuring compliance with NIST RMF and DOJ policies.

Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Assess cybersecurity risks, identify threats, and evaluate system and network security programs to inform ISaaS strategy.
  • Apply the NIST 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.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain QA programs for all ISaaS products and services.
  • Establish and maintain SOPs in collaboration with Government personnel to improve consistency, efficiency, and compliance.
  • Drive continuous improvement through metrics, performance monitoring, and lessons learned.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • 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.

Skills

Required:Leadership of enterprise-scale cybersecurity programsNIST RMF and federal authorization

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Holiday Pay
  • short-term and long-term Disability
  • Retirement and Learning and Development opportunities
  • other optional benefit elections
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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