Program Manager - Test Engineer

Primary Location: Lackland AFB – San Antonio, TX

Must be a U.S Citizen

Security Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI

This position is contingent on contract Award

Job Summary

Obsidian is seeking an experienced and motivated Program Manager to join our Lackland AFB team. The Program Manger will lead and oversee the test, evaluation, vulnerability assessment, and cyber range operations to support the Air Force achievement, maintenance, and assertion of Cyberspace Superiority.

Specific Responsibilities

• Leads, coordinates, communicates, integrates, and is accountable for the overall success of the program, ensuring alignment with agency or enterprise priorities.
• Organizes, directs, and manages contract operation support functions, involving multiple, complex, and inter-related project tasks.
• Manages teams of contract support personnel at multiple locations.
• Maintains and manages the client interface at the senior levels of the client organization.
• Meets with customer and contractor personnel to formulate and review task plans and deliverable items. Ensures conformance with program task schedules and costs.
• Develop and maintain strategic plans.
• Develop methods to monitor and measure risk, compliance, and assurance efforts.
• Perform needs analysis to determine opportunities for new and improved business process solutions.
• Provide enterprise cybersecurity and supply chain risk management guidance for development of the Continuity of Operations Plans.
• Resolve conflicts in laws, regulations, policies, standards, or procedure.
• Review or conduct audits of information technology (IT) programs and projects.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of procurement function in addressing information security requirements and supply chain risks through procurement activities and recommend improvements.
• Develop and document supply chain risks for critical system elements, as appropriate.
• Ensure that all acquisitions, procurements, and outsourcing efforts address information security requirements consistent with organization goals.
• Develop contract language to ensure supply chain, system, network, and operational security are met.
• Act as a primary stakeholder in the underlying information technology (IT) operational processes and functions that support the service, provide direction, and monitor all significant activities so the service is delivered successfully.
• Coordinate and manage the overall service provided to a customer end-to-end.
• Gather feedback on customer satisfaction and internal service performance to foster continual improvement.
• Manage the internal relationship with information technology (IT) process owners supporting the service, assisting with the definition and agreement of Operating Level Agreements (OLAs).
• Participate in the acquisition process as necessary.
• Conduct import/export reviews for acquiring systems and software.
• Develop supply chain, system, network, performance, and cybersecurity requirements.
• Ensure that supply chain, system, network, p performance, and cybersecurity requirements are included in contract language and delivered.
• Identify and address cyber workforce planning and management issues (e.g., recruitment, retention, and training).
• Lead and oversee budget, staffing, and contracting.
• Draft and publish supply chain security and risk management documents.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• Project Management Professional Certification (Desired)
• IAT II: Security + (Desired)
• Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies.
• Knowledge of risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk), laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy, cybersecurity and privacy principles, cyber threats and vulnerabilities and specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses.
• Knowledge of information technology (IT) architectural concepts and frameworks.
• Knowledge of Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements and resource management principles and techniques.
• Knowledge of system life cycle management principles, including software security and usability, the organization’s enterprise information technology (IT) goals and objectives and how information needs, and collection requirements are translated, tracked, and prioritized across the extended enterprise.
• Knowledge of Supply Chain Risk Management Practices (NIST SP 800-161), import/export control regulations and responsible agencies for the purposes of reducing supply chain risk.
• Knowledge of the organization's core business/mission processes.
• Knowledge of supply chain risk management standards, processes, and practices.
• Knowledge of functionality, quality, and security requirements and how these will apply to specific items of supply (i.e., elements and processes) and risk/threat assessment.
• Knowledge of information technology (IT) supply chain security and supply chain risk management policies, requirements, and procedures.
• Knowledge of Cloud-based knowledge management technologies and concepts related to security, governance, procurement, and administration.
• Knowledge of Import/Export Regulations related to cryptography and other security technologies.
• Knowledge of organizational process improvement concepts and process maturity models (e.g., Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) for Development, CMMI for Services, and CMMI for Acquisitions).
• Knowledge of service management concepts for networks and related standards (e.g., Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITIL]).
• Knowledge of how to leverage research and development centers, think tanks, academic research, and industry systems.
• Knowledge of information technology (IT) acquisition/procurement requirements.
• Knowledge of the acquisition/procurement life cycle process.
• Skill in identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Skill in using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
• Ability to apply supply chain risk management standards, oversee the development and update of the life cycle cost estimate, evaluate/ensure the trustworthiness of the supplier and/or product and ensure security practices are followed throughout the acquisition process.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Normal Office environment

Travel

• Up to 10%

Company Description

Obsidian Solutions Group LLC (OSG) is a fast-growing professional services firm based in Fredericksburg, VA. We create value for our customers by delivering technology-enabled & mission-oriented technical solutions that solve complex problems, protecting people, information, and assets. Our core capabilities are in providing Enterprise IT, Intelligence Analysis, Production & Development and Knowledge-Based Professional Services Solutions that enable the customer’s mission. Obsidian Solutions Group LLC is a certified 8(a), service-disabled, veteran-owned small business.

A career at Obsidian Solutions Group means you are able to put your expertise, credentials, and talents to great use working with customers in the DOD and Intelligence Community, while enjoying the excitement of working in a fast-growing organization committed to making a difference for our customers and in our community. Contribute independently and collaboratively alongside our amazing team of doers and thinkers. Obsidian Solutions Group is small enough to offer a family atmosphere yet large enough to deliver a highly competitive compensation package. We hire and retain the best in the industry, offering exceptional benefits that protect the well-being of our employees, their spouses and domestic partners, and their families.

Our corporate philosophy is centered on hiring and retaining employees with the requisite skills, professional experience, personal commitment, and ethical standards necessary to foster a culture of operational excellence necessary to surpass our customer’s expectations.

Disclaimer

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Obsidian Solutions Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, protected veteran status, and any other non-merit factor, or any other characteristic protected by law.