Senior Cybersecurity Project Manager

Overview

At Credence, we support our clients’ mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for warfighters and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

Credence has an immediate opening for a Cybersecurity Project Manager supporting Headquarters Air Combat Command (HQ ACC/A26).

The Contractor shall serve as a senior cybersecurity project management lead supporting ACC/A26 cybersecurity, ISR Enterprise IT modernization, and technology integration efforts. This role is focused on ensuring cybersecurity requirements, RMF considerations, security technologies, compliance activities, and authorization needs are incorporated early in the project lifecycle and maintained throughout development, integration, testing, and fielding.

The position supports ACC/A26 stakeholders, ACC Cybersecurity Chief ISSO/ISSMs, and ISR Enterprise IT teams by managing tailored cybersecurity efforts, coordinating with unit ISSOs/ISSMs, tracking cybersecurity risk and compliance activities, and ensuring mission systems and emerging technologies are integrated in a secure, compliant, and operationally effective manner.

Specific Support Tasks are as follows:

The Contractor shall provide senior cybersecurity project management support for ACC/A26 ISR Enterprise IT modernization, system integration, and technology implementation efforts.
The Contractor shall ensure cybersecurity, RMF, assessment and authorization, and security compliance requirements are identified and incorporated at the onset of new IT projects and technology initiatives.
The Contractor shall 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.
The Contractor shall 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.
The Contractor shall develop and maintain cybersecurity project schedules, action trackers, risk registers, milestone plans, compliance dashboards, and executive-level status reports.
The Contractor shall support the integration of cybersecurity requirements into system development, architecture reviews, test plans, implementation schedules, exercise support plans, experimentation activities, and system integration events.
The Contractor shall gather, analyze, and report data on the condition and progress of ACC/A26 cybersecurity programs, identifying risks, dependencies, schedule impacts, and compliance gaps.
The Contractor shall provide guidance to ISSOs/ISSMs, commanders, and project stakeholders on cybersecurity program improvement, risk mitigation, and security compliance execution.
The Contractor shall 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.
The Contractor shall coordinate cybersecurity inputs for enterprise IT task management, RFIs, technical action items, configuration baseline activities, and architecture support products.
The Contractor shall support development of cybersecurity training materials, work center training, and updated guidance for IT security tools, policies, and procedures.
The Contractor shall prepare senior leader briefings, cybersecurity project updates, compliance summaries, risk assessments, and decision-support products.
The Contractor shall 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.

Work Environment

Primary duty location: Headquarters Air Combat Command (HQ ACC/A26), Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA.
Occasional CONUS travel may be required to support cybersecurity reviews, system integration events, exercises, testing, or stakeholder engagements.
Security requirements: Compliance with all applicable TS/SCI, cybersecurity, system access, SCI handling, and security training requirements.

Salary Range: $135,000.00 to $145,000.00 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on the selected candidate's experience, education, skills, and overall qualifications.

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

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