DEF CTO Cyber Capability Lead
About The Position
The Cyber Capability Practice Lead & Director in the Defense CTO organization leads a defined practice within the broader Cyber portfolio, spanning Zero Trust, full-spectrum offensive and defensive cyber, OT/ICS, and platform and weapons cyber. The role connects strategy to execution to deliver secure, mission-aligned modernization outcomes across Defense. Reporting to the Solutions Sr. Director, the position leads a high-performing remote team and curates market-ready offerings and talent to accelerate Growth and Delivery from enterprise to edge. The role partners with Growth on pursuits and solutioning, builds and governs the practice portfolio, develops talent pipelines and upskilling paths, and aligns architects and delivery leads to priority pursuits and programs. It translates mission requirements into architectures aligned with Zero Trust and RMF, develops technically strong proposals and orals content, and helps shape opportunities across enterprise IT, weapons/platforms, and OT environments. The practice lead also co-leads IRAD strategy and execution, integrates partner and emerging technologies, measures transition-to-program outcomes, establishes communities of practice, and promotes delivery excellence across a matrixed organization. The role is based in Falls Church, Virginia, with a hybrid work arrangement and expected travel. U.S. citizenship and an active Secret clearance are required, with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a business-related field, or equivalent experience.
- 12 or more years of progressive technical and team leadership experience with cyber, Zero Trust, infrastructure, and edge computing technologies in both selling (capture/solutioning) and delivery contexts.
- Demonstrated experience leading a practice within a larger portfolio of offerings.
- Background spanning full-spectrum cyber, defensive cyber, and DoW mission contexts, with applications across Enterprise IT, weapons/platforms, and OT/ICS environments.
- Strong communication, analytical, time-management, and organizational skills for driving technical teams in a rapidly evolving business environment.
- Deep cyber technical skills and ability to articulate and apply Zero Trust/RMF in proposal, orals, and delivery settings.
- U.S. citizenship required.
- Secret clearance required to start, with ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with government customers, specifically the U.S. Military and DoW mission contexts, including constrained/SAP environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead and evolve a defined Cyber practice spanning offensive, defensive, OT/ICS, and platform and weapons cyber offerings.
- Partner with Growth to shape pursuits and lead solutioning; develop compliant architectures and manage the team’s operating cadence and outcomes.
- Build and govern the practice portfolio, develop talent pipelines, role profiles, and upskilling paths, and align architects and delivery leads with priority pursuits and programs.
- Translate mission requirements into architectures aligned with Zero Trust and RMF, and develop proposals and orals content with technical depth and executive presence.
- Shape opportunities, integrate capabilities, open new business, and shorten time-to-value across enterprise IT, weapons/platforms, and OT environments.
- Co-lead IRAD strategy and execution by setting priorities, running experiments, integrating partner and emerging technology, measuring transition-to-program outcomes, and operationalizing wins.
- Establish communities of practice and create patterns, playbooks, and reusable assets for modernizing enterprise and edge environments; codify best practices and share results.
- Align delivery methods to customer needs, enforce outcome metrics, and coach teams in dynamic selling and delivery environments.
- Drive decisions and collaboration across CTO, Growth, and Delivery organizations.
- Lead a high-performing remote team.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical plan options, including options with Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- 401(k) with company match
- Full-flex work weeks where possible
- Paid time off, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, and paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave
- Short- and long-term disability benefits
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance
- Wellness packages
- Internal mobility support and career-development tools
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
