Executive Director, Mission Center for National Resilience

DHS Headquarters • Washington, DC

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About The Position

The Executive Director, Mission Center for National Resilience is located in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA). The role is responsible to the Executive Director, HSARPA, for developing tools and technologies that improve homeland security capabilities in cyber technology and network defense, infrastructure and emerging risks, and response and resilience.

The Executive Director leads research, development, test, and evaluation efforts to secure the Nation’s critical information infrastructure through coordinated efforts that improve the security of current and future cyber infrastructure. The position coordinates with the Executive Director, HSARPA, on planning, programming, and budgeting, incorporating an understanding of future needs into Mission Center programs. It also directs DHS S&T cyber and infrastructure protection, coordinates with experts across government, internationally, domestically, and in the private sector, and assesses capabilities, deficiencies, and potential effects of system, equipment, device, or protocol changes.

The position leads programmatic and technical assessments of S&T efforts to ensure breadth, quality, and balance; identifies alternative technical solutions and addresses technological gaps and shortfalls; and ensures S&T programs are integrated across funding categories to support scientific research, mature science and technology, mitigate technical risk, and facilitate effective transitions within legal and regulatory constraints.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens and obtain and maintain a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance. The selectee must file an Executive Branch Public Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter, and will be subject to a one-year probationary period unless already completed. The role has no educational requirement. Relocation expenses will not be paid; recruitment, relocation, or retention incentives may be authorized at management’s discretion. Organizational and geographic mobility may be required, including reassignment across geographic, organizational, and functional lines.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Demonstrated mastery of scientific and technology management principles, practices, and approaches to conceive, initiate, recommend, coordinate, monitor, and review innovative projects that provide high-performance systems reflecting relevant technologies and current research.
• Demonstrated experience managing activities addressing complex cyber issues to safeguard and secure cyberspace and/or infrastructure and emerging risks in support of response and resilience.
• Demonstrated evidence of the five Executive Core Qualifications: commitment to the rule of law and principles of the American founding; driving efficiency; merit and competence; leading people; and achieving results.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• Subject to pre-employment and random drug testing; must receive a negative test result before appointment.
• Must file an Executive Branch Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e) within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter.
• Subject to a one-year probationary period unless it has already been completed.
• If a male applicant was born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with the Selective Service System or exempt from registration.
• Current or former political Schedule A, Schedule C, or non-career SES employees in the executive branch within the past five years must disclose that status to the DHS Headquarters Executive Services team.

Nice To Haves

• Recruitment, relocation, or retention incentive may be authorized at management’s discretion; this is discretionary and not a stated qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead research, development, test, and evaluation to secure the Nation’s critical information infrastructure and improve the security of existing and future cyber infrastructure.
• Coordinate with the Executive Director, HSARPA, on planning, programming, and budgeting, including changes to Mission Center programs informed by future needs.
• Lead the direction of DHS S&T cyber and infrastructure protection.
• Coordinate with experts in multiple agencies, international and domestic organizations, and the private sector to analyze capabilities, deficiencies, and projected effects of potential changes to systems, equipment, devices, or protocols.
• Lead programmatic and technical assessments of S&T efforts to ensure research breadth, quality, and balance.
• Identify alternative technical solutions and address technological gaps and shortfalls within assigned technology areas.
• Ensure S&T programs are integrated across funding categories to foster scientific research, mature science and technology, define and mitigate technical risk, and facilitate effective transition within legal and regulatory constraints.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed