Portfolio Lead - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics Information TechnologyChantilly, VA
$162,037 - $219,227Onsite

About The Position

Ensure the safety and security of our nation as a Portfolio Lead at GDIT. You’ll apply the latest technology and provide operational support to deliver actionable intelligence for the Intelligence Community. Here, your work will have meaning and impact as you deliver your best every day. Able to articulate past experience leading a technical evaluation of software development projects that include reviewing requirements to ensure system compatibility for optimal system performance. Candidate should be able to collaborate with business users to triage requirements and perform current state system analysis. Additionally, the Portfolio Lead should have the ability to complete written functional and technical specifications of modern and legacy systems, provide weekly status reports regarding security assessment status, and software release and integration initiatives. Candidate should have comprehensive past performance establishing integrated project team structure and assignments, and experience leading, directing and managing enterprise IT system development/engineering efforts. Candidate will work developers, systems engineers and security engineers in an Agile Development environment to deliver business features, technical enhancements and artifacts to support security compliance. Candidate will possess strong foundational understanding of modern web-based application architectures, AWS Cloud computing services and demonstrate the ability to develop the technical documentation needed to support security compliance. Candidate will be required to respond to customer assigned tasks and produce responses within customer mandated deadlines. The candidate should be able to address ad-hoc taskings quickly demonstrating a depth of understanding of the business processes and technical architecture of applications within their portfolio. Stay current with emerging technologies to determine impact on application/system integration and execution. Draft project briefings, conceptual whitepapers, program planning, and other foundation documents examining any applicable technologies. Overseeing/providing guidance to peer and subordinate staff and develop strategic plans for current and future activities. Experience managing a team of ~15 employees.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
  • 10+ years of related experience.
  • Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
  • Foundational understanding of Agile Development processes and ceremonies.
  • Deep understanding of AWS services and application architectures using these services.
  • Ability to optimize AWS services to reduce cloud computing costs.
  • Solid understanding of the customer’s A&A processes and the ability to guide systems through the process.
  • Ability to incorporate customer mandated technical directives into existing systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and manage development teams.
  • Ability to become the POC for portfolio related issues, both technical and non-technical.
  • Ability to respond to customer taskings across a wide range of topics and provide responses within mandated time frames.
  • Experience managing a team of approximately 15-20 employees.
  • US Citizenship required.

Nice To Haves

  • IT Leadership
  • Software Development Life Cycle Management
  • Status Reporting
  • Candidate should have comprehensive past performance establishing integrated project team structure and assignments.

Responsibilities

  • Leading a technical evaluation of software development projects, including reviewing requirements to ensure system compatibility for optimal system performance.
  • Collaborating with business users to triage requirements and perform current state system analysis.
  • Completing written functional and technical specifications of modern and legacy systems.
  • Providing weekly status reports regarding security assessment status, and software release and integration initiatives.
  • Establishing integrated project team structure and assignments.
  • Leading, directing and managing enterprise IT system development/engineering efforts.
  • Working with developers, systems engineers and security engineers in an Agile Development environment to deliver business features, technical enhancements and artifacts to support security compliance.
  • Developing technical documentation needed to support security compliance.
  • Responding to customer assigned tasks and producing responses within customer mandated deadlines.
  • Addressing ad-hoc taskings quickly demonstrating a depth of understanding of the business processes and technical architecture of applications within their portfolio.
  • Staying current with emerging technologies to determine impact on application/system integration and execution.
  • Drafting project briefings, conceptual whitepapers, program planning, and other foundation documents examining any applicable technologies.
  • Overseeing/providing guidance to peer and subordinate staff and developing strategic plans for current and future activities.
  • Managing a team of approximately 15-20 employees.
  • Ensuring business and technical requirements are integrated into product backlogs.
  • Acting as the Point of Contact (POC) for portfolio-related issues, both technical and non-technical.
  • Researching emerging technologies to determine impact on application/system integration and execution.

Benefits

  • 401K with company match
  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages
  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
  • Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
  • Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
  • Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
  • Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
  • Dental plan options
  • Vision plan
  • Ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match for 401(k)
  • Full flex work weeks where possible
  • Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays
  • Paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
  • Short and long-term disability benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
  • Personal accident insurance
  • Critical illness insurance
  • Business travel and accident insurance
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