Senior Operations Manager

ECS Tech Inc•Fort Meade, MD

2d•$160,000 - $210,000•Onsite

About The Position

Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Operations Manager to oversee and direct the integration of Cloud, Infrastructure, Software, and other emerging technology initiatives supporting a Department of War (DoW) customer. The position will manage multiple concurrent technical initiatives, coordinate with the Program Manager and Chief Architect, and report to the Program Director. This role requires a strong operational background and experience leading diverse teams in dynamic environments. The successful candidate will be a strategic leader with exceptional organizational abilities, proven success in managing complex operations, and extensive experience in a multidisciplinary environment spanning Government stakeholders, engineering teams, vendors, subcontractors, and enterprise/corporate support elements supporting several lines of effort delivering unique capabilities to the Department of War. The role requires a technical leader who can translate mission and technical requirements into executable plans and drive delivery across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The candidate is highly motivated and enthusiastic about implementing new technologies where deadlines are important to Department of War priorities.

Requirements

U.S. Citizen.
Active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in related field or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience, subject to contractual labor category requirements.
10+ years of progressively responsible project/program management experience supporting complex technical programs.
Ability to work onsite five days a week at Ft. Meade, MD.
Ability to travel occasionally CONUS and OCONUS in support of project activities.
Demonstrated: Experience managing technical projects or programs for DoW and/or Intelligence Community customers.
Demonstrated: Ability to manage multiple concurrent technical lines of effort with competing priorities, dependencies, schedules, resources, and stakeholders.
Demonstrated: Working knowledge of cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure environments and the ability to effectively coordinate engineering teams and communicate technical risks, dependencies, and requirements.
Experience with: Managing costs, schedule, performance, scope, risk, issues, and project dependencies.
Experience with: SDLC, Agile delivery/management, and project lifecycle management.
Experience with: Project and information management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, GitLab, Confluence, or comparable platforms.
Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate solution.
Highly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of stakeholders (from peers to end-users to executive management) to include briefing Government customers and senior leadership on project status, technical risks, schedule cost, dependencies, and recommended courses of action.

Responsibilities

Lead multiple concurrent technical projects and lines of effort supporting, cloud, infrastructure, software, data, and emerging technological capabilities.
Translate Government objectives and technical requirements into executable project plans, milestones, dependencies, resource requirements, schedules, and measurable deliverables.
Manage schedule, performance/deliverables, scope, risks, issues, dependencies, and decision points; proactively identify blockers and drive cross functional teams toward resolution.
Collaborate daily with Government customers, technical leads, subject matter experts, vendors, partners, and subcontractors to adjust priorities and deliver mission requirements.
Coordinate deployment and sustainment of infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and multiple classification level environments in accordance with Government guidance and direction.
Ensure assigned activities comply with applicable authorization, security, engineering, and operational processes; coordinate with appropriate Change Control Board representatives, Cybersecurity, and security stakeholders.
Maintain integrated schedules, action items, risk/issue registers or logs, dependencies, and project health metrics; provide accurate assessments and recommended corrective actions and associated timelines.
Prepare and deliver project status reports and brief Government Program Managers, Senior Leadership, and Everforth ECS leadership on schedule, cost, technical risks, dependencies, decisions, and recommended courses of action.
Interface with contracts, procurement, logistics, HR, finance, security, and other support functions to execute program activities.
Prepare Statements of Work (SOWs), support project kick-off activities, lead recurring status meetings, and ensure successful delivery of contract line items and other contractual deliverables.
Support proposal planning, technical solution development, research, and responses to emerging customer challenges and requests.
Provide collaborative leadership across matrixed teams and coordinate required skills and resources to complete project tasks.
Other duties, as assigned.