Site Technical Lead

SAIC•Colorado Springs, CO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Site Lead / Project Manager to support the NORAD and NORTHCOM Information Technology Enterprise Services (NITES) contract in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The role involves leading critical mission-support activities, starting with a high-visibility site extension project and transitioning to a long-term lifecycle and project management role. This position requires a leader capable of executing complex systems engineering, infrastructure build-outs, and sustained technical assurance for critical command and control environments. The Site Lead / Project Manager will act as the central coordination point for multi-disciplinary teams, facilitating infrastructure expansion and preparing the site for steady-state Operations and Maintenance (O&M). The role emphasizes collaborative leadership, uniting technical groups, influencing stakeholders, and ensuring alignment with mission requirements, rather than direct personnel management.

Requirements

Experience in systems engineering.
Experience in infrastructure build-outs.
Experience in sustained technical assurance.
Ability to lead critical mission-support activities.
Ability to execute complex systems engineering.
Ability to manage infrastructure build-outs.
Ability to provide sustained technical assurance.
Experience serving as a central coordination point for multi-disciplinary groups.
Experience facilitating infrastructure expansion.
Experience preparing sites for steady-state Operations and Maintenance (O&M).
High degree of collaborative leadership.
Ability to unite diverse technical groups.
Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.
Ability to ensure cross-functional alignment with NORAD/NORTHCOM mission requirements.
Experience driving project success through strategic coordination, relationship building, and interdepartmental collaboration.
Experience synchronizing multiple, concurrent infrastructure build-outs and change initiatives.
Experience ensuring strict adherence to Statements of Work (SOW).
Experience developing comprehensive project schedules.
Experience developing resource cost estimates.
Experience developing infrastructure requirements.
Experience integrating activities across diverse technical teams (Network, Systems, Telecomm).
Experience tracking project progress against established baselines.
Experience communicating variances, risks, and mitigation strategies to leadership.
Experience managing adherence to IT governance standards, policies, and security protocols.
Experience using approved enterprise tools and templates.
Experience facilitating interdepartmental meetings.
Experience driving task completion.
Experience resolving technical conflicts.
Experience ensuring organizational alignment.
Experience proactively identifying and managing project risks and issues.
Experience ensuring deliverables remain within budgetary and scheduling constraints.
Experience driving the evolution of project management best practices and tools.
Experience enhancing organizational efficiency and mission readiness.
Experience maintaining concise, professional documentation of all project activities.
Experience conducting post-implementation evaluations.
Experience coordinating the handover of completed infrastructure projects to steady-state O&M teams.
Experience ensuring full operational continuity.

Responsibilities

Synchronize multiple, concurrent infrastructure build-outs and change initiatives while ensuring strict adherence to Statements of Work (SOW).
Develop comprehensive project schedules, resource cost estimates, and infrastructure requirements to meet mission deadlines.
Integrate activities across diverse technical teams (Network, Systems, Telecomm) to align workstreams without the need for direct personnel management.
Track project progress against established baselines and transparently communicate variances, risks, and mitigation strategies to leadership.
Manage adherence to all IT governance standards, policies, and security protocols through the use of approved enterprise tools and templates.
Facilitate interdepartmental meetings to drive task completion, resolve technical conflicts, and ensure organizational alignment.
Proactively identify and manage project risks and issues, ensuring deliverables remain within budgetary and scheduling constraints.
Drive the evolution of project management best practices and tools to enhance organizational efficiency and mission readiness.
Maintain concise, professional documentation of all project activities and conduct post-implementation evaluations to refine future lifecycle efforts.
Coordinate the handover of completed infrastructure projects to steady-state O&M teams, ensuring full operational continuity.