Zero Trust Planner (TS/SCI) (HYBRID)

Koniag Government Services•Alexandria, VA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Koniag IT Systems, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Zero Trust Planner to support day-to-day operational oversight, documentation management, and execution tracking of Zero Trust implementation activities across the Department of War in Alexandria, Virginia. The role serves as a key action officer within the Zero Trust oversight team, ensuring milestones, risks, decisions, and deliverables are accurately tracked, synchronized, and communicated to senior leadership. It requires exceptional organization, attention to detail, and coordination across cybersecurity, architecture, and mission stakeholder groups. The planner maintains implementation trackers and planning artifacts; prepares executive, technical, and governance materials; coordinates follow-up on actions and leadership directives; supports project management and workflow tools; develops reporting mechanisms and dashboards; validates progress with stakeholders; supports implementation roadmaps and execution frameworks; maintains documentation quality; improves planning and reporting processes; and facilitates planning sessions and coordination meetings.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Active TS/SCI clearance; eligibility for additional security access as directed by the Government.
Bachelor’s degree in IT, Business, Project Management, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
15 years of experience in planning, scheduling, or program management within technical or cybersecurity organizations.
Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale cybersecurity or IT modernization initiatives.
Strong understanding of project planning, dependency management, and executive reporting.
Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or equivalent platforms.
Excellent document editing, technical writing, and action officer skills, with attention to detail.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate across technical, operational, and program management teams.

Nice To Haves

PMP, Scrum Master, or comparable professional certification.
Experience supporting DoW Zero Trust, CIO, CISO, or cybersecurity modernization organizations.
Familiarity with Zero Trust execution models, target-level requirements, and federal cybersecurity frameworks.
Experience with integrated master schedules, critical path analysis, or portfolio management systems.
Experience operating within classified or restricted cybersecurity environments.

Responsibilities

Track Zero Trust implementation activities, milestones, dependencies, and risks across multiple organizations.
Develop and maintain planning documents, schedules, task trackers, status summaries, decision logs, and cross-team coordination artifacts.
Prepare and edit briefing materials, executive updates, technical summaries, and governance documentation.
Coordinate day-to-day action officer activities and follow up on tasked actions, suspense items, and leadership directives.
Support configuration, maintenance, and use of project management or workflow tools such as Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, and MS Project.
Establish reporting mechanisms and dashboards to visualize progress, highlight barriers, and support executive decision-making.
Coordinate with cybersecurity, architecture, engineering, and mission partners to validate implementation progress and update shared records.
Support the development, refinement, and alignment of Zero Trust implementation roadmaps, sequencing plans, and execution frameworks.
Maintain high-quality documentation standards across planning artifacts, action items, risk entries, and program deliverables.
Identify opportunities to streamline planning processes, automate reporting, and improve execution-data accuracy and reliability.
Facilitate recurring planning sessions, working groups, and coordination meetings by preparing agendas, capturing decisions, and documenting outcomes.