The Role
Leads cybersecurity and IT program operations, overseeing contractor personnel, government coordination, strategic planning, budgeting, compliance frameworks, risk assessments, vulnerability testing, audits, incident response, vendors, and corrective actions. Coordinates technical teams, dependencies, staffing, schedules, and resources while briefing government and executive stakeholders. Supports federal cybersecurity, privacy, digital accessibility, and IT investment initiatives.
Summary Generated by Built In
Ready to lead the teams that keep the DoD Cyber Crime Center's (DC3) networks running, secure, and modern? As our Cybersecurity Task Lead for CODE Services Strategy Support, you'll guide engineers across networks, cloud, DevSecOps, unified communications, and data, and be the trusted voice briefing DC3's CIO and CISO. Your work directly protects the systems DC3 relies on to fight cyber crime, and you'll do it with a team that values your ideas and backs each other up.
What Your Day-To-Day Looks Like (Position Responsibilities):
- Leadership: Lead and supervise multi-discipline teams across the DoDI 8140 workforce elements (IT/Cyberspace, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Data/AI, Cyber Enablers).
- Customer interactions: Brief DC3's CIO and CISO on agency-wide planned, recommended, and directed actions, and keep leadership aligned on priorities and risk.
- Cyber operations: Oversee the team receiving, interpreting, planning, executing, and reporting on orders from USCYBERCOM, the National Manager for NSS, and other authorized commanders.
- Technical: Direct the build, operation, and defense of classified and unclassified LAN/WAN, multi-level VTC, and CI/CD (containers, micro-segmentation, IaC) environments.
- Modernization: Lead legacy-to-hybrid/multi-cloud migrations and the rollout of data lakes and a modern data strategy.
- Customer interactions: Brief DC3's CIO and CISO on agency-wide planned, recommended, and directed actions, and keep leadership aligned on priorities and risk.
- Cyber operations: Oversee the team receiving, interpreting, planning, executing, and reporting on orders from USCYBERCOM, the National Manager for NSS, and other authorized commanders.
- Technical: Direct the build, operation, and defense of classified and unclassified LAN/WAN, multi-level VTC, and CI/CD (containers, micro-segmentation, IaC) environments.
- Modernization: Lead legacy-to-hybrid/multi-cloud migrations and the rollout of data lakes and a modern data strategy.
What You Need to Succeed (Minimum Requirements):
-B.S. from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, - Information Technology, Cybersecurity, MIS, or Engineering.
- TS/SCI clearance eligibility.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in the last 10 years in EACH of the following (contract requirement):
- Leading/supervising teams performing DoDI 8140.01-8140.03 workforce elements (IT, Cybersecurity, Software Eng., Data/AI, Cyber Enablers).
- Briefing a CIO and CISO on agency-wide planned, recommended, and directed actions.
- Overseeing personnel executing and reporting on orders from CDR USCYBERCOM (or subordinate commanders), the National Manager for NSS, or another authorized Commander over DC3 CIO-managed systems.
- Leading teams in Government/private networking and infrastructure environments (classified and unclassified) similar in scope to the PWS.
- Leading teams building, operating, securing, and defending LAN/WAN (wireless, firewalls, routing/switching, IPv6, VPN, cloud, virtualization, storage).
- Leading teams in unified communications, incl. multi-level VTC (Unclassified, Secret, TS/SCI).
- Leading teams running CI/CD pipelines with containerization, micro-segmentation, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Leading teams migrating legacy systems to multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.
- Leading personnel developing and implementing data lakes and modern data strategies.
- TS/SCI clearance eligibility.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in the last 10 years in EACH of the following (contract requirement):
- Leading/supervising teams performing DoDI 8140.01-8140.03 workforce elements (IT, Cybersecurity, Software Eng., Data/AI, Cyber Enablers).
- Briefing a CIO and CISO on agency-wide planned, recommended, and directed actions.
- Overseeing personnel executing and reporting on orders from CDR USCYBERCOM (or subordinate commanders), the National Manager for NSS, or another authorized Commander over DC3 CIO-managed systems.
- Leading teams in Government/private networking and infrastructure environments (classified and unclassified) similar in scope to the PWS.
- Leading teams building, operating, securing, and defending LAN/WAN (wireless, firewalls, routing/switching, IPv6, VPN, cloud, virtualization, storage).
- Leading teams in unified communications, incl. multi-level VTC (Unclassified, Secret, TS/SCI).
- Leading teams running CI/CD pipelines with containerization, micro-segmentation, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Leading teams migrating legacy systems to multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.
- Leading personnel developing and implementing data lakes and modern data strategies.
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
Ideally You Also Have:
- DoD 8140-qualifying management/cybersecurity certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM) and PMP.
- Experience supporting DC3, USCYBERCOM, or other DoD cyber organizations.
- Cloud certification (e.g., AWS or Azure) and hands-on DevSecOps background.
- A calm, decisive leader who builds trust with government customers and grows their team.
- Experience supporting DC3, USCYBERCOM, or other DoD cyber organizations.
- Cloud certification (e.g., AWS or Azure) and hands-on DevSecOps background.
- A calm, decisive leader who builds trust with government customers and grows their team.
Skills Required
- TS/SCI clearance eligibility
- At least five years of experience in IT leadership and accountability, including implementing IT management functions
- At least five years of experience in IT strategic planning
- At least five years of experience assessing IT workforce requirements and developing workforce strategies and plans
- At least five years of experience supporting annual and multiyear IT planning, programming, and budgeting
- At least five years of experience managing, evaluating, or assessing IT investments and resources
- At least five years of experience establishing, implementing, or supporting organization-wide information security and privacy programs
- At least five years of experience supporting digital accessibility of information and communications technologies
- Experience implementing cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, or CMMC
- Experience overseeing cybersecurity risk assessments, vulnerability testing, security audits, or corrective-action activities
- Experience coordinating work across multiple technical teams and managing dependencies, staffing, schedules, and resource conflicts
- Experience supporting incident or crisis-response activities involving detection, containment, recovery, and stakeholder communications
- Experience managing third-party technology or cybersecurity vendors
- Experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, or other Federal IT and cybersecurity programs
- Familiarity with DoD Risk Management Framework, ATO or continuous ATO processes, NIST SP 800-53, DoD 8140 workforce requirements, DevSecOps, and enterprise cybersecurity operations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including briefing government and executive stakeholders
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The Company
What We Do
Spry is a certified Small Business headquartered in McLean, VA. Spry provides Enterprise, C4IT, Management, and Cyber Solutions to the federal government and commercial entities. Founded in 2001, Spry Methods was built on the foundation of combining industry knowledge with unmatched responsiveness to produce results for our customers. Our goal is to build a business dedicated to the maximization of value for all stakeholders starting with our employees, our customers, and our community. We recognize that talented and dedicated employees are our most valued assets and the foundation of our success. Guided by these principles, we have established an impressive track record of proven past performance serving our customers within the Commercial, Federal Civilian, DoD, and Intelligence Communities. A CMMI Level 3 certified and ISO 9001:2008 registered company, Spry is committed to quality and continuous improvement.
