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Leads and scales the Federal Systems Engineering organization, including SE managers and technical teams. Partners with Federal Sales to develop account strategies, win complex DoD, intelligence, and civilian agency opportunities, and build repeatable technical sales motions. Provides executive-level guidance on full-stack AI and data infrastructure architectures, develops technical leaders, engages senior government stakeholders, and translates technical differentiation into mission outcomes. Requires deep expertise across storage, networking, cloud, Kubernetes, data platforms, and GPU infrastructure.

Provides expert technical and programmatic support for U.S. Space Force space systems test and evaluation. Responsibilities include developing test strategies, scenarios, verification plans, and evaluation criteria; assessing technical risks; supporting requirements, acquisition, architecture, integration, and operational readiness; reviewing test plans; and advising senior stakeholders. Requires extensive DoD, space systems, SAP/SCI, systems engineering, MBSE, and cross-functional leadership experience.

Manages IT infrastructure and mission-system projects from planning through implementation. Coordinates technical teams, program managers, stakeholders, contractors, schedules, budgets, deliverables, and service orders. Maintains project management plans, tracks cost and performance, prepares status reports, estimates effort and schedule, ensures SOW and contractual compliance, and manages risks, issues, and blockers in DoD and Intelligence Community environments.

Oversee cybersecurity and Information Assurance requirements for classified DoD and Intelligence Community systems. Manage RMF and ICD 503 compliance, Assessment and Authorization documentation, system security plans, assessments, POA&Ms, continuous monitoring, and risk remediation. Coordinate with technical, security, program, and government stakeholders to maintain authorization throughout the system lifecycle and provide cybersecurity guidance to leadership.

Manage small to medium-sized events from concept through completion, including budgets, vendors, logistics, production schedules, exhibitors, speakers, startup meetings, and communications with government and defense stakeholders. Build local communities of startups, investors, and innovation leaders while coordinating programming and ensuring polished, brand-aligned event execution.

Leads global AI infrastructure deployment acceleration, network readiness, and GPU capacity delivery. Develops repeatable architectures, technical decision frameworks, runbooks, and operating models across data centers and cloud regions. Partners with engineering, platform, and regional operations teams to validate high-performance networks, identify risks, improve deployment sequencing, and reduce cycle times through standardization, automation, and parallel validation.

Leads Microsoft’s Defense and Intelligence industry engagement across the Americas. Advises senior government and industry executives on digital transformation, develops strategic account and partner plans, creates sales opportunities, and drives complex transformational deals involving AI, data, cybersecurity, and cloud technologies. Builds trusted customer relationships, leads industry thought leadership, coaches industry experts, coordinates account teams and partners, and shapes multi-year roadmaps for strategic defense and intelligence customers.

Owns the full sales cycle for AI Workforce solutions serving U.S. federal agencies. Develops customer strategies, builds stakeholder networks and pipeline, leads consultative AI and Microsoft 365 conversations, creates value propositions, delivers demos and pilots, and drives Copilot, agent, productivity, collaboration, endpoint, and virtualization adoption. Partners with account teams, solution engineers, marketing, and services to remove deployment blockers, expand customer footprints, achieve mission outcomes, and exceed revenue targets.

Leads enterprise and solution architecture for complex federal modernization programs. Defines target-state architectures, roadmaps, standards, integration patterns, governance, and technical strategies across cloud, applications, data, security, APIs, and platforms. Assesses technical debt, risks, dependencies, tradeoffs, and modernization options; communicates decisions to technical and executive stakeholders; mentors architects; and establishes architecture direction across programs or portfolios.

Designs scalable data and AI architectures, data pipelines, warehouses, and integrations. Advises clients on secure, resilient, flexible, and cost-effective cloud data solutions; translates business needs into technical requirements; evaluates emerging technologies; and connects technology decisions to measurable outcomes. Requires expertise in data modeling, governance, quality, security, ETL, cloud platforms, and big data tools.

Lead enterprise AI and data strategy, architecture, governance, and responsible AI practices for confidential federal programs. Translate mission goals into roadmaps, establish cloud and data architectures, operationalize policy controls, build evaluation and safety frameworks, and ensure reliability, auditability, privacy, and secure adoption. Partner with executives, legal, security, product, data, and engineering teams while contributing to proposals, executive briefings, capability development, and team mentoring.

Supports Federal agency relationships and bankcard program managers, driving portfolio profitability, growth opportunities, and client service. Responsibilities include account maintenance, reporting, data analysis, technical troubleshooting, file extract issue resolution, system integration coordination, account reviews, sales presentations, client onboarding, and collaboration with technology and operations partners. The role also supports special projects and communicates impacts of technical releases, upgrades, and platform changes.

Analyze and manipulate large datasets supporting energy modeling and SEM programs. Review data before and after modeling, maintain standardized templates and databases, integrate data into statistical software, quality-control models and reports, and create work instructions. The role also involves automating data processing, troubleshooting Visual Basic and Excel tools, managing Smartsheet data, supporting benchmarking reports, and collaborating with internal teams and occasional clients.

Lead high-stakes commercial litigation and investigation engagements, including forensic accounting, financial analysis, fraud investigations, litigation support, and expert testimony. Develop work plans, analyze complex datasets and transactions, prepare client reports and demonstratives, advise legal teams and executives, build client relationships, support business development, and mentor disputes and forensic professionals.

Analyzes Medicaid pharmacy and financial data to identify efficiencies and support rate development. Presents models and findings, collaborates with project managers on scope, budgets, timelines, and deliverables, and communicates regularly with government clients. The role requires healthcare or pharmacy analysis experience, financial modeling or rate development expertise, advanced Excel skills, and strong communication. Medicaid, SAS, PBM, and drug compendia experience are preferred.

Two-year early career program for recent graduates working in Marsh brokerage, risk consulting, or analytics operations. Responsibilities may include evaluating insurance coverage, negotiating with underwriters, preparing client presentations, analyzing risk profiles, developing quantitative models, forecasting losses, and supporting proposals. Candidates should demonstrate analytical thinking, communication, teamwork, initiative, and attention to detail. Applicants must be graduating between December 2026 and June 2027 with at least a 3.0 GPA.

Designs and documents acquisition business processes for CISA, evaluates and redesigns workflows, develops assessment criteria and acquisition pathways, supports portfolio governance and taxonomy, and helps create implementation roadmaps and performance management processes.

The Business Analyst will gather requirements, analyze acquisition and investment data, inventory CISA programs and systems, and develop assessment criteria for strategic alignment, business value, technical health, and acquisition readiness. The role also supports portfolio governance by identifying stakeholders, documenting responsibilities, and preparing acquisition and systems-engineering documentation for program decision points. The analyst bridges business stakeholders and technical teams to improve governance and acquisition outcomes.

Inventory and assess CISA IT acquisitions, systems, and investments; integrate them into portfolio taxonomies; evaluate technical health and acquisition readiness; support cybersecurity, privacy, data management, and CUI handling requirements; and contribute technical content and accurate reporting for federal program deliverables.