Top Senior IT Jobs in Pensacola, FL

Designs, deploys, and maintains enterprise cloud and on-premises network security (NGFW, SASE/SSE, visibility, micro-segmentation). Executes migrations, policy cleanup, automation, monitoring, documentation, and escalations. Collaborates across teams, coaches junior staff, and supports hardware/software acquisitions to sustain managed security services.

Leads the surveying, design, installation, and implementation of telecommunications rooms and infrastructure at Eielson Air Force Base. Develops rack, cabling, grounding, electrical, cooling, and equipment layouts; manages government, contractor, and subcontractor installation teams; coordinates facility upgrades and network, fiber, ISP, and OSP integration; ensures compliance with DoD, UFC, TIA/EIA, and I3A standards; and supports design reviews and customer briefings.

Design, configure, and extend the ServiceNow platform including Service Portal, Catalog, ACLs, Flow Designer, integrations, Document Intelligence, and workplace modules. Develop client/server scripts, widgets, and automation; support upgrades, ATF, instance cloning, and platform governance. Collaborate in Agile with stakeholders, mentor junior staff, estimate work, and drive solution design and process improvements.

Develop and maintain cloud-native applications using Node.js, React.js, and AWS. Design scalable architectures, implement infrastructure as code with Terraform or AWS CDK, build CI/CD pipelines, troubleshoot Linux environments, and support secure cloud operations. Collaborate with UI/UX designers, cloud engineers, architects, and DevOps teams while working in an Agile environment. The role requires obtaining Public Trust, passing a background check, and completing onsite fingerprinting.

Coordinate the CMM Data Modernization and Governance Program across workstreams, technical teams, stakeholders, and government organizations. Maintain schedules, sprint boards, deliverable trackers, risks, dependencies, documentation, training records, and compliance activities. Support status reporting, meetings, technical reviews, audits, budget tracking, resource updates, change requests, executive communications, and customer training while ensuring deliverables meet contractual and quality requirements.

Lead Agile delivery for a data modernization and governance program. Coach Scrum teams and Product Owners, facilitate ceremonies, manage JIRA boards, coordinate dependencies, mitigate risks, maintain RAID logs, and provide transparent reporting to stakeholders and senior leadership. Support SAFe implementation, backlog prioritization, release planning, continuous improvement, and delivery of data engineering, analytics, AI/ML, and cloud capabilities.

Deploys and optimizes enterprise infrastructure across on-premises systems, networks, AWS, Azure, and Microsoft 365. Engineers Terraform automation, Intune endpoint management, AI initiatives, SaaS integrations, SSO, and IT service workflows. Designs and maintains cybersecurity architecture, Zero Trust controls, security baselines, monitoring, and compliance controls aligned with CIS, NIST, and SOC 2. Provides advanced troubleshooting, technical support, VoIP administration, vendor coordination, and root-cause remediation.

Leads and supports internal IT operations for a globally distributed workforce. Manages a small IT team, oversees infrastructure and systems, improves identity, device, and SaaS tooling, partners across departments on onboarding and security, supports SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance, and establishes scalable processes, SLAs, ticketing workflows, and documentation. This is a hands-on player-coach role focused on reliability, security, efficiency, and employee experience.

Manage and deliver federal EHR task orders under an IDIQ contract: plan, supervise teams, control cost/schedule/scope, coordinate SMEs and stakeholders, review deliverables, and ensure contract compliance while obtaining Public Trust Level 5.

Provides senior technical leadership for IT support and operations in a remote healthcare technology environment. Owns complex escalations, incident resolution, root cause analysis, endpoint and identity administration, onboarding and offboarding, vendor escalations, documentation, automation, and reliability improvements. Coaches support staff, develops scalable processes, partners with Security, Compliance, Engineering, Product, and clinical teams, and communicates clearly during high-impact incidents affecting clinical workflows.

Serve as principal advisor for information system security across Collateral, SCI, and SAP environments. Oversee RMF/JSIG authorization, risk assessments, security policy and program development, incident response, configuration management, assessments, training, and documentation for authorization boundaries. Provide ISSO duties when needed and coordinate with program/security officials.

Design, execute, and analyze performance, load, stress, and endurance tests for cloud-based enterprise applications. Build AWS test environments, create test scripts (JMeter/LoadRunner/NeoLoad/K6), integrate tests into CI/CD, analyze results, identify bottlenecks, validate scalability and resilience, and produce performance reports to ensure releases meet federal performance standards.

Oversee multiple enterprise IT programs and projects for the CIDO organization. Responsibilities include managing schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, staffing, requirements, testing, training, deployment, and change management. The role coordinates business and IT teams, facilitates stakeholder workshops, prepares executive dashboards, supports acquisition and delivery of IT solutions, and aligns digital strategies across corporate, sector, and functional leadership.

Lead backend and full-stack engineering strategy, design and deliver scalable, secure distributed systems and microservices for government customers. Drive architecture, data design, observability, CI/CD, cloud-native patterns, mentoring, and large modernization initiatives while collaborating with product and stakeholders.

Lead frontend engineering strategy, design and deliver accessible, performant government-facing web applications. Define frontend architecture, tooling, CI/CD, design systems, testing and accessibility practices; mentor engineers and collaborate with product to balance UX and implementation.

Deploys, hardens, troubleshoots, and modernizes Windows and .NET applications across on-premises environments and AWS. Responsibilities include Terraform infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, SQL Server and Amazon RDS administration, load balancing, WAF configuration, observability, certificate management, automation, migrations, incident response, documentation, and collaboration with application owners. The role is remote but requires weekly onsite availability in Rockville, Maryland, and may involve occasional after-hours maintenance or outage troubleshooting.

Lead a remote analytics team to deliver dashboards, data products, and decision-support tools. Oversee project plans, stakeholder engagement, data platform modernization, ETL/automation, Tableau/Power BI deployments, statistical modeling, QA, metadata, and staff mentoring to support federal social service programs.

Design, develop, and modernize full-stack web applications using Java and Angular in a cloud microservices architecture. Build and deploy Dockerized services on AWS (ECS/ECR), implement REST APIs, write unit and automated tests, enforce code quality in GitLab pipelines, collaborate in Agile teams, and mentor teammates. Participate in sprint ceremonies, manage user stories, perform testing (functional, exploratory, performance), and resolve defects to deliver reliable production software.

Establishes and maintains enterprise data governance frameworks, standards, ownership models, privacy controls, metadata, quality monitoring, and stewardship practices. Partners with legal, security, privacy, records management, engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure compliant data use. The role identifies governance risks, supports audits and remediation, develops documentation and training, monitors program metrics, and contributes to governance roadmaps and maturity improvements for a federal courts modernization program.

Establishes and operationalizes data quality practices across enterprise data domains and systems. Defines quality rules, controls, metrics, thresholds, and validation criteria; profiles data; develops scorecards and dashboards; investigates root causes; manages remediation; and implements automated monitoring. Partners with data owners, stewards, engineers, governance, security, and application teams to improve data reliability, privacy, compliance, standards, metadata, glossary, lineage, and data sharing across modernization initiatives.

Designs scalable, secure technology solutions connecting business objectives with application, integration, data, cloud, and enterprise systems. Responsibilities include developing architectures and roadmaps, modernizing processes through automation, governing APIs and data flows, incorporating security and compliance, guiding engineering teams, evaluating vendors, and facilitating stakeholder discovery workshops.

Leads risk-based IT audit projects covering planning, testing, reporting, IT controls, SOX/MAR compliance, and external auditor coordination. Evaluates control environments, identifies risks and deficiencies, recommends improvements, and communicates findings to management. Leads audit teams, mentors staff, supports professional practice initiatives, develops dashboards and automation, maintains methodology and policies, and builds relationships with business and IT process owners.

Designs and deploys AI/ML solutions from prototype through production for government clients. Responsibilities include generative AI using LLMs and RAG, intelligent classification, agentic frameworks, AI coding tools, legacy-system integration, and automated reporting. The role also establishes AI/ML roadmaps, scales adoption, communicates technical concepts to stakeholders, and mentors data scientists.

Leads enterprise-wide IT and digital transformation strategy, roadmap development, ERP and business application modernization, enterprise architecture, commercial systems, global invoicing, and post-merger technology integration. Oversees transformation portfolios, budgets, vendors, governance, compliance, and value realization across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, finance, human capital, and commercial operations. Builds high-performing technology teams and partners with executives to deliver measurable operational, financial, and customer experience improvements in a regulated environment.

Identify and validate AI opportunities across IT operations and cybersecurity, including service management, threat detection, infrastructure monitoring, identity access, endpoint protection, and vulnerability management. Translate operational challenges into structured use cases, assess business value and risk, document data and integration requirements, promote responsible AI, facilitate stakeholder workshops, build internal champions, and monitor emerging AI capabilities while supporting security compliance and change management.