Engineering Program Manager

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Enterprise Services Office within the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University is seeking an Engineering Program Manager to join our team. This position will provide strategic-level subject matter and domain expertise on intelligence, information warfare, and cyber threats, risks, operations, capabilities and acquisitions.  You will work hand-in-hand with the sponsor to provide high-quality assessments as well as operational and technical solutions to wide ranging information warfare and cyber issues affecting the Department of Defense, US Cyber Command, and Intelligence Community missions to enable and protect the warfighter.  This position will be directly involved with, or overseeing, the design of technical intelligence, information warfare, and cyber program strategies in collaborative engagements with sponsor organizations, as well as overseeing technical project implementation and execution.

Duties include, but are not limited to:  

• Interact with national security sponsors

• Deliver superior strategic and technical solutions

• Manage cost/scope/schedule of projects

• Coordinate with various program offices as well as with contracts and finance

• Make hiring recommendations that meet the sponsors’ mission objectives

• Business Development is required

Typically requires a Masters' degree or higher, plus 12 or more years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A degree in an Engineering or Science discipline is preferred.

The successful candidate will have:

• Expert level knowledge of US Government cyber acquisition strategy, the DoD Planning Programming Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process and DoD acquisitions.
• Knowledge of cyber issues (e.g. operations, mission planning, training, technology roadmaps, analytics, testing and evaluation, etc.)
• Ability to evaluate the feasibility and implementation of potential concepts is critical
• Organizational leadership, and executive staff-level experience within the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community
• Experienced in building strategies and architecture roadmaps for the future state
• Hold and active TS/SCI clearance

Your work location will be fully on-site, located in Fort Meade, Maryland.

Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation. You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply. Employment with the ARL will require successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.

ARL is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion; we believe this is central to our success as a Department of Defense–designated University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). We are at our best when we draw on the talents of all parts of society, and our greatest accomplishments are achieved when diverse perspectives are part of our workforce.

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