IT Project Manager (Requirements Analyst) - Cyber Capability Center - TS/SCI/SAP Eligibility
IT project manager/requirements analyst supporting the Air Force's HQ Cyber Capability Center at Scott AFB: analyzing cryptographic (COMSEC) capability gaps across air, ground, space, and cyber domains, performing gap and alternatives analyses, and documenting requirement recommendations. Requires TS/SCI/SAP eligibility and cryptographic key management experience.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- TS Clearance with SCI/SAP Eligibility
- US Citizen
- Proficiency in COMSEC principles, including full lifecycle management of cryptographic equipment (development, fielding, sustainment)
- Minimum 2 years hands-on cryptographic key management experience (ordering, generation, distribution, destruction) using systems such as KMI
- Understanding of Controlling Authorities and COMSEC account management
- In-depth knowledge of NSA, DoD, and DAF security policies for cryptographic and keying material, including classification guides
- Minimum 2 years advanced staff experience leading cross-functional teams using Task Management Tool (TMT) or staff coordination standards
- Minimum 2 years advanced staff experience planning, organizing, and negotiating with cross-functional teams to drive adoption of critical recommendations
- Knowledge and experience with administrative maintenance and support of cloud-based business tools (e.g., Envision, Microsoft 365 Power Platforms)
Full description
Applied Research Solutions is seeking a full-time IT Project Manager located in Scott AFB, IL to support the Headquarters Cyber Capability Center (HQ CCC). The HQ CCC is charged with identifying cryptographic capability gaps across all operational domains—space, air, cyber, and ground—and with advancing Air Force (AF) Cryptographic Modernization (CM) initiatives and their associated ground, air, space, and weapons/munitions mission directives.
Why Work with us?
Applied Research Solutions (ARS) is respected as a world-class provider of technically integrated solutions as we deliver premier talent and technology across our focused markets for unparalleled, continuous mission support. Awarded a Best Places to Work nominee since 2020, ARS recognizes that without our career- driven, loyal professionals, we would not be able to deliver state-of-the-art results for our mission partners. We firmly believe that prioritizing our employees is of the upmost importance. We provide a culture where our employees are challenged to meet their career goals and aspirations, while still obtaining a work/life balance. ARS employees are motivated through our industry competitive benefits package, our awards and recognition program, and personalized attention from ARS Senior Managers.
Responsibilities include:
- Conduct analysis and develop recommendations, with Government oversight and approval, regarding the requirements of mission critical tactical systems that are employed on a wide range of air and ground-based systems. Systems covered will include all current airborne platforms (e.g. F-15, F-22, F-35, KC-46, C-17, VC-25, MQ-9, WASP, etc.) and may include planned/future airborne platforms; It also covers all ground communications system such as Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), Theater Deployed Communication (TDC), Beyond Line-of-Sight (BLOS); and crypto capable radios, including Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), PRC-117, Land Mobile Radio (LMR) devices, etc.
- Provide HQ CCC with research analysis, and recommendations to mitigate the vulnerabilities documented as capability gaps in Task 2 (and from other sources outside the contractor). Contractor’s research shall be guided by directives from higher headquarters, the NSA, and other agencies involved in cryptographic management or COMSEC.
- Research and analyze capability gaps (e.g., bandwidth, size, weight and power {SWaP}, net readiness, and any other gap identified by the warfighter) by interacting with the user community through interviews, site visits, and analysis of previous studies (if another Agency or Service conducted a related study).
- Conduct document reviews (e.g., Capability Based Assessment (CBA), Initial Capability Document (ICD), Technology Readiness reports, and threat assessments) to map overarching requirements to the capability gap.
- Analyze the validated capability gaps and recommend requirements that may be used to develop or obtain a material solution.