Program Manager

Description

Akima Data Management is seeking a highly qualified Program Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team supporting mission-critical cybersecurity, information technology, and operational services. This position requires a hands-on leader who will be onsite full-time, providing direct supervision, guidance, and operational oversight to ensure all contract requirements are met with the highest standards of quality, performance, and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract execution, workforce planning, staffing, quality assurance, budget tracking, operational reporting, and stakeholder engagement to ensure successful program delivery.
• Direct the development and maintenance of cybersecurity strategies, plans, standard operating procedures (SOPs), performance metrics and executive dashboards.
• Manage Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities, Assessment and Authorization (A&A/CATO) processes, FISMA compliance, NIST control implementation, audit support, and POA&M remediation efforts.
• Oversee enterprise risk management activities, including risk register maintenance, cybersecurity assessments, scorecards, incident reporting, and risk mitigation planning.
• Coordinate and evaluate penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and red, blue, and purple team exercises to strengthen security posture.
• Provide leadership for Zero Trust initiatives, IPv6 transition efforts, enterprise security architecture, and cybersecurity engineering teams.
• Guide cloud security strategy and architecture across Azure and Microsoft 365 environments, ensuring compliance with federal cybersecurity requirements and best practices.
• Manage vulnerability scanning, remediation programs, IAVM compliance activities, and cybersecurity compliance reporting.
• Oversee the implementation and operation of security technologies, including firewalls, secure web gateways (SWG), endpoint protection platforms, antivirus solutions, and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems.
• Direct Security Operations Center (SOC) activities, including incident response, digital forensics, threat monitoring, investigation, and executive reporting.
• Manage Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) programs, including authentication, authorization, privileged access, and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) services.
• Lead disaster recovery (DR) and continuity of operations (COOP) planning, testing, exercises, and recovery operations to ensure mission resilience.
• Establish and monitor service level agreements (SLAs), key performance indicators (KPIs), operational metrics, and performance reporting to support continuous service improvement.
• Serve as the primary interface with government stakeholders, executives, technical teams, and external partners to communicate program status, risks, issues, and strategic objectives.
• Ensure all cybersecurity operations, engineering, and governance activities align with contractual requirements, agency policies, and federal regulatory standards.
• Contribute to Request for Information, Request for Proposal and other administrative requests from executive staff.

Qualifications

• An Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain an SCI eligibility.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, System Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or Management Information Systems

• 7+ years of experience managing cybersecurity engineering, vulnerability management, and compliance reporting programs.
• 5+ years of experience leading RMF, A&A/CATO, FISMA, NIST, and audit-compliance activities.
• 5+ years of experience overseeing SOC operations, incident response, and enterprise security monitoring.
• 5+ years of experience implementing Zero Trust architectures and cloud security solutions in Azure and Microsoft 365 environments.
• Strong expertise in risk management, stakeholder engagement, performance metrics, and executive-level reporting.

• IAM level III certification such as CISSP, CISM, or equivalent.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Benefits InformationRegular - The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits. Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees. Pay Range$190K to $200K Job ID2026-27262 Work TypeOn-Site