Program Manager - DAFFM

Chameleon Integrated Services

$95K — $115K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of program management experience in IT, particularly in cybersecurity and infrastructure
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate technical performance across multiple disciplines
  • Prior responsibility for managing technical schedules and risk registers
  • Experience collaborating with Government program offices and stakeholders
  • Proven track record in managing mission-critical IT tasks and deliverables

Responsibilities

  • Direct engineering program planning across all task areas
  • Develop and maintain the integrated master schedule
  • Identify and mitigate risks related to technical staffing and schedule
  • Coordinate various systems engineering reviews
  • Manage interface communications with multiple stakeholders
  • Establish and report on performance metrics aligned with QASP
  • Oversee configuration management and technical documentation processes

Benefits

  • Competitive health insurance options including dental
  • Company-paid vision plan
  • 401K plan with a generous company match and no vesting period
  • Company-paid life insurance
  • Company-paid long and short-term disability insurance
  • Training allowance for professional development
  • Paid time off (PTO) and additional perks
Full Job Description
We offer a Full Benefits package including:
  • Competitive Employee Health Insurance options including dental
  • 100% company paid vision plan
  • 401K plan with generous company match and no vesting period
  • 100% company paid Life insurance
  • 100% company paid long and short-term disability insurance
  • Training allowance
  • PTO and more

PROGRAM MANAGER

Position mission: Lead program execution and serve as Chameleon's accountable integrator across cybersecurity, RMF, infrastructure, database, application, CyberArk, configuration-management, procurement, and test-environment activities.

Duties: The Program Manager will:
  • Direct engineering program planning and execution across all PWS task areas.
  • Develop and maintain the integrated master schedule.
  • Identify technical, staffing, schedule, and dependency risks; assign mitigation actions; and track them through closure.
  • Coordinate configuration reviews, readiness reviews, and other systems-engineering reviews.
  • Coordinate engineering changes across infrastructure, database, application, configuration-management, and cybersecurity personnel.
  • Manage interfaces with SAF/FM, AFFSO, AFIMSC, system owners, program offices, and other designated stakeholders.
  • Establish and report performance measures aligned with the QASP.
  • Balance resources and workload across simultaneous sustainment, RMF, corrective-maintenance, and engineering activities.
  • Govern technical documentation, version control, deliverable status, and submission dates.
  • Coordinate commercial internet, hardware, software, licensing, renewal, and refresh activities assigned under the PWS.
  • Verify that infrastructure, database, development, test, cybersecurity, and CyberArk work is synchronized and technically reviewed before Government submission or production implementation.
  • Support annual program reviews, status briefings, administrative reports, personnel reporting, CAC reporting, and Government-furnished-property reporting.
Required qualifications: The candidate must demonstrate prior responsibility for integrated technical performance involving multiple technical disciplines and stakeholders. The candidate must be able to manage schedules, dependencies, technical reviews, risks, staffing, deliverables, and Government communications for mission-critical IT work.

Additional Requirements:
  • Managed program or task order involving at least several of the following: cybersecurity, infrastructure, system administration, database operations, software sustainment, configuration management, RMF, or controlled testing.
  • Direct ownership of an IMS, risk register, staffing plan, deliverable register, performance metrics, or technical-review calendar.
  • Coordination of Government program offices, system owners, security personnel, engineers, and vendors.
  • Experience managing production changes, outages, urgent corrective actions, or mission-critical sustainment.
  • Experience preparing or presenting technical and performance status to Government leadership.
Anticipated start: September 28, 2026

Primary work location: Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. Occasional work at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

Work schedule: An eight-hour shift scheduled between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time, Monday through Friday. The team must collectively provide overlapping coverage during that window. COOP support may be required, but work will remain within a 40-hour workweek unless the Contracting Officer authorizes otherwise.

Project Length: Up to 4.5 years

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