Program Manager - IT - Expert 1636

Company: COMPASS
Location: Springfield
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Position Title: Program Manager - IT - Expert (1636) Location: Springfield, VA Clearance Required: Top Secret/SCI Overall Assignment Description: Serve as an advisor to a Government-led team that: Enables: Coordination across traditional & non-traditional collectors (commercial, unclassified sensing, mission partners). Rapid evolution of advanced analytic algorithms, tools and tradecraft through concept development, prototypes, exercises and operational demonstrations. Strategy alignment and draw on national-level experts to perform independent technical and program assessments in support of strategic objectives and major acquisition milestones. Provides acquisition strategy program management services to senior management. Evolves: Service centric model that enables discoverable services, and data that can be flexibly delivered to mobile platforms at all classification levels. IT strategies, concepts, standards, architectures and engineering roadmaps that reduce risk, inform policy and steer acquisition to help meet Agency’s long terms goal for the integrated intelligence environment. Maintains the enterprise architecture baseline and plans the approach to achieving new future architectures Duties may include: Influence the GEOINT strategy by enabling the coordination across traditional and non-traditional collectors, including commercial and unclassified sensing, and coordinating activities in a layered architecture approach across mission partners. Recommend approaches to advance analytic algorithms, tools, and tradecraft via concept development, prototypes, pilots and operational demonstrations. Guide the engineering path to the future Agency architecture. Define novel approaches to advancing an IT service-centric model that enables discoverable content, services and easy data delivery across multiple classification domains. Support strategy development, standards and engineering roadmaps that aide in risk reduction, inform policy and guide acquisition to meet Agency’s long-term strategic goals. Leverage unique knowledge, innovation and trusted Intelligence Community relationships to advise about technical strategies, architectures and future directions. Advise about new prototype and pathfinder approaches. Guide transition methods to emergent capabilities. Define approaches to improve IT efficiency, effectiveness and resilience in supporting the GEOINT mission. Recommend: Enhancements to Agency’s analytic tradecraft in integrating new sources of information and exquisite capabilities into its operational environment. Approaches to accelerate Agency’s shift towards commercial capabilities, open source data, persistent GEOINT, big data analytics, CLOUD and integrated intelligence. Novel collection strategies that fully leverages available sources to enable persistence and advance processing and analytic capabilities for Agency. Assist Agency with forming tighter collaborative relationships with mission partners to align collection and achieve integrated mission intelligence. Provide technical, financial, schedule and risk management expertise and assistance to the project, program or Program Management Office (PMO). Recommend approaches to maintaining the existing architecture baseline and approaches to evolve to new future architectures. Skills and Experience: Required: Master’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field such as Physics, Aerospace, or Remote Sensing. 15 years demonstrated specialized experience in Information technology. Project Management Professional (PMP), DAWIA Level III certification in Program Management or equivalent specialized experience with Project Management tools and techniques. Desired: Demonstrated specialized experience in any of the following: Supporting NSG sensor independent data, standards and algorithm integration. GEOINT and MASINT or SAR processing and exploitation. Coordinating activities in a layered architecture approach across mission partners. Cloud infrastructure support. Enterprise architecture and/or solutions architecture. Proven and trusted Intelligence Community relationships. Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification. Demonstrated specialized experience in any of the following: Analytic algorithms and big data, tools, and tradecraft via concept development, prototypes, pilots and operational demonstrations. IT services and ITIL methodology. Developing and working systems roadmaps and project plans. Communication across all levels of the Agency and between Agencies. Cost/ Price analysis, cost estimating or financial management. Compass, Inc. (Compass) is a Small Business (SB) headquartered in Winchester, VA as a Defense and Intelligence solutions provider to the United States Government. We provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA), Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS), and Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) to our government and business partner customers. As a premier Defense and Intelligence solution provider, we employee a diverse, agile, highly trained and extremely talented staff. Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled

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