Principal Cyber Engineer, Portfolio Growth

Update: Open to Remote

*Must be willing to travel to Columbus, Ohio OR Chantilly, VA area

*Secret Security Clearance is Required

This is a Direct Hire role with salary range 190K-$235K plus up to a 10% annual bonus (Open to increasing for the right candidate)

Focus: Reverse engineering and vulnerability research is important but they are looking for someone who has evolved from these skills. They need to have the capture and proposals experience. They would be someone who started out as technical and is currently moving into more of a functional role. They will be conducting ethical hacking. Secret clearance and able to obtain TS/SCI Clearance. Shipley training for Capture.

Client is hiring a Principal Cyber Engineer, Portfolio Growth to play a crucial role in growing and advancing the Cyber Business Line. The position location is at our Chantilly, VA office with flexibility to work from our Columbus, OH main offices. This position reports to the Cyber Solutions Division Manager.

***This person will be mentoring/coaching junior team members and could move up in management roles in no time.

The top 3 skills are a must have 1) reverse engineer, vulnerability research 2) Capture 3) Customer experience

As a Principal Cyber Engineer, Portfolio Growth, you will play a crucial role in bridging technical solutions with business needs. You will be responsible for capturing and executing contracts across federal and commercial markets. This position requires strong leadership and coordination skills to manage project teams in a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

Program Management

Define project/program requirements, identifying all elements of cost, schedule, and technical performance.

Assess the impact of scope, schedule, and budget change requests on the task and take requisite action.

Provide input on the required skill set mix necessary to execute major programs.

Prepare and deliver presentations to internal management and external customers, providing reviews and updates on technical aspects, cost, and schedule.

Actively manage risk using risk management fundamentals and terminology.

Monitor the use of Earned Value Management (EVM) analysis by managers to make responsible decisions about the performance of subcontractors, partners, and others.

Assess the program impacts of scope, schedule, and budget change requests and ensure that the requisite action is taken.

Establish program performance metrics that ensure control of program execution and adherence to the strategic business plan.

Proactively communicate with customers to ensure they are an integral part of the project for clarification of requirements and regular assessment of implementation progress.

Build client relationships to sustain and expand business opportunities; strategically identify high growth/value opportunities.

Manage or coordinate third-party activities, both external and internal.

Capture and Business Development

Demonstrated understanding of capture processes to win new business

Translating the technical approach into the program’s schedule and budget.

Ensure timely development and delivery of compliant, responsive, innovative, and integrated technical solutions and management approaches that are competitive, cost-effective, and vetted with the customer prior to RFP release.

Establishing review procedures to ensure that proposed technical work can be accomplished as described within proposed cost.

Coordinating the selection of proposal team member organizations (strategic partners, sub-contractors, universities, divisions, etc.) and the efforts of the proposal team.

Mentoring and Leadership

Serves as an influential coach/mentor to technical and professional staff alike

Contributes input to the business unit strategic planning process

Prepares and presents presentations to internal and customer senior leadership to provide reviews and updates on technical aspects, cost, and schedule.

Ensures that programs and projects conduct safety assessments. Establishes guidelines for ensuring that adequate workplace safety measures that increase staff safety and foster a healthy work environment

Drive development of technical capabilities, including identifying new areas to develop, areas to shape out of, and help see client's strengths and weaknesses

Participate in investment discussion for research, capital, and training

Develop and maintain relationships with key technical leaders to foster project collaboration opportunities, technical skillset development, and technical quality

Key Qualifications

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other related field to Cyber; or an equivalent combination of education and or experience in a related field

Prefer a masters or PHD but not required.

At least 12 years of experience demonstrating progressive responsibility in business development, program management or technical management

Technical Execution

Track record of leading the technical design and execution of reverse engineering, vulnerability research, or other CNO related projects

Seasoned experience in the full lifecycle of projects (requirements, design, research/engineering, test, documentation, and maintenance)

Ability to speak to customers at varying levels of technical knowledge to relate value propositions to their mission

Capture and Proposals

Demonstrated ability to grow the scope of programs through on-contract growth

Multiple examples of leading the entire technical solutioning and written volume for competitive proposals

Administrative

Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Active SECRET clearance with willingness to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

Preferred Qualifications

Experience acting as a dual-hatted senior engineer and program manager for Cyber projects

Material participation in multi-year capture efforts

Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility.