Sierra Nevada Corporation Hiring for Sr. IT Security Operations Manager (Remote Work Eligible) at Englewood, Colorado Full Time

Are you a results-driven, team-oriented IT leader? This is the opportunity for you! As Sr. IT SecOps Manager, you’ll oversee and manage a team to manage and maintain IT and business engineering systems, ensuring compliance, implementation of controls, and new systems and enhancements. You’ll be responsible for the planning, development, implementation, operation and maintenance of Sierra Nevada Corporation’s IT systems. This position requires experience and familiarity with NIST, CMMC and DFARS compliance, project/program management, managing technical teams, and the ability to manage ambiguity and change agility to drive results in a highly regulated environment.In this role, you’ll participate in the execution and delivery of the team’s VGOS (Vision, Strategy, Objectives and Goals), as well as collaborate on metric and KPI based reporting to ensure activities maintain visibility and adhere to goals defined in the IT Annual Plan. In this role, you’ll execute talent strategy to maintain a well-trained, high performing, and motivated team, build and maintain business and cross functional relationships to proactively meet customer needs / address issues, as well as maintain and improve own processes and ensure alignment to other connected processes. You’ll assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving relevant IT stakeholders to ensure technical feasibility, provide resource estimates for the project pipeline and visibility to team resource availability, and coordinate between IT functional areas, customers and stakeholders to ensure clear understanding of deliverables and risks. Additionally, you will maintain deliverables within defined variances for cost, schedule, and quality, and remain aware of and proactive to industry trends relating to area of responsibility. As a people leader, you’ll manage reporting staff in day-to-day performance and job responsibilities, and adhere to standards for templates and related project artifacts, as well as contribute input to the team’s budget for resources and infrastructure to ensure operating within organizational parameters and directives.

As SNC’s corporate team, we provide the company and its business areas with strategic direction and business support spanning executive management, finance and accounting, operations, human resources, legal, IT, information security, facilities, marketing, and communications. Learn more about SNC’s Corporate team

Must-haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
• Typically 10+ years of relevant experience
• Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
• 5+ years management experience of IT and/or SecOps staff
• 5+ years project/program management experience
• 3+ years experience of working on initially and/or supporting CMMC & DFARS compliance needs
• Familiarity with NIST & ISO standard 270001
• Solid understanding of public cloud infrastructure
• Sound understanding of industry trends, technology and IT environments
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with others
• Experience in closing out security controls on information systems
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required. Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances

Preferred

• Security Certifications such as CISA, CISSP, GSLC
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with others
• Proven project management and decision-making capabilities
• Experience with ensuring/maintaining application & database security and associated tools & processes
• Experience working within an engineering-centric company
• Experience integrating mature technology and processes with Cybersecurity and building secure infrastructure and applications

IMPORTANT NOTICE

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors. SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S. companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S. Air Force, and as one of America’s fastest-growing companies. Learn more about SNC

Estimated Starting Salary Range: $134,597.00 – $185,070.89

SNC offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 8%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

In accordance with Executive Order 14042: Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, SNC Is required to comply with protocols. SNC aligns its COVID requirements, including mandatory vaccine requirements for employees, based on the status of applicable court orders and injunctions. SNC will take no action to implement the requirements in locations subject to a court order prohibiting the enforcement of Executive Order 14042 protocols. The status of these protocols are subject to change depending on the course of ongoing litigation, and candidates may later be required to show proof of COVID vaccination or have an approved exemption.

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), our mission is to dream, innovate, inspire and empower the next generation to transform humanity through technology and imagination. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.