Job Description

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with the CIO and Kessel Run?s civilian and military leaders on the following:

IT strategy: Develop Kessel Run?s technology vision, strategy, and roadmaps

Bring a holistic and forward thinking approach to key initiatives. Partner with Branch Chiefs to manage and oversee key initiatives across the enterprise, ensuring they are progressing according to plan.

Data Strategy & Architecture:  Work with the Chief Data Officer and his data team to implement data governance and quality, data architecture & engineering solutions for our applications, and well-architected, machine-to-machine integration with applications and platforms

Application & Platform Architecture:  Jointly with the heads of these teams, architect, engineer, build and deploy solutions that are resilient, scalable, highly available, secure, performant in highly contested environments.

Security, Risk & Controls:  Collaborate with the Chief Security Officer to evaluate and enhance our security posture as the technology & threat landscape evolves.

IT infrastructure & operations:  Collaborate with our IT infrastructure and platform teams to implement best-in-class IT operational practices to enhance the availability of our on-prem and Cloud platforms.

Enterprise standards & metrics:  Develop and enhance policies, standards across the IT functions.  

Testing:  Work with the Test Chief to improve our quality assurance capability.

Collaborate across branches and departments & communicate technology vision and strategy, ensuring that both internal and external stakeholders are aligned on the vision, strategy, and plan, and informed on key technology initiatives and priorities.
Develop and mentor a high performing team of technologists.

Who You Are:


BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field; MBA or other relevant graduate degree is a plus

Prior experience in as an Enterprise Architect, CIO or similar leadership role

Proven "hands-on" experience across a wide-range of IT functions, including  IT strategy & roadmap development, project management, leading application development teams, architecture & engineering, IT operations, security, risk & controls.  

Excellent communication & interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Ability to work independently and proactively addressing issues and opportunities, aligned with the organization's strategy, strategy, and direction.

Leadership and organizational abilities

Excellent observational skills and a great analytical ability

Understand technical concepts related to system architecture

You have a track record of owning and driving  priorities with logical rationale and consistently making correct strategic decisions
You are a U.S. citizen and are eligible to obtain a U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance.  You will need to apply for and obtain a TS/SCI clearance (if you don?t have it already) to continue to perform in this role.

This is a Federal civilian service position within the United States Air Force. We are hiring at the equivalent of GS-15 level for this position.

How To Apply

Please send resumes to jmckenna@masshiremsw.com who will provide your resume directly to the hiring manager. Please indicate the position that you are applying for in the subject line of the email.