U.S. Department of Defense

Vice Director for Programs


Pay$184363.00 / year
LocationArlington/Virginia
Employment typeOther

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 840364700
      If you enjoy a challenging job and would like to make a difference with our national defense and security, DISA is the place for you. DISA provides secure and reliable communications and computing support that enables the President and our military forces to communicate globally through voice, video, and data transmission. DISA is a leader implementing "people programs" and offers a broad range of quality-of-life and training programs.

      Go to http://www.disa.mil/ for more information.

      Duties


      For the position of Vice Director for Programs responsibilities may include management of highly classified programs for the White House, Secretary of Defense, and DoD CIO, in addition to management of the 4th Estate Network Optimization (4ENO) IT reform initiative. The Vice Director for Programs Executive will work closely and coordinate with the Director, DISA, and the Director, J6, to ensure a successful and error-free execution highly classified and general commodity IT programs; and ensure their sustainment and lifecycle evolvement.

      Major Duties:
      Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

      a. Serves as the primary executive dealing with the planning, development, modification, and/or evolution, of commodity IT programs.

      b. As the single service provider of commodity IT for the 4th Estate, and single service provider for special access and highly classified commodity IT, the incumbent will receive broad guidance from the Director, J6, for establishing goals, priorities, and measures of effectiveness to ensure that IT reform activities and objectives are achieved and programs/projects are delivered on-time.

      c. Works closely with the National Leadership Command Capabilities (NLCC) stakeholders internal and external to the agency to provide executive lifecycle management of enterprise capabilities in support of the President and Cabinet-level Senior leaders.

      d. In collaboration with the DISA Deputy Director; Chief Technology Officer; Component Acquisition Executive; Director, J6; and the Risk Management Executive, serves as a key senior leader in identifying, evaluating, prioritizing, and supervising the development of data processing systems and enterprise, net-centric service initiatives; and deliver effective Information Technology capabilities and services to the J6 which will enable Mission Partners and warfighters to meet their functional, strategic, and operational goals.


      Requirements


      • Must be a U.S. Citizen.
      • This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
      • The incumbent must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance with CI Polygraph and maintain Special Compartmentalized security access.
      • The incumbent may be required to obtain and maintain Classified Courier orders.
      • This position is a Testing Designated Position, which requires the incumbent to submit to random testing of urine and illegal drugs or substances.
      • Per the Ethics in Government Act, Public Law 95-521, Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE 278, required.
      • This is an Acquisition Workforce Key Leadership Position (KLP).
      • This position may require pre-employment and periodic counter-intelligence polygraph exams.
  • About the company

      The United States Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces. The DOD is the largest employer in the world, with over 1.3 million active-duty service members as of 2020. More employees include over 826,000 National Guard and reservists from the armed forces, and over 732,000 civilians bringing the total to over 2.8 million employees. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the DoD's stated mission is to provide "the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".

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