Cyber Operations Readiness Assessment Technical Project Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the overall Team Lead for the CORA program, managing daily operations, staff performance, and mission execution across multiple concurrent cybersecurity inspections and assessments.
• Lead full-spectrum program management activities, including cost, schedule, and performance oversight; risk management; stakeholder engagement; and compliance with all contractual requirements.
• Oversee the creation, quality assurance, and timely delivery of all CDRL-mandated products—including Monthly Status Reports, financial reporting, inspection deliverables, and program documentation.
• Coordinate and deliver Kick-Off Meetings, in/out-briefs, and leadership updates, ensuring alignment with DTRA priorities and operational tempo.
• Manage staffing plans, recruitment, onboarding, retention initiatives, and backfill processes to maintain full coverage of all assessment areas.
• Provide expert guidance and subject matter leadership for Traditional Security Reviews, ensuring assessments comply with SPēD program requirements, the Traditional SRR Checklist, DoDI 3305.13, and NISPOM (32 CFR Part 117).
• Lead and support Releasable Reviews, ensuring proper information handling, sanitization, classification marking, foreign disclosure processes, and releasability compliance.
• Ensure all review teams follow standardized methodologies, SRG/STIG criteria, DODIN Inspection guidance, and vulnerability management processes.
• Maintain accurate lifecycle records in Government-designated systems, ensuring traceability, audit readiness, and compliance with DoD and DTRA governance.
• Coordinate closely with DODIN governance stakeholders, portfolio managers, inspection tool developers, and DTRA leadership to resolve issues, validate data, and implement continuous improvements.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to Reviewers, fostering cross-domain proficiency and ensuring consistent, high-quality assessment execution.
• Serve as the primary liaison to the COR, KO, and DTRA leadership, ensuring transparent communication, rapid issue resolution, and mission alignment.
• Support development, review, and upkeep of SOPs, TTPs, checklists, and guides to enhance inspection standardization and capability maturity.
• Ensure full compliance with all security, access, clearance, and handling requirements for TS/SCI environments and sensitive mission information.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have 10 – 12 years of experience
• Education: BS (or 4 additional years of experience)
• Clearance Level: Top Secret with SCI eligibility
• Certifications Required: DoD 8140/8570 requirements for IAM Level II or III (e.g., CISSP, CISM, GSLC, CAP, CASP+). Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) within 90 days.

We are seeking a Cyber Operations Readiness Assessment (CORA) Technical Project Manager to join our team supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in Fort Belvoir, VA.

Join DTRA’s elite Cyber Operations Readiness Assessment (CORA) team and play a critical role in strengthening the cyber defense of one of the nation’s most important agencies. This high-impact mission involves conducting advanced cybersecurity inspections, uncovering vulnerabilities across cutting-edge networks, and supporting real-time decision-making that directly shapes DTRA’s global operations. As part of this dynamic team, you’ll protect national security by ensuring DTRA’s systems remain resilient, compliant, and ready against evolving threats. CORA offers an exciting opportunity to apply deep technical expertise, collaborate with top cyber professionals, and make a meaningful difference in safeguarding the United States and its allies. The successful CORA Lead Team Reviewer will support mission needs, multi-domain assessment coverage, and is expected to cross-train into multiple functional disciplines and support operational needs.

We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays. Visit us at www.TekSynap.com.

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WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Location: Fort Belvoir, va
• Type of environment: Office
• Noise level: Low
• Work schedule: Schedule is day shift Monday – Friday. May be requested to work evenings and weekends to meet program and contract needs.
• Amount of Travel:Less than 10%

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, feel, touch; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is regularly required to lift up to 10 pounds. The employee is frequently required to lift up to 25 pounds; and up to 50 pounds. The vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE

U.S Citizenship

Top Secret Clearance w/ SCI Eligibility

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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