Job ID: 2612102
Location: Colorado Springs, CO, US
Date Posted: 2026-05-01
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Technical Svcs
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description SAIC is pleased to present this opening for a Site Lead / Project Manager in Colorado Springs, Colorado, directly supporting the NORAD and NORTHCOM Information Technology Enterprise Services (NITES) contract.
The successful candidate will lead critical mission-support activities, initially focusing on a high-visibility site extension project before transitioning into a long-term lifecycle and project manager role. This position requires a dynamic leader capable of executing complex systems engineering, infrastructure build-outs, and sustained technical assurance for the Department of War's most critical command and control environments.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Site Lead / Project Manager will serve as the central coordination point for multi-disciplinary groups of system administrators, network engineers, and infrastructure technologists. Your primary objective is to facilitate a seamless infrastructure expansion under the NITES contract while preparing the site for steady-state Operations and Maintenance (O&M) tasking.
This role demands a high degree of collaborative leadership. You must possess the ability to unite diverse technical groups, influence stakeholders without direct authority, and ensure cross-functional alignment with NORAD/NORTHCOM mission requirements. Rather than direct personnel management, this position focuses on driving project success through strategic coordination, relationship building, and interdepartmental collaboration.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Project Execution: Synchronize multiple, concurrent infrastructure build-outs and change initiatives while ensuring strict adherence to Statements of Work (SOW).
- Strategic Planning: Develop comprehensive project schedules, resource cost estimates, and infrastructure requirements to meet mission deadlines.
- Cross-Functional Coordination: Integrate activities across diverse technical teams (Network, Systems, Telecomm) to align workstreams without the need for direct personnel management.
- Performance Monitoring: Track project progress against established baselines and transparently communicate variances, risks, and mitigation strategies to leadership.
- Governance & Compliance: Manage adherence to all IT governance standards, policies, and security protocols through the use of approved enterprise tools and templates.
- Stakeholder Liaison: Facilitate interdepartmental meetings to drive task completion, resolve technical conflicts, and ensure organizational alignment.
- Risk Management: Proactively identify and manage project risks and issues, ensuring deliverables remain within budgetary and scheduling constraints.
- Process Optimization: Drive the evolution of project management best practices and tools to enhance organizational efficiency and mission readiness.
- Documentation: Maintain concise, professional documentation of all project activities and conduct post-implementation evaluations to refine future lifecycle efforts.
- Lifecycle Transition: Coordinate the handover of completed infrastructure projects to steady-state O&M teams, ensuring full operational continuity.
Qualifications ?TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience.
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/SKILLS:
- Education: Bachelor's Degree or higher (4 years of additional experience in lieu of degree will be considered).
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- Experience: 7 years or more of Infrastructure Project Management or Project Coordination experience within a large-scale DoD environment or Fortune 500 organization.
- Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with infrastructure technologies, including Telecomm, Networking, Server/Storage, Virtualization, and IT Security to effectively converse with and coordinate technical teams.
- Communication: Exceptional oral and written skills with specific experience in formal military-style writing, preparing briefs, and presenting to senior leadership.
- Attributes: Proactive self-starter with an eye for detail and a systematic working style; highly capable of working cross-functionally in a heavily matrixed organizational structure with minimal supervision.
DESIRED SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS
- PMP - Project Management Professional (Highly Desired)
- ITIL - ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation (Highly Desired)
- Technical Certs - Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570 compliance
Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
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- Dice Id: 10111346
- Position Id: 2612102
- Posted 6 hours ago
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