Description
Description
SAIC is seeking a highly skilled IT Systems Engineering Governance Specialist in Vandenberg CA to support the Ferranti/Caledonia SETA advisory contract, providing strategic and operational governance services to the NRO Business Function (NBF) 50 Manager and/or Directorate. In this role, you will be responsible for drafting and publishing governance-related policies, supporting directorate governance fora, implementing optimization processes, and ensuring compliance to drive maturation and advancement of IT systems governance processes.
This position plays a critical role in ensuring the efficient, consistent, and compliant operation of NRO programs, services, and operations, balancing a mixture of advisory, policy, and programmatic responsibilities to foster effective practices and risk mitigation across the directorate's functions.
Key Responsibilities:
• Policy Development and Governance Documentation
• Draft, edit, and publish governance-related policies, strategies, plans, procedures, and requirements in accordance with NRO protocols as well as CIO and COMM Governance directives.
• Ensure all governance documents are compliant with NRO standards and appropriately address program, operational, and service objectives.
• Governance Forum Support
• Facilitate and support Group- and Office-level governance fora, ensuring efficient and timely execution of directorate staff, programmatic, financial, and operational functions.
• Provide recommendations and assist in decision-making processes to streamline governance workflows and improve operational outcomes.
• Process Implementation and Improvement
• Support, adapt, and implement governance processes to drive maturation and continuous improvement across directorate IT systems.
• Proliferate consistency and compliance while ensuring the scope, roles, and effectiveness of CIO and directorate functions are well-defined and executed.
• Annual Statement of Assurance (SOA)
• Lead and manage the processes and deliverables for the Annual Statement of Assurance (SOA), ensuring the timely achievement of required milestones and adherence to programmatic standards.
• Policy and Compliance Audits
• Conduct regular policy and regulatory compliance assessments, ensuring the directorate functions align with relevant governance directives.
• Identify program risks, recommend mitigations, and provide actionable insights to promote compliance and reduce exposure to regulatory risks.
Qualifications
REQUIREMENTS:
• Must be a US Citizen
• Bachelors in a STEM related field and five (5) years or more experience; Masters in a STEM related field and three (3) years or more experience
• Must possess and maintain a current Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with Poly
• Experience preparing and updating technical documentation and briefings; participation with System Engineering reviews and Change Management Boards
• Experience working risk
• Experience with Intelligence Community (IC) infrastructure is a plus
• PMP is a plus, but not required
• ITIL certification is a plus, but not required
• INCOSE Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) is preferred
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