The United States Space Force (USSF) at Schriever SFB Colorado, Colorado Springs is searching for a Cyber Operational Contracts / Portfolio Manager for Mission Delta 6 (NH-2200-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent).
Description:
We are seeking a strategic, technically savvy Cyber Operational Contracts Portfolio Manager to lead a high-impact portfolio of technology investments supporting Defensive and Offensive Cyberspace Warfare missions. In this role, you will connect operational needs with acquisition execution-turning complex mission requirements into effective cyber services, hardware, software, and sustainment solutions.
You will work at the intersection of cyber operations, acquisition, and enterprise planning. Partnering with system operators, sustainment squadrons, mission-system organizations, program offices, contracting professionals, and industry partners, you will identify current and future capability needs; evaluate technology options; and guide pre-award and post-award actions for specialized, mission-critical procurements.
As a senior portfolio leader and Chief Contracting Officer's Representative, you will help ensure contracted performance delivers measurable mission value. You will oversee contract-support activities, strengthen COR readiness and reporting, contribute to contractor performance assessments, manage competing priorities and resources, and provide clear, actionable recommendations to senior leaders.
This position is ideal for a proven professional who thrives in complex environments, brings sound technical and business judgment, and can build productive partnerships across a diverse stakeholder community. The successful candidate is a confident problem solver, an effective communicator, and a disciplined program manager who can independently translate mission needs into practical, innovative, and executable solutions.
What you will bring:
Experience in cyber operations, communications, logistics, technology acquisition, contract management, or portfolio management.
Ability to manage complex programs and technology investments across cost, schedule, performance, risk, and mission priorities.
Knowledge of federal and Department of Defense acquisition, cybersecurity, information-assurance, and compliance requirements.
Demonstrated ability to analyze difficult problems, develop sound solutions, and deliver timely, high-quality results.
A collaborative leadership style that builds trust, anticipates customer needs, and drives mission outcomes.
Ideal Candidate:
The ideal candidate is a mission-focused information technology and acquisition professional with demonstrated experience managing complex cyber operational contract portfolios. They will possess the technical judgment, program-management discipline, and communication skills necessary to align technology investments with mission and enterprise priorities.
The successful candidate will possess:
-Cyber and mission-domain expertise: A working knowledge of Department of Defense and U.S. Space Force logistics, communications, cyber operations, policies, and programs, including the ability to identify and evaluate hardware, software, and service solutions that meet operational requirements.
- Acquisition and contract-management experience: Experience supporting pre-award and post-award acquisition functions for complex, high-value procurements; managing a technology investment portfolio; and serving effectively as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). The candidate should be able to oversee COR training, surveillance reporting, and Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System requirements in coordination with Contracting Officers.
-Strategic program and portfolio management ability: The ability to translate current and future mission needs into executable cyber capability strategies; prioritize resources; manage cost, schedule, and performance; and maintain alignment with organizational objectives.
- Analytical problem-solving skills: Demonstrated critical thinking and sound judgment in analyzing complex technical and programmatic issues, assessing risk, and developing innovative, practical solutions. The candidate should work independently, deliver timely results, and guide technical or programmatic work across a team.
- Leadership and stakeholder-management skills: The ability to build productive relationships with senior leaders, system operators, sustainment organizations, acquisition program offices, contractors, and other stakeholders. The candidate will be expected to foster collaboration, establish customer alliances, and translate customer requirements into actionable programs and projects.
- Security and compliance awareness: Knowledge of applicable security, cybersecurity, information-assurance, and federal/DoD/USSF compliance requirements, with a demonstrated commitment to safeguarding sensitive information.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret /SCI security clearance.
Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files.
May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
PCS / relocation funding is not authorized.
Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
This position will require the incumbent to be certified IAW DoD Manual 8140.03 Information Assurance (IA) Workforce Improvement Program.
This is a drug testing designated position. The incumbent is subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing
Incumbents on this position may need to be removed from their military recall status if alternatives for filling the position during an emergency are not available.
This position is emergency-essential (E-E).
Qualifications
The 2210 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. There is no Group Coverage Qualification Standard for this series.
Additional information
Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.
Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:
Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:
Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
Job title
Detailed duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and phone number
Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
Hours per week
Salary, if applicable
Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses
College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Do not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.
PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:
Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
Job title
Detailed duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and phone number
Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
Hours per week
Salary, if applicable
Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses
College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Do not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.
PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
