* Develop and execute a multi-year IT strategy aligned with the company’s business objectives and growth plans.
* Lead the IT organization, establishing clear priorities, operating standards, accountability, and performance expectations.
* Serve as a strategic technology advisor to the executive leadership team.
* Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve business performance, scalability, and operational efficiency.
* Develop and manage the IT budget, technology roadmap, and strategic vendor relationships.
* Establish IT policies, standards, architecture principles, and governance practices.
Infrastructure & IT Operations
* Oversee the design, implementation, and ongoing operation of enterprise infrastructure, networks, cloud environments, systems, and end-user technologies.
* Ensure highly available, scalable, and resilient technology environments that support business and customer requirements.
* Lead IT modernization and automation initiatives to improve efficiency and reduce operational risk.
* Establish and monitor service-level objectives and key IT performance metrics.
* Develop and maintain disaster recovery, business continuity, backup, and system resilience capabilities.
* Ensure effective asset management, configuration management, identity management, and technology lifecycle planning.
Cybersecurity, Risk & Compliance
* Partner closely with Security, Compliance, and Legal leadership to maintain a secure technology environment appropriate for government and defense customers.
* Establish and enforce IT security controls, access management, vulnerability management, endpoint security, and network security practices.
* Support compliance with applicable government and industry requirements, including **NIST-based security frameworks, DFARS requirements, CMMC, FedRAMP, and other applicable contractual or regulatory requirements**.
* Ensure IT infrastructure and processes support requirements associated with controlled information, customer security requirements, and applicable FOCI mitigation measures.
* Lead IT risk assessments and remediation efforts and ensure appropriate controls are in place to protect company and customer information.
* Support security audits, assessments, customer due diligence, and government-related compliance activities.
* Partner with the security organization on incident response, cybersecurity investigations, and remediation activities.
* Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to ensure IT infrastructure effectively supports software development, testing, deployment, and production environments.
* Collaborate with business leaders to understand technology requirements and translate business needs into practical IT solutions.
* Support customer-facing teams during technical assessments, security reviews, and government customer engagements.
* Provide executive leadership with clear reporting on IT performance, cybersecurity risk, technology investments, and strategic initiatives.
Team Development & Organizational Leadership
* Build, lead, and develop a high-performing IT organization capable of supporting a rapidly growing technology business.
* Establish organizational structure, roles, responsibilities, and career development opportunities within IT.
* Recruit, retain, coach, and develop technical talent.
* Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, customer service, security, and operational excellence.
* Establish appropriate performance metrics and operating rhythms for the IT organization.