Enterprise IT Operations Manager

Unissant Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise data acumen and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. Working collaboratively we advance missions and careers through a focus on honesty integrity and dependability. We continuously look for talent excited to join that effort. To learn more about our exciting organization please visit us at .

We are seeking an Enterprise IT Operations Manager to join our team and support enterprise technology operations across a distributed regulated environment.

The ideal candidate brings practical technical depth and leadership experience across IT service delivery enterprise systems administration cybersecurity coordination vendor oversight and technology modernization. This individual can balance strategic planning with hands-on execution improve service quality and operational resilience and introduce secure automation and AI-enabled capabilities that create measurable efficiencies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead enterprise IT operations including end-user support service delivery collaboration platforms endpoint management enterprise applications identity and access administration and coordination of network cloud and infrastructure services.
• Partner with Information Security leadership to strengthen enterprise information-security practices including access controls vulnerability management secure configuration incident-response coordination monitoring practices user awareness and policy enforcement.
• Develop standardize and maintain IT governance processes operating procedures asset-management practices escalation workflows service metrics and lifecycle-management disciplines that support a federal contractor environment.
• Support compliance and audit-readiness activities aligned with contractor cybersecurity expectations and secure handling of enterprise systems and business information.
• Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to identify prioritize pilot and implement practical automation analytics and AI-enabled use cases for service desk optimization workflow automation knowledge management reporting employee productivity and business-process improvement.
• Establish and enforce secure AI adoption guardrails including data protection access management appropriate use risk awareness and human oversight for business applications.
• Manage external vendors managed service providers software providers and security partners to ensure service quality responsiveness accountability and cost-effective support.
• Provide technical leadership during incidents outages cybersecurity events audits and complex operational escalations.
• Contribute to technology roadmap planning vendor strategy investment prioritization and continuous-improvement initiatives that increase resilience efficiency and user experience.
• Develop and communicate briefings and presentations to senior business and technology stakeholders on IT configuration and system architecture changes and their impacts on operations.

Work Experience and Job Skills:

• 8-12 years of progressive IT experience including at least 3-5 years leading or supervising enterprise IT operations service delivery technical support or infrastructure functions.
• Demonstrated hands-on technical depth in Microsoft 365 administration cloud or SaaS platforms endpoint and device management identity and access management systems support networking fundamentals and enterprise collaboration technologies.
• Experience with information-security controls vulnerability remediation configuration management incident coordination access governance and monitoring practices.
• Experience implementing automation analytics or AI-enabled tools that improve business functions and produce measurable operational-efficiency gains.
• Experience developing standard operating procedures dashboards service metrics and process improvements that enhance responsiveness and operational performance.
• Experience managing vendors managed service providers software providers and security partners.
• Familiarity with NIST and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) cybersecurity practices federal security expectations and risk-based governance approaches relevant to contractor operations.
• Prior experience supporting cleared programs secure federal environments or mission-driven government-contracting organizations is preferred.

Education:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Technology Information Systems Cybersecurity Operations Management or related field of study is required. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• MBA/Masters Degree in a relevant field of study preferred.

Certificates Licenses and Registrations:

• Relevant certifications such as Security CISSP CISM ITIL PMP Microsoft Azure or related credentials are preferred.

Communication Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts risks and recommendations to senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Ability to develop and present clear concise briefings on technology operations service performance security risks roadmap priorities and implementation impacts.
• Ability to write clear and concise creative content in a highly confidential manner.

Clearance Requirements:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD or DHS security clearance is required.
• Prior experience supporting cleared programs secure federal environments or mission-driven government-contracting organizations is preferred.
• Active or prior DoD or DHS clearance is preferred.

Travel:

• Occasional local travel may be required to support technology operations business needs and stakeholder meetings.

Environmental Requirements:

• Mainly a routine office environment.
• May be required to lift up to ten (10) pounds
• Flexible in working extended hours

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties responsibilities and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify add or remove duties and to assign other duties as addition where applicable and available reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening.

Unissant Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/Disability/Vets)

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