Deputy Program Manager (DoD Network Engineering)

Location: San Diego, California, USA; onsite work at Government facilities required

Company

Provides expert systems and network engineering solutions to the Department of Defense, with a focus on emerging technologies, continued learning, and career advancement.

What you will do

• Support the Senior Program Manager in executing Navy shore network support services.
• Coordinate daily priorities, assignments, dependencies, and completion status across integrated technical teams.
• Maintain milestone schedules and Plans of Action and Milestones, escalating delays and resource conflicts.
• Coordinate progress reporting, expenditure reconciliation, operational reviews, executive briefings, meeting minutes, and follow-up actions.
• Oversee quality assurance procedures, inspections, and corrective actions before Government acceptance.
• Arrange engineering and vendor capability reviews with technical specialists performing verification and validation.

Requirements

• Active Department of Defense Secret-level security clearance required.
• Secret clearance must be maintained for onsite work at Government facilities.
• DoD-approved 8570/8140 operating-system and cybersecurity certifications required.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or managerial discipline.
• 15 years of professional program or project management experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams, managing program resources and budgets, and presenting performance, risks, and recovery plans to Government customers.
• Must be a US citizen or otherwise authorized to work in the US and able to obtain and maintain a US DoD security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture focused on knowledge sharing, continued learning, and career advancement.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums fully covered for employees; spouse and dependent premiums subsidized.
• Short- and long-term disability plans.
• 401(k) matching of up to 10% of employee salary contributions.
• Comprehensive training and development program, 11 paid holidays, and PTO accruing from 15 days annually.
• Visa sponsorship is not available.