Deputy Program Manager (Remote) - Secret Clearance Required

Work Where it Matters

Tundra Federal, an Akima company, is not just another federal IT contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At Tundra Federal, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Inupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders, Tundra Federal provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers, Tundra Federal delivers agile information technology solutions to implement and evolve IT infrastructures to achieve and advance functionality, efficiency, security, and compliance.

As a Tundra Federal employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.

Job Summary:

The Deputy Program Manager leads the training, logistics, and technical writing teams, and supporting the Program Manager on complex, IT modernization effort required to rebuild or replace data center security stacks to support the Air Forces' Component Enterprise Data Centers (CEDC) and Management Systems and provide the design for the Next Generation Gateway (NGG).

Travel is required up to 25%

Job Responsibilities: 

• Manage a team that creates training curriculum and technical orders, and trains Air Force teams responsible for maintaining NGG hardware and software

• Lead the asset management team.

• Ensure the proper scheduling of staff and tasks to meet project schedules.

• Maintain deliverable oversight (progress against schedule, compliance with requirements, quality, etc.)

• Perform financial management.

• Responsible for the coordination and management of suppliers

• Responsible for the identification and mitigation of project risks

• Customer relationship management

• Reporting to internal company leadership

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of overall IT-oriented experience

• Minimum 3 years of project management experience

• Management of at least one hardware refresh or implementation project

• Good working user-level knowledge of Microsoft Office products, to include Project and SharePoint

• Active Secret clearance

• Ability to work in military-oriented business/technical environment

• Ability to manage multiple objectives concurrently

• Strong communication skills, both oral and writing

• Positive attitude/team player

• Travel up to 25%

Desired Qualifications:

• PMI PMP certification

• BS/BA degree in IT-related field

• Experience working in a DoD environment.

• Experience developing complex MS Project schedules.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at job-assist@akima.com or 571-353-7053 (information about job applications status is not available at this contact information).