High Assurance Computing Director (Experienced) - HAC - Open Rank

Overview:

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.   

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do: 

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Location

Atlanta, GA

Project/Unit Description

The High Assurance Computing unit is responsible for overseeing all classified IT services essential to supporting GTRI’s research mission. This includes developing strategic plans for classified IT environments, implementing and managing these services, and ensuring full compliance with all applicable policies and regulations. These IT services are critical to enabling researchers to meet their sponsor deliverable commitments effectively and securely.

Job Purpose

High Assurance Computing (HAC) Director has the overall responsibility to provide vision and leadership for classified systems and networks, including collateral, special access, and SCI systems. This includes architecture, construction and maintenance of classified networks, systems, communications and computing services. The HAC Director reports directly to the GTRI Information Officer (GTRI-IO), serves on the GTRI IT leadership group, and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of HAC.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy:

• Develop and assess the mission, vision, strategic, and operational plans of HAC with focus on transformational solutions with agile delivery.
• Build strategic partnerships with researchers, GTRI Research Security, lab leadership, and IT groups across the organization to deploy services & systems that enable classified research.
• Lead a team of IT professionals in support of providing computing services for research at the collateral, SAP, and SCI classifications.
• Oversee the technical architecture of enterprise classified computing & systems, review modern and emerging technologies, evaluate the benefits and risks of incorporation, and incorporate those into HAC that provide greatest value to stakeholders.
• Lead the group that will establish standards, and best practices and guides the organization in implementing them.
• Develop and manage HAC’s budget for capital and operating expenses and ensure the effective and appropriate investment of the funding resources.
• Lead and drive IT process, business, and technology changes by gauging and anticipating the needs of the organization in order to bring efficiencies to GTRI overall and ensure high quality, streamlined services.
• Create a focused working environment with controlled inflow of projects and minimized task-switching from competing priorities.
• Collaborate with GTRI-Research Security to establish a comprehensive enterprise information security & governance program that will ensure the protection of classified systems & data.
• Provide support, encouragement, and ongoing reinforcement of continuous learning and improvement to build strong operations and technical excellence within the team.
• Keep abreast of new trends, innovations, and best practices in the technology landscape.

Development:

• Hire, develop, evaluate, and retain a highly-qualified team of IT professionals.
• Foster a culture of innovation, transparency and ac