Posting Title

NSRO Information Technology Manager

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Location

CO - Golden

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Position Type

Regular

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Hours Per Week

40

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Working at NREL

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Job Description

NREL’s National Security Research Oversight (NSRO) Office incorporates the Field Intelligence Element (FIE) functions and responsibilities together with those for the oversight of collateral classified work.

The NSRO Office is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Information Technology (IT) Manager. Reporting to the Director of NSRO, the role will serve as an IT administrator and consultant for NSRO, with an emphasis on classified network enterprise systems and applications at all levels of classification. The IT Manager will serve as the primary interface for NSRO with stakeholders to ensure NSRO’s success, including external to NREL with DOE, the broader Intelligence Community (IC), and other national labs, and internally with Information Technology Services (ITS), Office of Lab Protection (OLP), and users of NREL classified systems.

Externally, the IT Manager will liaise with DOE or other IC stakeholders to understand evolving policies, procedures, and requirements for classified networks, whether enterprise or program-specific.  

Internally, the role will serve as a classified information system expert who identifies and scopes technical needs and engages resources – at NREL and external to the lab to assist with classified information system design, build, commissioning and maintenance projects. The IT Manager will provision, deprovision, and monitor information system access within facilities under NSRO oversight, as well as operate and maintain classified information systems at NREL. This position also may perform, coordinate, and/or oversee various support roles for communications security (COMSEC), operational Security (OPSEC), TEMPEST/TSCM, and other activities in various duty capacities.

The IT Manager will deliver solid judgment-based consultation to NSRO, NREL senior project managers, and NREL ITS to assist in assuring compliance with all applicable Executive Orders, Director of National Intelligence Directives, and DOE/NREL Procedures. As a subject matter expert, the successful candidate can expect to grow in their leadership, mentoring, and training of other staff on the management of classified systems as NREL’s program grows. These consultations at a minimum are expected to support the assurance that NSRO has leading technical capabilit