Zero Trust Planner (TS/SCI) (HYBRID)

Koniag IT Systems, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Zero Trust Planner with an active TS/SCI clearance to support the day-to-day operational oversight, documentation management, and execution tracking of Zero Trust implementation activities across the Department of War in Alexandria, VA.

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits, and tuition reimbursement.

In this role, the position will serve as a key action officer within the Zero Trust oversight team, ensuring that milestones, risks, decisions, and deliverables are accurately tracked, synchronized, and communicated to senior leadership. This role requires exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to coordinate across diverse cybersecurity, architectural, and mission stakeholder groups

Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain detailed tracking of Zero Trust implementation activities, milestones, dependencies, and risks across multiple organizations.

• Develop and maintain planning documents, schedules, task trackers, status summaries, decision logs, and cross-team coordination artifacts.

• Prepare and edit briefing materials, executive updates, technical summaries, and governance documentation.

• Coordinate day-to-day action officer activities, ensuring timely follow-up on tasked actions, suspense items, and leadership directives.

• Support configuration, maintenance, and use of project management or workflow tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, MS Project) to provide accurate and timely situational awareness.

• Establish reporting mechanisms and dashboards to visualize progress, highlight barriers, and support executive decision-making.

• Work with cybersecurity, architecture, engineering, and mission partners to validate implementation progress and update shared records.

• Support the development, refinement, and alignment of Zero Trust implementation roadmaps, sequencing plans, and execution frameworks.

• Ensure high-quality documentation standards across planning artifacts, action items, risk entries, and program deliverables.

• Identify opportunities to streamline planning processes, automate reporting, and improve the accuracy and reliability of execution data.

• Facilitate recurring planning sessions, working groups, and coordination meetings by preparing agendas, capturing decisions, and documenting outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen.

• Active TS/SCI clearance.

• BA/BS in IT, Business, Project Management, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.

• 15 years of experience in planning, scheduling, or program management within technical or cybersecurity organizations.

• Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale cybersecurity or IT modernization initiatives.

• Strong understanding of project planning, dependency management, and executive reporting.

• Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or equivalent platforms.

• Excellent document editing, technical writing, and action officer skills with attention to detail.

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across technical, operational, and program management teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, Scrum Master, or comparable professional certification.

• Experience supporting DoW Zero Trust, CIO, CISO, or cybersecurity modernization organizations.

• Familiarity with Zero Trust execution models, target-level requirements, and federal cybersecurity frameworks.

• Experience with integrated master schedules, critical path analysis, or portfolio management systems.

• Experience operating within classified or restricted cybersecurity environments.

Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI required; must be eligible for additional security access as directed by the Government.

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Koniag Government Services (KGS) is an Alaska Native Owned corporation supporting the values and traditions of our native communities through an agile employee and corporate culture that delivers Enterprise Solutions, Professional Services and Operational Management to Federal Government Agencies. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Koniag, we apply our proven commercial solutions to a deep knowledge of Defense and Civilian missions to provide forward leaning technical, professional, and operational solutions. KGS enables successful mission outcomes for our customers through solution-oriented business partnerships and a commitment to exceptional service delivery. We ensure long-term success with a continuous improvement approach while balancing the collective interests of our customers, employees, and native communities. For more information, please visit www.koniag-gs.com .

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