Transformation IT Manager

Overview

Amentum is seeking a Transformation IT Manager located in Washington, DC
. You will lead digital modernization initiatives across a complex, geographically dispersed IT enterprise, designing and guiding the transformation of legacy infrastructure and services into secure, scalable, and mission-aligned modern IT solutions. You’ll collaborate with program leadership, engineering teams, cybersecurity and service delivery experts, and end users to architect innovative solutions that meet evolving operational demands while balancing technical debt, security, cost, and performance.

Your deep understanding of enterprise IT ecosystems, cloud technologies, and digital transformation in large, federated environments, along with your strong understanding of federal IT regulations, mission-critical system integration, and agile methodologies, will make you an ideal candidate for this role.

We are pipelining candidates for a future contract award.

Amentum is a leading provider of enduring support for the essential missions of the U.S. government, its allied partners and international organizations. With over 60 years of experience, Amentum supports the execution of complex and critical missions by providing global logistics and stability operations, technical services and national security solutions to customers around the world. Amentum has a workforce of approximately 50,000 people in over 80 countries on all seven continents and is headquartered in Chantilly, VA.

• Support the creation of and provide leadership for an enterprise endeavor to modernize a Federal customer’s IT support model.
• Serve as a change agent, liaising across government, Amentum, and subcontractor teams to create lasting technological, process, and cultural change.
• Manages day-to-day technical operations including all aspects of systems integration, engineering design, material procurement, fabrication, systems assembly and installation, environmental testing, logistics, fielding, and follow-on support.
• Organize, direct, and coordinate planning and implementation of all contract support activities. Interface with government personnel.
• Formulate and review project feasibility studies, determine costs, ensure conformance to work standards.
• Identify, acquire and utilize company resources to achieve project technical objectives.
• Responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing the activities of administrative, program, and technical personnel.
• Responsible for managing and controlling schedules and cost to provide on time, within budget, performance of all aspects of the contractual effort.
• Provides recommendations for resolution of technical problems to the Government staff and team.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field
• At least 10 years of experience in Enterprise IT architecture
• At least 5 years of experience leading transformation or modernization efforts in large-scale, complex environments
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing hybrid architectures (on-premise and cloud) within federal, DoD, or similarly regulated environments
• Proven track record in transitioning legacy systems to modern platforms with minimal disruption to operations
• Strong experience with zero-trust architectures, software-defined networking (SDN), and cybersecurity frameworks in a mission-critical environment
• Expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., DoDAF, TOGAF, Zachman)
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and tools such as Service Now, virtualization platforms, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and Dev Sec Ops  pipelines
• Strong experience planning and implementing agile methodologies across engineering and service teams within complex technical environments
• Experience evaluating emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, to support mission needs, with appropriate considerations for safe and secure deployment, in line with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and related federal guidance
• Experience creating and executing federal technology…