What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Information Technology position at Halcyon Days Consulting, LLC?
Clearance Required: N/A
Location: Stevensville, MD
Travel: N/A
DESCRIPTION:
Halcyon Days Consulting, LLC (HDC) is a veteran owned small business that specializes in the design and engineering of Tactical Mission Networks (TMN). This is a unique opportunity to join a small and high-performing team committed to delivering cloud platforms for exciting missions.
HDC is seeking a Director of Information Technology to lead the company's IT strategy, infrastructure, and operations in support of corporate and mission-focused objectives. This role is responsible for ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable IT systems that support internal users, government customers, and compliance requirements within a federal contracting environment. The Director of IT will serve as a strategic partner to executive leadership while maintaining hands-on oversight of day-to-day operations.
RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:
- Develop and execute the company's IT strategy aligned with business goals, growth initiatives, and mission requirements
- Oversee all IT operations, including networks, systems, cloud services, endpoints and enterprise applications
- Ensure availability, performance, and security of corporate IT infrastructure and services
- Lead IT governance, policies, standards, and procedures to ensure consistency and best practices
- Partner with executive leadership, security, compliance, and program teams to support business and contract needs
- Manage IT budgets, forecasting, vendor relationships, and licensing agreements
- Oversee cybersecurity posture in coordination with Information Assurance and compliance teams supporting frameworks.
- Ensure IT systems support audit readiness data protection, and regulatory requirements
- Lead, mentor and develop IT staff and managed service providers if applicable
- Drive modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, automation and scalability improvements
- Serve as the escalation point for complex IT issues and incident response
- Evaluate emerging technologies abd recommend solutions that enhance operational efficiency and security
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8 years of progressive IT experience, including leadership or management roles
- Strong knowledge of enterprise IT infrastructure, networking, cloud platforms, and endpoint management
- Experience in supporting secure environments and regulated industries, preferably federal contracting
- Proven ability to develop IT strategy and translate it into executable plans
- Experience managing vendors, budgets, and technology roadmaps
- Strong communication and leadership skills wit h the ability to work cross-functionally
- Ability to handle sensitive information and maintain confidentiality
- Strategic leadership with the ability to align IT initiatives to overall business objectives and drive digital transformation
- Deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), and hybrid environments
- Experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community or Cybersecurity focused organizations
SALARY RANGE:
$100,000-$150,000
This salary range is an hourly exempt (exempt from overtime) position. Benefits are provided in addition to the salary range.
BENEFITS:
HDC believes GREAT teams need GREAT tools!
Healthcare- Employer paid medical, dental, vision for the employee and their dependents
401k- Employer contributed 3% Safe Harbor (this benefit is contributed on your behalf even if you choose not to contribute to 401k or elect any investments), also up to 5% employer match, and 100% vested on hire date
PTO/Holiday- 160 hours of PTO/Sick leave per year, 11 paid holidays per year
Tuition Assistance- up to $5,250 per year
Halcyon Days Consulting, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Salary : $5,250