IT Project Manager-High Performance Computing, Top Secret Clearance
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 2, 2026. First seen by Alion on Mar 30, 2026. BlueSky Innovators scores A on the Alion truth index.
This IT Project Manager role provides principal-level advisory and thought leadership to senior DARPA executives, including the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and senior ITD Staff. As an IT Project Manager, you will be a key strategic resource, shaping the agency's approach to cybersecurity across its most advanced and sensitive technology portfolios.
Seeking a distinguished expert with extensive, deep experience in IT Project Management with a focus on High Performance Computing (HPC) support. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy to provide strategic foresight, critical technical analysis, and authoritative guidance, ensuring that security is an enabler of innovation for DARPA's high-risk, high-reward programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide primary support to the government’s HPC Director, Support to the HPC Director.
- Maintain close communication between PM/OD personnel and the HPC Director regarding current and future HPC requirements across the agency.
- Support the HPC Director in overall HPC Strategy Development and Execution for the agency.
- Engaging with external DoW partners and investors in HPC related initiatives.
- Serve as DARPA’s Service/Agency Approval Authority (S/AAA) within the DoD HPCMP ecosystem to liaison with DARPA program managers and their contracted scientists and
engineers to secure computational resources on their behalf.
- Allocate DARPA-assigned CPU compute hours on HPCMP and DARPA systems.
- Provide day-to-day linkage with DARPA organizations, the HPCMP and other S/AAAs across the HPCMP community.
- Ensure Project Leaders and authorized HPCMP users are performing work in support of DARPA and the DoD.
- Implement HPC requirements surveys, resource allocation, resource monitoring and resource reallocation.
- Provide guidance to users on which HPC assets are appropriate for their projects.
- Trade allocations with other S/AAAs across the HPCMP community.
- Under the agile methodology, serve as a Product Manager for any DARPA HPC projects to develop acceptance criteria defining desirable, viable, feasible, and sustainable solutions
that meet customer needs.
Mandatory Qualifications
- Must have demonstrated a minimum of five (5) years of experience supporting HPC
requirements, services, equities or customers within USG HPC communities, such as the DOD
High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP).
Minimum Top-Secret clearance, eligible for access to SCI and SAP.
Salary range for the position is $150,000 - $250,000 per year. Specific compensation will be determined by several factors including experience, education, skills, and knowledge. We also offer medical/dental/vision benefits and 401k contribution.
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