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Huntington Ingalls Industries

Naval shipbuilding and defense technologies

MGR Information Technology 2

IT OperationsPosted on Nov 10
Full-timeNewport News, VA, USA$136k - $171k

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree and 6 years of progressive technical experience in research, engineering, and design, or a Master's degree and 4 years of relevant experience are required.
  • For information technology-related positions, an NNS Apprentice School graduate, a Navy Nuclear Power School graduate, an Associate's degree or other formal two-year program plus 2 years of relevant exempt experience or 4 years of relevant non-exempt experience, military experience at paygrade E-5 or above, or a high school diploma/GED plus qualifying combined experience may substitute for a Bachelor's degree.
  • A relevant professional certification may substitute for a Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the 24x7x365 IT Production Operations and Production Scheduling teams responsible for scheduling, monitoring, and troubleshooting thousands of daily automated IT jobs across the organization.
  • Oversee planning and execution of projects, upgrades, and maintenance that affect normal operations.
  • Provide strategic direction for automation initiatives, maintain compliance with regulatory standards, and align automation strategies with organizational goals in collaboration with IT and business leaders.
  • Maintain succession plans through ongoing recruitment and succession planning to prevent loss of critical skills.
  • Identify issues early with team members and establish mitigations to keep projects on track.
  • Advise managers and directors on project complexities, risks, and mitigations.
  • Ensure team members are informed about and use documented standards, strategies, principles, policies, and procedures.
  • Serve as a technical resource on projects as needed, participate part-time as a project resource, or lead transformational initiatives.
  • Provide professional and technical status updates and communications to customers and all levels of management.
  • Oversee quality control of team tasks and communicate with customers and job owners.
  • Set job expectations; plan, monitor, and appraise employee results; coach and counsel employees; and develop, coordinate, and enforce systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards.
  • Build and maintain runbooks and other tools supporting automation processes.
  • Create and maintain 24x7x365 team work schedules.
  • Coordinate with Service Desk Management to support major incident communications.
  • Manage operations and scheduling teams delivering recurring and non-recurring services while ensuring customer satisfaction.
  • Direct scheduling and task balancing while recognizing and using available team talent.
  • Act as project manager for tasks without an assigned project manager.
  • Coach team members on development and task completion.
  • Foster innovation and help the team learn from failures and achievements; encourage and support implementation of innovative ideas.
  • Monitor technology trends and emerging standards, identify technology opportunities, and integrate new technologies into the production operations environment.
  • Work in technical classifications involving information systems design, development, and analysis, including programming, PC application analysis, software development, systems integration, and related disciplines.

Desired Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with Control-M or a similar workload automation tool.
  • Experience managing a 24x7x365 team.
  • Knowledge of artificial intelligence capabilities and trends.
  • Interpersonal, written, and team collaboration skills.
  • Ability to build and maintain relationships with vendors, customers, and peers for provided services.
  • Willingness to support mission-critical systems.
  • Leadership skills.

About the Company

Huntington Ingalls Industries

Naval shipbuilding and defense technologies

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) designs, builds, and maintains advanced ships and defense technologies for national security. It operates through three divisions: Ingalls Shipbuilding and Newport News Shipbuilding, which construct ships such as aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, destroyers, and other naval assets for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, and Mission Technologies, which develops cybersecurity, unmanned systems, and C5ISR solutions using artificial intelligence and machine learning to support military operations. The company combines traditional naval shipbuilding with advanced tech like space operations, electronic warfare, and autonomous systems across land, sea, and air. This makes HII different from competitors by integrating end-to-end ship construction with high-tech defense solutions under one umbrella. Its goal is to help maintain global security and national defense by delivering reliable ships and integrated defense technologies to customers.

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Headquarters
Newport News, VA
Founded
2011

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