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Booz Allen

Builds AI and cyber systems for the US government

IT Project Manager

Full-TimeDeadline 1/7/27
$99k - $225k/yr
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
Arlington County, Arlington, VA, USA
In Person
IT OperationsIT Project Management

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 8 years of experience leading data operations or data engineering teams, including oversight of ETL/ELT pipelines, data cleansing, transformation, and data orchestration processes.
  • At least 8 years of experience partnering with government organizations and senior Army stakeholders and managing dispersed, cross-functional technical teams, including engineers, architects, subcontractors, and analysts.
  • At least 8 years of experience supporting the design, development, and operation of enterprise data platforms or large-scale analytics ecosystems.
  • Experience troubleshooting and guiding engineering teams through issues related to data pipelines, schema management, data quality, API integrations, and workflow automation.
  • Experience using client relationships, acquisition knowledge, and mission understanding to shape strategy, define scope, develop ROMs, and deliver high-confidence execution plans for Army programs.
  • Knowledge of Agile methodologies as applied to complex data engineering and research workloads.
  • Knowledge of data quality, governance standards, security considerations, and best practices to ensure accuracy, integrity, and compliance across Army data assets.
  • Ability to recruit, hire, and develop high-performing data engineering and operations teams, manage large programs, and interface with senior DoD clients.
  • Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
  • Bachelor's degree.
Responsibilities
  • Oversee end-to-end data operations, ensuring delivery, quality, and reliability of data pipelines, cleansing processes, engineering workflows, and platform operations that support Army mission outcomes.
  • Lead a team of data engineers, data operations specialists, and data architects, combining management skills with hands-on technical expertise.
  • Work side-by-side with customers to understand mission requirements, translate them into actionable engineering tasks, and ensure the data environment is secure, stable, and optimized for analytics, research, and AI workloads.
  • Serve as a trusted partner to Army stakeholders while driving continuous improvement, operational excellence, and forward-looking technical strategy.
  • Shape the roadmap for data integration, data quality, lineage, and automation across the Army Data Platform.
  • Triage issues, prioritize work, guide Agile ceremonies, and implement metrics to monitor data health and operational performance.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience improving and automating data operations workflows, monitoring, and processes.
  • Experience with enterprise data platforms such as Palantir Foundry.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including project management tools such as Microsoft Project.
  • Ability to rapidly learn new technologies, including low-code/no-code tools and open-source data engineering frameworks.
  • Ability to effectively communicate technical and operational concepts to a wide range of stakeholders.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics preferred; a master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics is a plus.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) or CompTIA Security+ certification.

About the company

Booz Allen builds and runs technology for the U.S. government, mostly for the military and intelligence agencies, and its engineers work alongside consultants who know each agency's mission. In 1958, it helped the U.S. Navy create PERT, a project-scheduling method first used on the Polaris submarine missile program and later adopted across government and industry. Its teams design cyber defenses, AI and data tools, and battlefield communications, and it sells its own products, such as Vellox, a suite of AI tools that spot and fight off hackers. Agencies pay mainly through multi-year contracts that reimburse costs, bill hours, or set a fixed price. Booz Allen was founded in 1914 and is based in McLean, Virginia.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1914

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What believers are saying

  • Product work is growing: Booz Allen bought Ultra's battlefield encryption and computing unit for $720 million in August 2026.
  • Hiring continues despite cuts: Booz Allen listed 2,282 open roles in October 2026, 1,097 of them in technology.
  • Work is lined up for years: backlog, including contract options, hit $39.5 billion in June 2026, about 3.5 years' revenue.

What critics are saying

  • Job security has slipped: staff fell from 33,400 to 30,900 in the year to June 2026 as civil work shrank.
  • Stock grants lost value: shares fell 29% in the year to October 2026 while defense IT rival CACI rose 14%.
  • Shutdowns halt paid work: the federal shutdown that began October 2025 cost Booz Allen about $50 million in unperformed work.

What makes Booz Allen unique

  • Most coworkers are cleared for secrets: about 77% of Booz Allen's 31,500 employees held security clearances in March 2026.
  • AI is its specialty: Booz Allen calls itself the federal government's largest AI provider, with about 400 active AI projects.
  • It bankrolls defense tech startups: Booz Allen tripled its venture fund to $300 million in July 2025, backing 17 companies.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Paid Vacation
  • Professional Development Budget
  • Remote Work Options
  • Flexible Work Hours

Company News

PR Newswire
Oct 9th, 2026
PDW integrates Booz Allen mission autonomy software on AM drones with secure fleet updates

Performance Drone Works announced it is integrating Booz Allen's mission autonomy software, powered by Shield AI's Hivemind, onto its AM drones. The software enables autonomy-assisted missions whilst operators retain decision-making authority. PDW is also deploying Booz Allen's secure over-the-air fleet update system across its aircraft portfolio. The combined product entered testing on 30 September and is planned for general availability in Q1 2027. PDW aims to extend the autonomy software to its C100 aircraft later in 2027. The integration supports PDW's strategy to rapidly field and adapt systems. The company's Huntsville facility has annual production capacity of 100,000 drones. Booz Allen's update system is designed to reduce approved update cycles from weeks to hours, even in contested environments.

Tectonic
Oct 5th, 2026
Aventra raises $17.5M for high-altitude balloon-dropped glide bombs

Virginia-based startup Aventra has raised $17.5 million in new funding, with Konvoy Ventures leading the round. Seed round backer Lavrock Ventures participated alongside new investors Booz Allen Ventures, Sands Capital, Langford Industries, and Western Alliance Bank. The company manufactures Piranha, a high-altitude balloon-dropped glide bomb that converts unguided munitions into precision-guided weapons. Since emerging from stealth with a $3.5 million seed round last October, Aventra has delivered over 400 units to US and NATO customers and doubled its production revenue. The system launches munitions from 60,000 feet and can glide approximately 100 miles, with recent demonstrations achieving accuracy within three metres of targets. Aventra plans to use the funding to scale production from 35 units monthly to 500 through a new Virginia facility called Factory Zero.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 14th, 2026
Palantir, Nvidia, Booz Allen restrict Anthropic and OpenAI models over data retention concerns

Palantir Technologies, Nvidia, and Booz Allen Hamilton are restricting use of AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI over data protection concerns, Reuters reported. The companies worry model providers could retain or extract value from sensitive corporate information. Palantir has pressed Anthropic for zero data retention guarantees. Nvidia limits Anthropic's models to less sensitive tasks, favouring its own Nemotron models for proprietary work. Booz Allen has banned staff from using Anthropic's commercial model on cybersecurity projects involving proprietary data. The pushback intensified after Anthropic introduced a 30-day data retention policy in June for its Claude 3.5 model, citing security monitoring needs. Anthropic responded by launching Enterprise Frontier Safeguards, allowing customers to store activity data in their own cloud infrastructure under their encryption keys.

Business Wire
Sep 12th, 2026
Credo AI Announces $21 Million in New Capital, Grows Leadership Team to Match the Rapid Pace of AI Innovation, Emerges as the Standard of Responsible AI Governance

Credo AI, a global leader in AI governance software, today announced that it has raised $21 million in new capital from CrimsoNox Capital, Mozilla Ventures, ...

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Sep 2nd, 2026
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