MANTECH

MANTECH seeks a career and customer-oriented State and Local Agreement Coordinator to join our team in Alexandria, VA, Philadelphia, PA, or Chandler, AZ. This is a hybrid position with 3 days onsite and 2 days remote per week. ​

In this highly strategic role, you will bridge the gap between complex engineering requirements and inter-agency governance, ensuring that tactical communication systems used across state and local partnerships are secure, compliant, and legally formalized.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• System Identification: Partner closely with current TACCOM and operational staff to comprehensively audit and identify all state and local systems currently being utilized 

• Stakeholder Engagement: Locate and connect with critical agency Points of Contact (POCs) across various jurisdictions to gather operational and technical data

• Technical Documentation: Author detailed document collections for each system, thoroughly mapping out requirements, system security configurations, security compliance standards, and existing radio programming processes

• Strategic Evaluation: Support the evaluation of ongoing regional agreements, assessing the viability of continuing partnerships based on political climate and state/local approval metrics

• Governance Frameworks: Establish formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) frameworks with outside entities to support approved strategic partnerships

• Policy Development: Establish strict program usage policies for operating on state and local communication systems, and draft corresponding technical processes and standard operating procedures

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree AND 5+ years of relevant experience, OR Master’s and 3+ years of experience, OR Associate and 7+ years of experience, OR High School diploma/GED and 9+ years of experience 

• Policy & Procedure Authoring: Demonstrated success drafting technical standard operating procedures (SOPs), governance workflows, and strict usage policies for shared communication systems

• Inter-Agency Coordination: Demonstrated background interfacing with external agency POCs, tracking multi-jurisdictional requirements, and assisting with formal technical agreements (MOUs/MOAs)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Tactical Interoperability: Prior experience managing or coordinating cross-agency interoperability agreements specifically for federal law enforcement

• Radio Systems Familiarity: Basic understanding of radio programming workflows and the operational constraints of state and local communication systems

• Policy & Risk Analysis: Strong background in technical policy writing and evaluating the operational risks of connecting to shared state/local radio systems.

Security Clearance Requirements:

• U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain agency suitability prior to starting this position

• Position may require the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance

Physical Requirements:

• The person in this position must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time

• Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers via email, phone, and/or virtual communication, which may involve delivering presentations