TXCC - Mission Director, Mission Control and Service Integration (Director VI)

Mission Director, Mission Control and Service Integration (Director VI)

Organization: Texas Cyber Command

Primary Location: Texas-San Antonio

Work Locations: TXCC Headquarters 506 Dolorosa Street San Pedro One Building San Antonio 78204

Job: Management

Employee Status: Regular

Schedule: Full-time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

State Job Code: 1625

Salary Admin Plan: B

Grade: 31

Salary (Pay Basis): $14,375.00-$15,208.33 (Monthly)

Number of Openings: 1

Overtime Status: Exempt

Job Posting: Jun 10, 2026, 2:13:48 PM

Closing Date: Jun 25, 2026, 4:59:00 AM

The Mission Director, Mission Control and Service Integration is the Deputy Chief's senior mission integrator for the down and in mission force of Texas Cyber Command. This role helps the Deputy Chief keep statewide cyber defense work moving with speed, clarity, discipline, shared awareness, and accountable follow through. This role helps operationalize command intent through disciplined mission rhythm, operational governance, readiness visibility, cross component service integration, and executive support. The role strengthens mission assurance, operational resilience, and command level visibility across statewide cyber defense functions.

The Mission Director maintains the Mission Control rhythm, common operating picture, service integration view, readiness picture, action follow through, mission risk indicators, service dependency risk visibility, readiness degradation visibility, and command attention queue for SOC Platform and Shared Services, CIRU, DFL, RSOCs, VIRT, embedded support, vendors, federal partners, Texas Military Department support, Legal, Finance, Procurement, and other assigned stakeholders. Mission Control is not a permission gate. When mission teams can act safely under command intent, applicable law, approved playbooks, agreements, and current priorities, they should move. This role helps teams keep moving, coordinate when needed, expose friction early, and bring material issues to the Deputy Chief before they slow the mission.

This position performs highly advanced managerial, mission integration, operational governance, mission assurance, and operational coordination work involving Mission Control, service integration, operational readiness, statewide cyber defense support, transition execution, and cross component coordination. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for initiative and independent judgment.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Graduation from an accredited four year college or university with major coursework in information technology security, computer information systems, computer science, management information systems, public administration, emergency management, homeland security, business administration, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of eight years of progressively responsible experience in cybersecurity, information security, cyber governance, technology risk, security operations coordination, incident readiness, resilience, enterprise technology operations, emergency management, mission operations, or public sector technology leadership. Minimum of five years of experience leading operational coordination, cross functional execution, executive reporting, risk management, readiness, complex technology programs, or mission support functions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a CISO, Deputy CISO, security executive, enterprise security architect, cyber risk leader, public sector cybersecurity leader, emergency management leader, mission operations leader, or senior cyber program manager.
• Experience coordinating incident readiness, tabletop exercises, recovery planning, continuity planning, post incident improvement, or after-action tracking.
• Experience creating operating rhythms, dashboards, action trackers, readiness reviews, service reviews, mission assurance views, risk reports, and executive briefings that improve speed and clarity.
• Experience with Texas state government, local government, higher education, critical infrastructure, law enforcement, emergency management, federal cyber partners, or statewide cyber programs.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, CCSP, GIAC, PMP, ITIL, incident command credentials, or equivalent professional qualifications.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of cybersecurity operations, incident response, digital forensics, threat intelligence, service management, operational risk, mission assurance, and executive support.
• Skill in translating command intent into action, rhythm, readiness measures, and follow through.
• Skill in keeping teams moving without becoming a permission gate.
• Skill in translating governance, risk, policy, and executive priorities into operational routines without slowing first action.
• Skill in preparing clear staff work under time pressure.
• Skill in identifying weak handoffs, duplicated effort, unclear assumptions, stale actions, hidden blockers, operating friction, readiness degradation, and service dependency risk.
• Skill in building trust, clarity, and coordination across diverse stakeholders and environments.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment under pressure.
• Ability to support technical leaders without replacing technical judgment.
• Ability to preserve tempo during ambiguity.
• Ability to effectively lead and manage assigned staff, including motivating team members, driving productivity, providing guidance, setting clear expectations, maintaining accountability, having difficult conversations, and making difficult calls.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality to protect sensitive information and maintain need to know boundaries.
• Ability to work outside normal business hours during incidents, exercises, surge operations, or mission critical deadlines.

Computer Skills:

• Proficiency in the use of computers and applicable software necessary to perform work assignments, such as word processing, spreadsheets, collaboration tools, presentation tools, case tracking tools, ticketing tools, dashboards, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Proficiency using operational reporting, project tracking, service management, dashboard, or collaboration platforms.

Other Requirements:

• Regular and punctual attendance at the workplace.
• Criminal background check.
• Additional access, citizenship, or background screening requirements may apply based on final assignment, applicable law, and operational access needs.

Working Conditions:

• Frequent use of computers, copiers, printers, telephones, collaboration platforms, and operational dashboards.
• Frequent standing, walking, sitting, listening, and talking.
• Frequent work under stress, as a team member, and in direct contact with others.
• Frequent work with time sensitive operational information.
• Occasional bending, stooping, lifting, and climbing.
• Occasional travel required.
• May require extended hours during cyber incidents, exercises, degraded operations, continuity events, or statewide response activities.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Texas Cyber Command does not exclude anyone from consideration for recruitment, selection, appointment, training, promotion, retention, or any other personnel action, or deny any benefits or participation in programs or activities, which it sponsors on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability. Please call View phone number on click.appcast.io to request reasonable accommodation.