Jessica L. Bathon

Jessica L. Bathon serves as a key procurement professional within the Telecommunications Division (HC1013) of the Defense Information Systems Agency, where she supports the acquisition of critical communications infrastructure and IT services essential to the Department of Defense’s global network operations. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on modernizing legacy telecom systems, deploying secure virtual private networks, and ensuring interoperable, high-capacity connectivity across military and federal endpoints. Her work directly enables DISA’s mission to sustain resilient, secure, and scalable communications architectures through strategic sourcing and lifecycle management of technical services. Bathon maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading telecommunications and systems integration vendors, including AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc., Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Liberty Communications, Inc., AOC Connect LLC, and Norfolk Fiber, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established contractors with proven capabilities in fiber optic network deployment, secure data transport, and enterprise-level network engineering. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and long-term operational sustainment, fostering collaborative vendor relationships grounded in mission-critical reliability. Her contracting patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 83.3% of acquisitions conducted without set-asides, indicating a focus on broad market competition for mission-essential capabilities. When set-asides are utilized, they are evenly split between Total Small Business Set-Asides and 8(a) competed awards, demonstrating a measured but intentional commitment to socioeconomic programs without compromising operational urgency or technical rigor. Bathon’s primary procurement focus lies in information technology services, with dominant NAICS codes in Other Computer Related Services (541519), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), and Computer Systems Design Services (541512). She regularly acquires network architecture design, secure software development, systems integration, and managed services that support DISA’s transition to cloud-enabled, software-defined telecommunications environments. Her expertise centers on mission-critical IT modernization, cybersecurity-enabled communications, and the integration of next-generation network solutions across DoD enterprises.