Cyber Project Management Specialist

Chenega Corp • Redstone Arsenal, AL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Chronos Operations, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, is seeking a Cyber Project Management Specialist to provide end-to-end project coordination, integrated master scheduling, and compliance tracking for mission-critical defense operations supporting Army Materiel Command Headquarters at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The role connects cybersecurity technical teams, program management leadership, and Department of Defense stakeholders.

The specialist coordinates multiple IT and OT cybersecurity projects through their full delivery lifecycles, ensuring baseline milestones are met, federal cybersecurity requirements are tracked, and work aligns with mission objectives. The position includes requirements discovery and documentation, process analysis, schedule and risk control, resource planning, and reporting to program leadership. The role supports two to five active projects and may require work at nights, on weekends, and on holidays, as well as travel up to 10%.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 3 years of project and program coordination experience, including at least 1 year supporting coordination of large-scale cybersecurity projects and programs involving IT and OT systems.
• At least 2 years of Department of Defense experience.
• Hands-on experience using Jira, GitLab, or equivalent enterprise project management and issue-tracking platforms to manage workflows, sprints, and task backlogs.
• Active Secret clearance and ability to obtain Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Successfully pass background and drug screening.
• Ability to meet minimum clearance requirements.
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays as required.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.
• Knowledge of requirements elicitation, user stories, process flowcharts and workflows, BPMN, As-Is/To-Be modeling, Requirements Traceability Matrices, and gap analysis.
• Knowledge of Integrated Master Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structures, Critical Path Method, and dependency mapping.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Jira, Azure DevOps, SharePoint, and advanced Microsoft Excel data tracking and modeling.
• Knowledge of Agile Scrum/Kanban, Waterfall, and hybrid project lifecycles.
• Knowledge of RADI/RAID logging, change impact analysis, and deliverable quality tracking.
• Ability to brief high-level stakeholders, develop PMR artifacts, and align cross-functional leaders.

Nice To Haves

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification.
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification or practical experience facilitating Scrum/Kanban workflows.
• Experience building and maintaining resource-loaded schedules in DoD acquisition or PMO environments.
• Cybersecurity and/or IT technical project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Direct, track, and report on two to five active projects from kickoff through final delivery.
• Build, baseline, and maintain contract-compliant Integrated Master Schedules and milestone plans.
• Facilitate delivery activities such as sprint planning, milestone progress checks, standups, and release reviews.
• Identify critical-path dependencies, remove cross-team obstacles, and reduce administrative friction for technical teams.
• Use Jira, GitLab, or similar tools to manage Scrum or Kanban boards, backlogs, dependencies, issue velocity, and sprint execution.
• Lead stakeholder interviews, discovery sessions, and workshops to elicit and document functional, technical, and operational requirements.
• Document current-state processes and design optimized future-state workflows.
• Create business and system requirements documents and user stories, and maintain Requirements Traceability Matrices.
• Analyze operational workflows to identify bottlenecks, dependencies, and process modernization opportunities.
• Maintain Risk, Actions, Decisions, and Issues logs across assigned projects.
• Enforce formal change-control processes, assess project impacts, and mitigate scope creep.
• Track governance gates, security review periods, testing phases, and customer acceptance criteria.
• Balance workload across projects to reduce burnout, excessive context switching, and resource contention.
• Analyze schedule, milestone, and burn-rate variances to forecast delivery dates and lead times.
• Prepare and deliver data-driven status presentations for monthly Program Management Reviews and weekly senior management and PMO meetings.
• Maintain status dashboards that track KPIs and project milestones for program leadership.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities, including on-the-job learning and formal development programs.
• Well-being programs.
• Flexible daily choices intended to support team members' health and well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level