Cyber Project Management Specialist

Chenega Corporation • Redstone Arsenal, AL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Chronos Operations, LLC 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 (AMC) Headquarters at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The role serves as an operational bridge among cybersecurity technical teams, program management leadership, and Department of Defense stakeholders. It helps ensure that IT and OT cybersecurity programs meet baseline milestones, comply with federal cybersecurity mandates, and align with strategic mission objectives.

The specialist coordinates two to five concurrent projects through their full delivery lifecycles; maintains schedules, requirements, risks, resources, governance milestones, and performance reporting; and facilitates Agile delivery practices using tools such as Jira and GitLab. The role also leads stakeholder discovery and requirements analysis, documents current and future workflows, maintains requirements traceability, and supports program reviews and leadership reporting.

The position is based in Huntsville, Alabama, and may require travel up to 10%. The employee must be able to work nights, weekends, and holidays as required and must hold an active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS with SCI eligibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 3 years of experience in project and program coordination, including at least 1 year managing project coordination support for large-scale cybersecurity projects and programs involving IT and OT systems.
• At least 2 years of Department of Defense experience.
• Hands-on experience with Jira, GitLab, or equivalent enterprise project management and issue-tracking platforms for managing workflows, sprints, and task backlogs.
• Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS with SCI eligibility.
• Must 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 story creation, 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 deliver high-level stakeholder briefings, 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 familiarity facilitating Scrum/Kanban workflows.
• Prior experience building and maintaining resource-loaded schedules within DoD acquisition or PMO environments.
• Cybersecurity and/or IT technical project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Direct, track, and report on 2 to 5 active projects through their full delivery lifecycles, from kickoff through final delivery.
• Build, baseline, and maintain contract-compliant Integrated Master Schedules and milestone tracking plans.
• Facilitate delivery rhythms, including 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 and GitLab to manage project boards, Scrum/Kanban workflows, issue velocity, backlogs, dependencies, 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 future-state workflows to translate stakeholder needs into actionable delivery plans.
• Author business and system requirements documents and user stories, and maintain Requirements Traceability Matrices.
• Analyze 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 allocation across projects to help prevent 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 sync meetings.
• Maintain status dashboards tracking KPIs and project milestones for program leadership.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• The company describes a broad range of benefits but does not specify individual benefits in the posting.
• Professional development opportunities, including on-the-job learning and formal development programs.
• Well-being programs and flexibility to make daily choices supporting health and well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time