IT Project Manager
About The Position
The IT Project Manager will support a federal client’s mission to accelerate discovery and delivery of identity- and network-based intelligence to counter national security threat actors. The role applies experience relevant to the intelligence domain to evaluate, recommend, implement, and oversee automated testing tools and strategies. The IT PM supports all phases of analytic work product development, from identifying key business questions through developing functional requirements. The PM engages anticipated end users to understand analysts’ current business processes and pain points, documents how custom analytic applications address those pain points and deliver value, and creates artifacts such as process flows. The PM helps government stakeholders prioritize requirements and reach consensus on the functionality included in the Minimum Viable Product (MVP). The role also supports the technical development team by helping the technical lead develop Jira tickets, and assists with functional testing and delivery to end users. The IT PM leads large projects or significant segments of complex projects; oversees project planning and execution; coordinates the design, development, and implementation of web-based software applications; manages a small software development team; tracks development and architecture in Jira and Confluence; and communicates with technical and non-technical organizations and partners. The role also supports system integration testing, investigates unexpected behavior and anomalies, identifies operational risks, and helps remove obstacles to development.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
- Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS) managed services.
- Ability to rapidly learn the details of a data-integration software system architecture, including complex integration points and security controls across classified cloud environments such as C2S and NSA’s IC-GovCloud.
- Experience with Agile development methodology.
- Working knowledge of collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
Nice To Haves
- Direct experience with DHS and Intelligence Community component data architectures and environments; IC-GovCloud experience is preferred.
- Understanding of cloud architectures and enabling tools and technologies, such as AWS Cloud (GovCloud/C2S).
- Expertise in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), government off-the-shelf (GOTS), and open-source tools that support development of data integration and visualization applications.
Responsibilities
- Lead teams on large projects or significant segments of large, complex projects.
- Analyze complex project-related problems and develop innovative solutions involving finance, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools, and solution components.
- Prepare long- and short-range plans for application selection, systems development and maintenance, production activities, and required support resources.
- Oversee all aspects of projects.
- Direct and coordinate the design, development, and implementation of web-based software applications within constraints while meeting end-user business needs.
- Participate in technical and non-technical discussions with internal and external partners, contribute to discussions, and track details.
- Lead technical exchanges, coordinate feedback, and drive multiple agencies toward consensus.
- Manage a small software development team, assess individual strengths and weaknesses, and align efforts with prioritized tasks.
- Identify and remove development obstacles, with federal client assistance as needed, including assigning non-development tasks to supporting personnel.
- Track and document development and architecture using Jira and Confluence.
- Liaise with technical and non-technical organizations to communicate development progress, plan and execute system integration testing, investigate and troubleshoot unexpected behavior and anomalies, and identify potential risks to system operations.
- Engage anticipated end users to understand analysts’ business processes and pain points.
- Document application workflows and value, including creating process-flow artifacts.
- Help government stakeholders prioritize requirements and agree on MVP functionality.
- Assist the technical team lead with Jira tickets and support functional testing and application delivery to end users.
- Evaluate, recommend, implement, and oversee automated testing tools and strategies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
