Project Manager

Nightwing•Fort Meade, MD

21d

About The Position

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets. Nightwing is seeking a Project Manager willing to work in a fast-paced environment to assist program members to design, develop integrate and maintain enterprise web applications to support a challenging strategic program for a high-profile customer. The PM will help identify best practices, for repeating and standardizing workflows and providing guidance on how to best approach new technology integration. This role requires someone with proven experience as an PM who possesses strong analytical and project management skills. The candidate must be able to engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously throughout the organization. The PM will be involved in recording and evaluating requirements, tracking teams’ progress through a succession of agile methodologies in coordination with the Scrum Master, Development Team, and Government Program Management Office.

Requirements

Current TS/SCI Clearance with CI Polygraph
Must have 14 years of related experience
Must have 5 years’ experience supporting the mission
An additional 6 years’ experience can be substituted with a Bachelor’s degree and 4 years’ experience can substituted with an Associate’s degree.
A Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years additional related work experience maybe substituted for a Master’s degree.
Demonstrated experience working in a collaborative, fast paced environment with a willingness to assist and support the team with evolving requirements and objectives
Excellent analytic and communication skills to help build and document processes, policies, and job aids
Previous experience supporting software development projects
Knowledge of agile framework, processes, and principles
Knowledge of DevSecOps principles and processes (e.g., CI/CD, TDD)
Knowledge of microservices architectures (e.g., Kubernetes)
Ability to work well with a team
Demonstrated organizational skills and attention to detail
Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.

Responsibilities

Plan and coordinate program management process activities including scheduling of meetings and preparation of briefings and presentations.
Support the PMO in resource leveling, planning and analysis
Supervises personnell aligned to their agile team and manages team performance.
Document Agile Project Plan (MVI’s, Epics, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria) with impact analysis, dependencies and levels of effort in in the enterprise requirements management tool.
Supervises all teams’ agile ceremonies (Backlog Refinement, Retrospectives, Sprint Planning, etc.).
Ensures adherence to DevSecOps principles.
Remove team’s roadblocks.
Create and maintain reporting from enterprise requirements management tool.
Coordinate project schedules, including participation in meetings, documentation and distribution of minutes and action items, and tracking action items for successful completion
Assist in the preparation of management plans and reports
Support tasks requiring the collecting, compiling, evaluating, and publishing of information and statistical data in documents, records, forms, reports, plans, policies, and regulations
Provide support such as technical writing, technical editing of documents, integration of various sources into a cohesive product.
Compose technical documents including user’s manuals, training materials, installation guides, proposals and reports.
Edit functional descriptions, system specifications, user manuals, special reports, or any other customer deliverables and documents