Scheduler/ IMS Analyst

Entarian•Denver, CO

33d•Hybrid

About The Position

Entarian is seeking an experienced IMS Analyst/Scheduler responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) supporting complex technical programs. The Master Scheduler serves as the program's scheduling authority, ensuring schedule integrity, integration, and visibility across multiple projects, workstreams, subcontractors, and stakeholders. This role partners closely with program management, engineering, finance, and government customers to provide schedule analysis, identify risks, forecast impacts, and support informed program execution. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience supporting large-scale defense, space, communications, mission operations, or enterprise information technology programs involving multiple engineering disciplines and geographically distributed teams.

Requirements

Active Secret security clearance.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Engineering, Information Technology, Operations Management, or a related discipline. Equivalent experience may be considered.
Minimum ten (10) years of experience developing and managing Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) supporting complex government, defense, aerospace, or enterprise technology programs.
Minimum five (5) years of experience developing and maintaining resource-loaded Microsoft Project schedules for large, multi-disciplinary programs.
Demonstrated experience integrating schedules across multiple projects, engineering teams, subcontractors, and functional organizations.
Experience supporting complex information technology, enterprise networking, communications, space, or mission systems programs.
Strong understanding of scheduling principles, critical path methodology (CPM), schedule risk analysis, dependency management, baseline management, and change control.
Experience preparing executive-level schedule reports, dashboards, metrics, and program performance analyses.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, program leadership, government civilians, and military personnel.
Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a high degree of accuracy.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, and Outlook.
Ability to travel approximately 25% to support customer locations, mission partner engagements, and program execution activities.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Department of Defense, U.S. Space Force, NASA, or other federal acquisition programs.
Experience supporting Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs), or DCMA schedule assessments.
Familiarity with the GAO Schedule Assessment Guide and industry scheduling best practices.
Experience supporting large enterprise network modernization, communications infrastructure, or mission operations programs.
Experience with Microsoft Project Server, Project Online, Primavera P6, Open Plan Professional (OPP), or similar enterprise scheduling tools.
Experience developing executive dashboards using Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, or advanced Microsoft Excel.
Experience supporting Agile, hybrid Agile, or traditional waterfall program execution environments.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) certification.
Experience leading or mentoring scheduling teams or serving as the scheduling lead for large, multi-contract programs.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and manage the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for multiple complex projects using Microsoft Project or other government-approved scheduling tools.
Integrate schedules from multiple projects, engineering teams, subcontractors, and functional organizations into a comprehensive program-level schedule.
Establish and maintain schedule logic, dependencies, milestones, critical paths, resource loading, and schedule baselines in accordance with program requirements.
Monitor schedule performance, identify variances from the approved baseline, perform schedule health assessments, and recommend corrective actions to maintain program objectives.
Conduct critical path, schedule risk, resource utilization, and what-if analyses to support program planning, execution, and decision-making.
Analyze schedule performance data to identify opportunities for process improvement, schedule optimization, resource balancing, and risk reduction.
Collaborate with program managers, project managers, technical leads, finance, contracts, and government stakeholders to develop realistic schedules, milestones, dependencies, and execution strategies.
Support program planning activities including baseline development, schedule updates, change management, integrated baseline reviews (IBRs), and contract modifications as required.
Develop executive dashboards, schedule metrics, visualizations, and performance reports that communicate program status, schedule health, milestone achievement, and forecasted impacts.
Support risk and opportunity management activities by identifying schedule risks, evaluating mitigation strategies, and assessing potential impacts to cost, schedule, and technical performance.
Provide scheduling expertise and recommendations to program leadership regarding resource allocation, task prioritization, execution strategies, and program performance.
Ensure scheduling processes comply with customer requirements, contractual obligations, organizational standards, and applicable industry best practices.
Support customer meetings, program management reviews (PMRs), Integrated Product Team (IPT) meetings, technical interchange meetings, and executive briefings.