IT Project Manager

Description

We are looking for an IT PM to support our federal client’s mission to accelerate discovery and delivery of identity and network-based intelligence to counter national security threat actors by applying experience relevant in an intelligence domain and applying the knowledge to evaluate, make recommendations, implement, and oversee automated testing tools and strategies. In this role, the IT Project Manager (IT PM) will support all phases of analytic work product development, from the identification of key business questions to the development of functional requirements. The IT PM will engage with anticipated end-users, to understand the analysts' current business processes and pain points. The IT PM will document how the custom analytic application will address the analysts' pain points and deliver value to the analysts by creating artifacts such as process flows that are defined for the team. The IT PM will help the government prioritize requirements and develop a consensus about the functionality that will be delivered in the Minimal Viable Product (MVP). The IT PM will assist the technical development team, by helping the technical team lead develop Jira tickets and will support functional testing of the application and delivery to the end users.

Duties

• Leads team on large projects or significant segment of large complex projects.
• Analyzes new and complex project related problems and creates innovative solutions involving finance, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools, and solution components.
• Prepares long and short-range plans for application selection, systems development, systems maintenance, and production activities and for necessary support resources.
• Oversees all aspects of projects.
• Direct and coordinate activities related to the design, development, and implementation of web-based software application within constraints and while ensuring end user business needs are met
• Participate meaningfully in technical and non-technical conversations with partners (internal and external to I&A) and be able to contribute and track details throughout those discussions. This includes leading technical exchanges (which can include external or interagency counterparts), coordinating feedback, and driving multiple agencies to consensus.
• Manage a small software development team of various skill levels to assess individual strengths and weaknesses to appropriately flex efforts towards tasks prioritized by the individual filling this position
• Identify and remove (with assistance from federal clients as needed) any obstacles to development to include assigning non-development tasks to supporting personnel
• Track and document development and architecture using the JIRA and Confluence as management tools.
• Serve as a liaison as needed to non-technical and technical organizations to communicate development progress, plan system integration testing and execution, investigate and troubleshoot unexpected behavior and anomalies, and identify potential risks to systems operations communicated using different nomenclature and conventions

Requirements

Qualifications

• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
• Familiar with Amazon Web Managed Services (AWS)
• Demonstrate the ability to rapidly ramp up on the specific intricacies of a data integration software system’s architecture that include complex integration points and security controls across classified cloud environments (C2S, NSA’s IC-GovCloud)
• Experience with Agile development methodology
• Working knowledge with Collaboration tools, such as, Jira and Confluence

Preferred Qualifications and Certifications

• Direct Experience with DHS and Intelligence Community (IC) component's data architectures and environments (IC-GovCloud experience preferred)
• Understanding of cloud architectures and enabling tools and technologies, such as, AWS Cloud (GovCloud/C2S)
• Expertise in various COTS, GOTS, and open-source tools which support development of data integration and visualization applications