IT Project Manager

Leadership and Direction

• Set the direction for the team, ensuring alignment with Branch Chief goals and organizational objectives.
• Actively motivate the team, fostering a positive work environment, building morale, and encouraging continuous professional development.
• Manage the team and oversee the successful completion of all tasks and assigned projects utilizing a Kanban methodology.

Project and Resource Management

• Oversee comprehensive resource management, including workload balancing, skill allocation, and capacity planning.
• Effectively manage these resources and schedules to ensure continuous service availability and timely project delivery without burning out the team.
• Participate in the development of technical project plans, proposals, reports, and schedules.
• Plan and prioritize new projects and system upgrades.

Customer Engagement and Value Creation

• Serve as the primary liaison to the Branch Chief, ensuring clear and consistent communication.
• Drive the development of new capabilities that create tangible value for the customer.
• Identify opportunities to improve IT operations and end-user satisfaction, implementing solutions to address those opportunities.

Tool and Platform Availability Management

• Manage and ensure the high availability, configuration, and optimal performance of the following critical enterprise tools: Identity Service Engine (ISE), RSA, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Ansible/GitLab, DNS (InfoBlox), ClearPass, CloudVision, AirWave, CyberSecure IMS, CiscoPrime, and JunoSpace.

Qualifications

• Security Clearance: Active Secret
• Certification(s): Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Education (ONE of the following): Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of experience OR Associates Degree with 7 years of experience
• Experience: 5+ years of related experience in IT project management; At least 3 years of people management experience
• Technical Skills: 2+ years working in system administration, networks, and infrastructure environments; Understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices; Familiarity with the managed tools (ISE, RSA, Ansible, InfoBlox, etc.)
• Skills and Abilities: Ability to apply systematic problem-solving skills to quickly solve novel problems and remediate complex issues; Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Location: Customer Site in the Pentagon

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, competitive pay and paid time off
• Medical plan options (some with Health Savings Accounts), dental plan options, a vision plan
• 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match
• Full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• Short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $136,000 - $184,000. Salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 | Travel Required: None | Telecommuting Options: Onsite | Work Location: USA VA Arlington