IT Project Manager with Security Clearance

About the role

CGS is seeking an IT Project Manager to assist with the design, development, and oversight of various ongoing IT efforts within a large federal entity. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Agile project management and experience leading IT projects.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope and schedule while ensuring timely delivery of value.
• Organize and lead project status and working meetings.
• Prepare and distribute progress reports.
• Manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans and implement delivery planning for assigned projects.
• Develop and update business process documentation for testing and training management.
• Define and manage a well-defined project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for agile project management.
• Deliver an agile transformation plan to move from current state to a desired state.
• Use standard project performance metrics to assess and evaluate the program.
• Aid in the implementation and facilitation of the use of agile tools, guidelines, and metrics in order to achieve a standardized approach to agile team project execution.
• Maintain and monitor the overall cost, control, adherence to schedules, and technical quality of work.
• Prepare and provide technical analysis reports as directed by the Agency to support discussions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Information systems or a related discipline.
• 5 years of experience in project management.
• At least 5 years of experience in managing IT related projects and demonstrating a leadership role in at least 3 successful projects that were delivered on time and on budget.
• At least 5 years of experience in information system design and development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages such as JavaScript and Java.
• Knowledge in system integration using Application Program Interface (API) management technologies, and a working knowledge of the RESTful APIs platform, API design, and development on the cloud as well as on-premise environments.
• Experience in RDBMS and NoSQL database development experience with strong fundamentals in algorithm design, problem-solving, and complexity analysis.
• At least 5 years of experience in managing an Agile scrum team with developers, testers, and DevOps team using Agile processes and practices.
• Experience working with public agency interfaces.
• A Master's Degree or project management certification.
• At least 5 years of programming experience in Java, JavaScript, JBOSS Fuse, Angular JS.
• Experience in health and human services domains such as eligibility, enrollment, Medicaid, child welfare, and child support systems.
• Experience building complex software systems with one or more general-purpose programming languages.
• Knowledge of best practices for the full Agile SDLC, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Integration experience with financial management systems.
• Experience working with two or more from the following: web application development, mobile application development, information retrieval, developing large software systems, and/or security software development.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in managing an Agile scrum team with developers, testers, and DevOps team using Agile processes and practices.
• Experience working with public agency interfaces.
• Experience in health and human services domains such as eligibility, enrollment, Medicaid, child welfare, and child support systems.
• Experience building complex software systems with one or more general-purpose programming languages.
• Knowledge of best practices for the full Agile SDLC, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Integration experience with financial management systems.
• Experience working with two or more from the following: web application development, mobile application development, information retrieval, developing large software systems, and/or security software development.

Skills

• Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value.
• Organize and lead project status and working meetings.
• Prepare and distribute progress reports.
• Manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans and perform delivery planning for assigned projects.
• Define and develop initiatives for continuous business process improvements and monitoring.
• Manage the team in making business decisions relating to system implementation, modification and maintenance.
• Develop and update business process documentation for testing and training management.
• Define and manage a well-defined project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for agile project management.
• Deliver an agile transformation plan to move from current state to a desired state.
• Use standard project performance metrics to assess and evaluate the program.
• Aid in the implementation and facilitation of the use of agile tools, guidelines and metrics in order to achieve a standardized approach to agile team project execution.
• Monitor the overall cost, control, adherence to schedules, and technical quality of work.
• Prepare and provide technical analysis reports as directed by the Agency to support discussions.

Benefits

CGS offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Pay

$100,000 - $205,000 a year

Schedule

Full-time