IT Project Manager

CGS Federal is seeking an IT Project Manager to assist with the design, development, and oversight of various ongoing efforts in the IT department of a large federal entity. The role involves participating in project design, developing project plans, and implementing management plans for new and ongoing projects while utilizing Agile project management principles.

Responsibilities:

• 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

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 must demonstrate 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 language development 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
• Industry certifications/licenses
• Client-facing communication experience
• Federal Agency issued security clearance