IT Project Manager

IT Project Manager – Federal Government

Pay Range: $ per year – $ per year

Employment Type: Full‑Time, Experienced

Department: Information Technology

Seniority Level: Mid‑Senior

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) is a highly skilled, creative consulting firm focused on government innovation. We are seeking an IT Project Manager to assist with the design, development, and oversight of ongoing IT initiatives for a large federal entity. The PM will participate in project design, develop project plans, assess available resources, and implement management plans for new and ongoing projects.

The candidate should have a strong understanding of Agile project management principles for both large and small projects, and be experienced and comfortable acting as a team lead or primary liaison for project information.

Skills and attributes for success:

• Define project scope and schedule while focusing on 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 to achieve a standardized approach to agile team project execution
• Monitor 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

Qualifications:

• 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 demonstrate a leadership role in at least 3 successful projects delivered on time and on budget
• At least 5 years of experience in information system design and development in one or more general‑purpose programming languages such as JavaScript and Java
• Knowledge of system integration using API management technologies, and a working knowledge of RESTful APIs, API design, and development on cloud and on‑premise environments
• Experience in RDBMS and No
  
  SQL database development with strong fundamentals in algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
• At least 5 years of experience managing an Agile Scrum team with developers, testers and Devிலைops using Agile processes and practices
• Experience working with public agency interfaces
• Master’s Degree or a 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 of the following: web application development, mobile application development, information retrieval, large software system development, and/or security software development
• Industry certifications/licenses

Ideally, you will also have:

• Client‑facing communication experience
• Federal Agency issued security clearance

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