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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

We are searching for an experienced Engineering Project Manager to join our DevSecOps Department of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. This role will have you leading the process of formalizing, standardizing and standing up our Configuration Management (CM) modernization efforts for our sponsors. ARL/Penn State’s purpose is to develop innovative solutions to challenging national problems in support of the Navy, DoD, and Intel communities engineering and technology needs.

ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

You will:

• Act as principle advisor to the PSU-ARL DevSecOps Department Head
• Lead the creation of project plans and interact regularly with program sponsors, stakeholders, project/program teams and others in completion of the work and communicating status
• Oversee System integration and work to standardize design for sponsor
• Review progress of projects and recommend, support, and implement improvement strategies where needed
• Prepare various reports including budget reports and/or project plans for inclusion in program plans
• Oversee the production of technical documentation to support maintenance of HW/SW systems in concert with the Chief Engineer or Design Lead
• Responsible for managing software baseline changes and the effects on the overall system
• Managing multiple environment HW and SW baselines at multiple classification levels
• Lead automation efforts in SCM including software builds, audit tools and transfer mechanisms

This position can be filled at multiple levels depending on education, and experience. Minimally requires a Bachelor’s Degree and 6 year’s related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Additional experience and/or education are required for higher level positions.  A Master’s Degree is preferred. 

Additional responsibilities for higher level position includes:

• Provide Senior leadership and direction to project management activities, best practices and project management
• May serve as a member of the senior leadership team
• Participates in the strategic planning process and provides input into strategic decision
• Lead configuration management, information management, test data support, documentation management, integrated logistics supp