Project Manager

Founded in 2003, IT Concepts’ core values – customer-centricity, teamwork, driven to deliver, innovation, and integrity – ensure we work together to be the best, realize objectives, and make a positive impact in our communities. We intentionally created and sustain our ITC culture that embraces change, experimentation, continuous learning, and improvement. We bring our design thinking problem-solving approach that challenges assumptions, prioritizes curiosity, and invites complexity to deliver innovative, efficient, and effective solutions. As we continue to grow in the support of our government customers, we are looking for driven and innovative individuals to join our team.

IT Concepts is seeking a Project Manager who will support several projects at a federal agency. The position is located in Woodlawn, MD. The qualified candidate should have strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with sharp attention to detail.

• Provide Operations and Maintenance support for Security Infrastructure Team
• Ensure that the team reviews new firewall rules and documents firewall changes.
• Provide OIS-wide IT support and SLC activities.
• Provide data analytics to determine gaps in existing security programs and security tool implementations.
• Develop and manage communication plans for remediation activities.
• Utilize Agile project management techniques to efficiently deliver projects within budget with all requisite features and functionality on schedule.
• Develop and manage aspects of project and program engagement, from planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks and issues.
• Demonstrate the experience and ability to serve as the key coordinator among multiple project teams and/or components to ensure enterprise-wide consistency of application development efforts.
• Demonstrate experience in managing technical application development projects and systems analysis projects for medium to large scale projects, and project management experience specific to the full SDLC.
• Demonstrate the experience and ability to work without technical oversight and to lead and/or supervise a team of specialists.
• Demonstrate the ability to manage and maintain utility programs, job control language, macros, subroutines, and other control modules.
• Responsible for conducting weekly Project Meetings, leading on site Resources & Managing Subcontractors.
• Serve as the first level of acceptance of products and features designed and developed by the team.
• Ensure quality and on-time delivery by continuing to monitor and support products through all phases of the software development lifecycles.
• Assist the client in development of core positioning and messaging for products as well as launch marketing plans.
• Work with third parties to assess the potential for partnerships and licensing opportunities where needed.
• Assist in hand-off and training sessions with clients developing training materials as needed.
• Become knowledgeable on the CDM technical requirements for SSA’s CDM program. Understand your role in CDM activities.
• Maintain backlogs and priorities for product enhancements, and own product development roadmaps.
• Providing expertise in both the Linux and Windows environments (including Active Directory) to support O&M activities including 24x7 enterprise support.
• Support the Agency’s existing and future CDM platforms and OIS’ expanding security infrastructure.
• Key areas that to focus in CIA Team (Cybersecurity Infrastructure & Administration (CIAT):

Requirements

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities needed.

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of experience, Master's degree and 5 years of experience, or 11 years of experience in lieu of a degree
• Experience in Agile Product Management
• Document baselines and monitor KPIs to determine success of product against stated goals.
• Planning and implementing Project management strategies, based on templates and Policies of the Agency.
• Develop and maintain high-quality product requirements based on the SOW.
• Must be US Citizen or US Permanent Resident (Green card holder)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.

• Prior experience supporting the Social Security Administration or similar government agencies a plus
• Unde