Senior Technical Project Manager

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACI (T1)

Job Family:

Business Process Analysis

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Project Management, Communication, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Information Technology (IT) Projects, Waterfall Model

Certifications:

None

Experience:

7 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to support the Operations and Engineering Branch at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).  In this role, you will help teams develop and implement new solutions, as well as maintain NIAID’s IT infrastructure.

 

Work Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this role.

 

This role is remote but must be onsite once a month in Rockville, MD for meetings. Travel will not be reimbursed.

 

HOW A SENIOR TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Leading and managing IT infrastructure projects from initiation to completion, including data center migrations, cloud infrastructure deployment, network upgrades, and enterprise system implementations.
• Leading multiple projects of various sizes and levels of complexity, using various project management methodologies, such as Waterfall, Kanban, Scrum, or hybrid
• Leading a matrixed project team from 3 – 20 people
• Collaborating with clients to define and document IT project scope, priority, budgets and schedules, as well as oversee implementation of projects
• Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation using Wrike, Service Now, JIRA, Microsoft Project, MS Teams, Excel, and other standard technical management tools
• Working with teams to proactively identify project risks and issues, develop mitigation plans, and escalate as necessary to minimize project plans
• Providing timely communication on project status, issues, risks, blockers, opportunities, and achievements
• Representing projects during internal and customer-facing reviews
• Communicating with all levels of management, technical team members, and user community
• Serving as a champion for PMO standards for managing work (project-portfolio management)
• Establishing and ensuring team is using work management tools in accordance with PMO standards
• Working with the PMO to assess and determine project management methodology to apply to work
• Working with a Team Lead to organize and shepherd a team’s work (i.e. project and non-ticket related operational work)
• When appropriate, forging a trusted relationship with the PMO and Team Lead to implement new ways of working  
• Facilitating project management/agile ceremonies – including kickoffs, standups, planning meetings, status updates, lessons learned/retrospectives
• Keeping up-to-date on industry trends and innovations and identifying opportunities to improve existing processes

 

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical discipline (or equivalent)
• 7+ years of project management experience
• 5+ years of experience focusing on IT infrastructure projects (e.g., data centers, cloud services, networking, servers, and storage systems)
• Familiarity with Waterfall Project Management and Agile Project Management and methodologies (including Kanban and Scrum)
• Experience with enterprise-level IT systems, tools, and project management software (e.g. Wrike, ServiceNow, JIRA, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of IT infrastructure technologies such as networking, servers, storage, virtualization, cloud, and cybersecurity
• Experience managing large or multiple projects with changing priorities 
• Experience developing and delivering presentations to various audiences
• Expertise in risk management and issue resolution
• Experience creating and maintaining formal and informal networks