Senior Project Manager

Active DOD Secret Clearance Required
Hybrid work within the Metro DC area.

@Orchard LLC has been retained by one of the most important technology companies you’ve never heard of. They are responsible for the underlying networks supporting many of the innovations that wow us (driverless cars), and those we now take for granted (the ability to mobile stream your favorite show), as well as critical infrastructure that keeps us safe and serves critical missions. For more than 25 years, our client has been the global leader in networking strategy, and their technology has been part of the critical infrastructure running within the most advanced companies and government institutions in the world.
 
Our client, a large Federal Contractor, is looking for a Senior Manager with the essential technical skills, and proven leadership capabilities to lead an exceptional team of Network Solutions Engineers. The team is expanding an already successful Consulting Services practice focused on the customization of the client’s product suite and the application of subject matter expertise within the national security, defense, and civilian sectors.  This customer engineering practice has an exponential growth capacity for the Government team. The Senior Manager must have a strong technical background, a proven track record of leading technical teams, and a working knowledge of government processes and practices.
 
The Senior Manager will be a key member of the Network Solutions Engineer team, entrusted with the daily administrative, technical, and managerial tasks that encompass all aspects of our services operations. You will lead a technical team of Engineers and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Program Management, Account Management, Sales, Contracts, and Government Primes. You will also be a crucial point of contact for customers and stakeholders, ensuring smooth communication and efficient problem-solving.
 
Your Responsibilities will likely include the following.

• Oversee day-to-day operations for all Network Solutions Engineers, including technical and administrative functions.
• Consistent interaction with teams to ensure technical abilities and career path development are met and fit the projected narrative for each Engineer within the team.
• Overall financial upkeep of active contracts, burn rate, revenue projections, funding alignment, as well as utilization requirements.
• Develop Write and Review contract statement of work (SOW) with Sales teams to ensure projects are properly quoted and all related work and material align with the scope of the related project and sold as per customer expectations.
• Act as technical liaison for resolution of standing issues for deployment efforts and deconflict roadblocks to resolution.
• Present upper management and C-suite executives, with any degree of presentations to include, utilization, business cases, Engineer skillset, metrics analysis, development, and hiring.
• Engage with contract primes, stakeholders, and customers, to update and ensure performance is within expectations as well as discuss solutions for future growth, network expansion, and modernization to include cost-saving reduction efforts while keeping optimal network functionality.
• Development business for additional headcount and services, working closely with sales and account team.
• Drive lifecycle of varying projects, from, long-term and multi-year, to one-time consultant efforts.
• Serve as technical liaison. for the immediate team as well as Sales Engineers, deployment team, and PMO.
• Provide continual development and training paths for the pro services engineering team, working with the learning department to streamline and focus on specific training solutions.
• Assist in recruiting efforts as well as screen candidates for projected opportunities to ensure technical representation coincides with requested project requirements, as well as conduct interviews with said candidates.

 
Your background will include the following.

• Secret (or higher) Security Clearance is required
• Degree in Telecommunications, Networking, or similar technical field of study (Experience in related field instead of Degree)
• Proven track record with leading a large team
• Proficient with Microsoft Office product suite for presentation and documentation (Word, PowerPoint, Visio, excel, teams, etc.)
• Security+ or any equivalent DoD 8570 (IAT Level II or higher)
• Working Knowledge and hands-on experience with Layer-0, Layer-1, Layer-2
• Strong understanding of SONET, DWDM, ROADM (and other (n)OADM configurations) architecture and provisioning and implementation. 
• Understanding of Carrier Ethernet architecture and provisioning and implementation.
• Proven ability to produce technical documentation, such as whitepapers, EMOPS, and network diagrams.
• Ability to learn new technology, and apply and share applicable knowledge to customers, stakeholders, and peers. 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Team orientation, organized, capable of independent work with the ability to work with minimal direction, self-starter.
• Ability to travel up to 25%

 
Preferred additional experience

• Current or Prior experience and knowledge with the Ciena Product Family.
• Experience with project management in a technical field preferably with a certification (Project+, ITIL, Scrum, Agile, etc.)
• Previous work within the telecommunications industry through equipment vendors, service providers, etc.

 
If this opportunity sounds like a good fit, or if you would simply like more information, please apply so that we can paint the full picture.
 
Established in 2010, @Orchard LLC, also known as, Talent Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI.  Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atOrchard.com.