Technical Project Manager - Peraton
Reston, VA
About the Job
Responsibilities
Peraton is seeking a Technical Project Manager to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The ideal candidate will support the United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) in maintaining its information technology (IT) enterprise infrastructure. This individual will have a background in Dev Ops concepts.
Hybrid role. Must be local to the DC Metro area.
Day to Day Work Responsibilities:
- Attend weekly status meetings with the Government Program Managers.
- Organize, direct and coordinate planning and execution of all task order activities.
- Defines project scope and objectives.
- Develop work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
- Provide technical guidance to project team.
- Facilitate scrum meetings and lead sprint planning meetings effectively.
- Direct and coordinate the day-to-day activities, tasks and deliverables required from the project team according to the project plan.
- Develop best practices and tools for project support.
- Provide strategic planning and project management to include monitoring and controlling efforts as well as managing scope.
- Serve as a Scrum Master, facilitating scrum meetings, and leading sprint planning/demo/retrospective meetings effectively.
- Develop project status reports to project owners including scheduling, cost, scope, testing, changes, resource availabilities and task status.
- Facilitate training and informational sessions.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- U.S. Citizenship and must have the ability to obtain a DHS Entrance on Duty (EOD) clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree and 6 years’ experience.
- 5 years experience managing IT projects and programs.
- Knowledge of information systems hardware and software.
- Knowledge of systems development life-cycle.
- Scrum Master Expertise.
- Exceptional and effective written and verbal communications skills.
- Experience managing teams using Agile methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
- ITIL4 Certification
- PMP Certification
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.