Junior Project Management Analyst - REMOTE - US Citizenship required

GDIT has an opportunity for a growth oriented and execution-focused professional to help drive our Department of Homeland Security business area serving various DHS agencies.

Candidate must be an US citizen, and able to obtain DHS Public Trust clearance and USCIS EOD to start work

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a talented Junior Project Management Analyst to join our Project Management Services team on an IT operations project supporting DHS USCIS. The candidate will provide project management support tasks for large enterprise operations and maintenance. Candidate will be responsible for project management tasks that are associated with designing, configuration, and installation support for large enterprise IT projects. This position ensures that all the assigned project and program task activities are completed to specification, within an established time frame.

This position works under the general guidance of the EIOSS Program Manager, Project Management Team and USCIS EID PMs and other stakeholders, in an Agile. DevSecOps fast-paced, rapidly changing, collaborative environment, and requires strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, strong critical thinking, complex problem solving, and skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

• Provide briefings to leadership, create reports and documentation on demand, ensure deliverable compliance, and interface between customer organization and team members
• Provide operational management of projects
• Develops work plan/schedule, technical project plans, project and task order level reporting
• Attends customer meetings and serves as a client liaison
• Coordinates development of project deliverables, generates monthly reports including technical status, management performance, and financial projections
• Work with the Project management team, to provide effective and efficient management of the program task efforts
• Conduct regular Agile Ceremonies such as Daily standups, SCRUMs and/or checkpoints to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding the IT projects
• Work with Waterfall and Agile/DevOps project teams and processes
• Working in an ITIL v3 or v4 framework to deliver enterprise services
• Effective time management skills and the ability to work under pressure to meet schedules and deadlines, to multi-task, to plan, organize and prioritize work assignments and pay close attention to detail
• Fully engaged in the implementation of a DevOps practices for supporting IT

Required Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, MIS, related field or the equivalent and 4 years related experience or a MS and 3 years of experience or the equivalent
• 2-5 years of IT Project Management, at least 5, of which shall be specialized in Enterprise IT services
• 2-5 Experience managing a global enterprise mission critical service
• 2-5 years of experience, managing Federal IT projects with varied complexity, managing project budgets and risks,
• 2 year of demonstrated experience in the management and control of funds and resources using complex reporting mechanisms such as Earned Value Management
• 2 years’ experience, using MS Project. Project Server, JIRA, Cost Management tools, TFS, Ticketing (ServiceNow, JIRA, Remedy)
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex tasks and teams
• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality
• Experience in conducting requirements analysis, resource allocation, project costing, deliverable tracking, schedule and financial data monitoring, and reporting
• Good written and verbal communication skills along with project management skills
• Demonstrated capability in managing multi- task projects involving various vendor and contractors of various types and complexity
• Familiarity with AWS, AZURE, Google Cloud Services, and other Cloud environments
• Familiarity with Agile, DevOps practices and ITIL processes

Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills

• Agile Certifications (CSM etc.,)
• US Citizen with DHS Public Trust suitability clearance/EOD
• Experience with any DHS agencies or entities
• DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:BA/BS (or equivalent experience), 2+ years of experience

ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS

To succeed as a candidate and within this role, you will need to:

• Demonstrate proven experience (with tangible outcomes and results), a can-do attitude, an ability to influence internal and external customers, and a leadership and communication style required to lead a diverse and dispersed team.
• Embrace and embody GDIT’s of Commitment, Impact, Integrity, Imagination, and Agility.

The position is based in GDIT’s Falls Church, Virginia headquarters, with expected travel to current program locations and new business opportunities across the country. Travel is primarily local travel in the DC metro area for the current portfolio but could potentially expand to both national and overseas locations as the portfolio grows.

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