All applicants must be a Wounded Warrior or a Disabled Veteran with a minimum of 30% documented disability.
The candidate must be able to obtain and maintain position of public trust vetting; active Secret or higher clearance may substitute.
Understanding of software engineering and project management principles.
Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
Ability to plan and schedule activities to accomplish objectives in a dynamic environment while working independently and collaboratively.
Ability to perform complex work under general supervision.
A Bachelor's Degree with 0 to 1 years of experience.
Responsibilities
Serve as a Junior Project Manager for one or more software engineering projects.
Monitor project completion from initiation through delivery across all phases of the software development lifecycle.
Support senior management in developing and tracking project metrics to report performance.
Prepare business and technical presentations for customers.
Track plans and schedules and perform risk analysis and mitigation to meet contract deliverables.
Assist management with recruiting and training plans for staff members.
Support preparation of standard process documentation, including functional and technical specifications, and other software development documents.
Support budget analysis and resource management to ensure delivery within time, scope, and budget.
Support solution development for a wide range of problems.
Desired Qualifications
Prior Department of Defense contract or military experience.
Project Management Professional certification and/or a Program/Project Management Certificate.
Experience working in a dynamic, multi-layer distributed environment.
Current position of public trust clearance or Secret clearance or higher.
Job Description
This contract with the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) provides enterprise information technology services support. Services are provided across a broad range of DMDC products and services, spanning numerous systems and applications and covering all four primary business lines:
Decision Support - Decision makers have the information they need, when they need it, to make the best decision for the Department, the war fighters and their families,
Enterprise Integration - Focus highly motivated employees, insightful partners and resources to provide customers state of the art solutions, on time, and at lower cost,
Entitlements and Benefits - Beneficiaries receive every benefit they are entitled to-- transparently and seamlessly,
Identity Management - Ensure that the right people, and only the right people, have the right access, at the right time, to defend and protect the personnel, logical and physical assets of the DoD.
The candidate of choice must be able to obtain and maintain a position of public trust vetting. Active secret or higher clearance may substitute for position of public trust vetting.
The Junior Software Development Project Manager candidate of choice will perform the following activities under the guidance of senior management:
Qualifications
All applicants must be a Wounded Warrior or be a Disabled Veteran with a minimum of 30% documented disability
Serve as a Junior Project Manager for one or more software engineering projects
Monitor project completion from initiation through delivery - all phases of the software development lifecycle
Support Senior Manager in the development and tracking of project metrics to report performance
Prepare business and technical presentation for customer
Track plans and schedules and perform risk analysis and mitigation to meet contract deliverables
Assist management with recruiting, and training plans for staff members
Support the preparation of standard process documentation (functional and technical specification) and other documents related to the software development
Support budget analysis, resource management, to ensure delivery within time, scope and budget.
Support solution development to a wide range of problems
Additional Information
Required Skills
Understanding of software engineering and project management principles
Strong analytical and quantitative skills
Work well on a team and individually with the ability to plan and schedule activities to accomplish objectives in dynamic environment
Self-starter and independent learner capable of performing complex work under general supervision
Preferred Skills
Prior DoD contract or military experience
PMP and or Program/Project Management Certificate
Experience working in a dynamic, multi-layer distributed environment
Current position of public trust clearance or Secret clearance or higher
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor’s Degree, with 0 to 1 years of experience