Technical Project Manager

We are seeking a Project Manager to

• Support US Marine Corps (USMC) enterprise-level data center operation
• Enable engineering, operation, sustainment of USMC application hosting environment for world-wide customers through Agile Project Management

Location:  Hybrid ( 3 days a week onsite / 2 days remote)  Local to Kansas City or Quantico, VA

Project Manager (technical)

What you will do…  

• Serve as Project Manager/Scrum Master for projects supporting engineering, operation, sustainment of the USMC's Enterprise Application Hosting Environment (hybrid cloud datacenter)
• Responsible for the monitoring, triage and assignment of working queues and execution of approved Data Center Battle Rhythm projects and activities across the HCS team service areas.
• Leads HCS teams across the data center to maintain and execute project management via an Integrated Master Schedule of all Data Center projects and initiatives, resources, spend plans and schedules. 
• Supports Agile Project Management efforts in addition to traditional Waterfall project management -- focused on technical implementation and structuring technical steps for project implementation. 
• Supports and facilitates Project Management Board/Workforce Management Meeting to request approval and prioritization of project initiatives.
• Identify, and assemble the appropriate blend of resources and cross functional teams to develop comprehensive project plans in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Captures, publishes and mitigates project risks and issues. 
• Continually monitors, takes action on and reports status of projects and project critical path. 
• Leads the project team(s) in determining Data Center requirements and translating requirements into operational plans. 
• Ensures adherence to Data Center strategic and tactical goals. 
• Prepares and facilitates daily and weekly status meetings for project stakeholders. Regularly reviews and evaluates opportunities to improve project management best practices within the HCS Team. 
• Provides Application Inclusion support for new systems joining the HCS hosting environments including providing early life cycle support following onboarding and initial "go-live" activities.  
• Coordinates with MCSC activies supporting datacenter onboarding as well as hosted-customer program managers and leadership.  Coordinates closely with SLM team to ensure SLA requirements are addressed during onboarding and sustainment activities.  

Basic Qualifications:

• HS 14, BS 10-12, MS 8-10, Phd 5-7

• Requires strong technical/datacenter/cloud build and operations experience
• Requires industry project management certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP) (or 5+ years IT Project Management expertise relevant to the position).
• Requires ITILv3 2011 Foundations certification or training. ITILv3 2011 intermediate is desired.
• Significant IT project management experience including complex project implementations including engineering, design, planning, execution, closeout
• Understanding of USMC IT and Cyber policies and procedures and organizational constructs
• Must possess an active Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS or Azure foundations training or experience

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