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CLOSED - 2255 - Technical Project Coordinator

Rosslyn, Virginia / Sterling, Virginia / Washington, District Of Columbia
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OVERVIEW:

We are seeking an experienced and accomplished technical Project Coordinator to be part of a team supporting the operations and maintenance of a large scale and world-wide Enterprise IT environment covering application hosting and support; enterprise services; and infrastructure services in the Washington D.C. metro area. This candidate will coordinate a large portfolio of projects in conjunction with Government customers. The Project Coordinator will serve the needs of a diverse team of operational engineers to implement superior levels of project management, tracking, and control.

GENERAL DUTIES:

  • Coordinate IT project plans, scope, schedules, resources, and tasks for the Department of State in coordination with customer managers
  • Work closely with project managers and technical resources to help track, organize, and coordinate project risks; help identify issues and develop solutions
  • Support Agile processes and assist project managers and technical resources with Scrum/Kanban practices
  • Ensure projects adhere to processes and frameworks, and all documentation is maintained appropriately
  • Plan, schedule, and prepare materials for internal project meetings and customer meetings; document important actions and decisions
  • Assist with developing and organizing executive-level dashboards and reports
  • Liaise with program stakeholders such as development teams, security officers, and PMO
  • Support the change management process and assist with ushering and coordinating critical changes through internal processes.
  • Develop best practices and tools for project support
  • Manage process improvement activities in non-technical program areas

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • BS degree and 8-10 years experience or MS degree and 6-8 years experience or PhD degree and 3-5 years experience
  • Minimum 3 years of experience working as a Project Coordinator, on Federal contracts a plus
  • Experience in project coordination or management for software development, database management, infrastructure, or network environment projects a plus
  • Experience with project methodologies and associated tools (SDLC, Agile, Kanban, and Jira or IBM ELM suite)
  • Solid experience with MS Office Suites
  • Experience with knowledge sharing tools such as SharePoint and Confluence
  • Experience with Agile practices
  • Experience providing support in a highly demanding environment
  • Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

CLEARANCE:

  • Secret minimum