IT Project Manager

Full Job Description

OCIO supports thousands of field and headquarters employees and customers around the clock, 7-days/week. Employees may participate in an on-call rotation.

Major aspects of the position include, but are not limited to, developing and maintaining project plans and schedules in accordance with established Agile Development Life Cycle guidelines, conducting risk analyses, and developing mitigation strategies and plans.

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-13 grade level) that demonstrates: Managing execution of multiple projects of varying sized, including major and large-scale enterprise IT projects, through application of professional project management concepts.

Using the Microsoft (MS) Office Suite (to include MS Project) for project management, contract cost analysis, schedule status, and weekly status reporting.

Following established system and agile development life cycles (ADLC) as well as preparing associated documents and artifacts for major and large-scale enterprise projects.

This includes experience using the ADLC processes to ensure that high quality systems are delivered, the ability to provide strong management controls over the projects, and the ability to maximize the productivity of technical and programmatic support staff.

Conducting risks analyses, developing mitigating strategies and plans while implementing a systematic approach to developing and implementing plans to release products, systems or required acquisition/ADLC phase gate documentation.

Using Earned Value Management (EVM) to relate time phased budgets to specific contract tasks, baselining investments, and providing valid, timely, and auditable data/information for cost and schedule variance as it relates to overall project management analysis.

Solving problems without having all of the required information, understanding the context of a problem, diagnosing a problem, exploring alternatives and identifying gaps in the information to solve the problem and carve out next steps.

This position has an individual occupational requirement that must be met in order to qualify for the position: Experience: Experience must be IT related; the experience may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (for example, IT certification), as appropriate.

Individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below.

The employing agency is responsible for identifying the specific level of proficiency required for each competency at each grade level based on the requirements of the position being filled.

Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.

Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

AND Specialized Experience: Position requires one year of specialized experience at the next lower GS-grade (or equivalent).

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

Such experience is typically gained in the IT field or through the performance of work where the primary concern is IT. Specialized experience requirements are defined above.

For more information on the qualifications for this position, click Information Technology (IT) Management Series, 2210 Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

• Oversees software and hardware activities of contractor personnel ensuring the USDA FSIS Enterprise Project Life Cycle (EPLC) and the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) policies, procedures and templates are adhered to.
• Manages administrative, procedural, physical, and technical controls necessary to protect FSIS information assets, hardware and software applications.
• Identifies sensitive systems and conducts risk analysis.
• Develops mitigation strategies and plans to overcome obstacle(s) to project completion.
• Defines project scope, requirements, and deliverables and consults with project customers, both internal and external.
• Develops, modifies, or provides input to charters, project plans, implements project plans to meet objectives, coordinates and integrate project activities and administers project resources.
• Monitors project activities and resources to proactively mitigate risk, implement or maintain quality assurance processes, and make improvements to eliminate problems.
• Prepares analysis and recommends program modifications.
• Perform Earned Value Management and Capital Planning and Investment Control activities for all assigned projects or as needed to include supporting Business Case development.
• Ensures Project Management constraints of scope, budget, and time are met.
• Serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) to manage and oversee performance of outside contractor performance on individual projects.