GA DHS - Application Manager (765322)

GA DHS - Application Manager (765322)

Remote

12 Months

Short Description:

The Application Manager will play a pivotal role in overseeing multiple application projects, ensuring seamless coordination between cross-functional teams and work streams.

Complete Description:

This individual will be responsible for managing project execution, monitoring team performance, ensuring optimal resource allocation, and overseeing vendor relationships. The Application Manager will also ensure that cross-work stream interactions are efficiently managed and that all deliverables align with business objectives, timelines, and quality standards. A strong understanding of technology security practices and familiarity with security policies and compliance requirements within state agencies are essential to this role.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Coordination & Cross-Work Stream Interaction:

-Facilitate coordination between cross-functional teams and work streams to ensure effective communication, knowledge sharing, and alignment across departments.

-Drive collaboration between different teams, ensuring that each work stream is on track, with clear ownership and timelines.

-Act as the main point of contact between work streams, ensuring that dependencies between teams are identified and managed proactively.

Project Oversight & Progress Monitoring:

-Develop comprehensive project plans that outline clear goals, milestones, deadlines, and responsibilities across multiple work streams.

-Track the progress of all work streams within a project, ensuring that individual streams align with overall project objectives and timelines.

-Address any delays or issues that arise, ensuring smooth project progression and that any interdependencies are handled efficiently.

Resource Allocation & Bandwidth Management:

-Monitor team capacity and bandwidth across work streams to ensure that resources are optimally allocated and that no team or individual is overburdened.

-Reallocate resources as needed to maintain a balanced workload and ensure high-priority tasks are completed on time.

-Ensure alignment of resources across multiple work streams to avoid conflicts and optimize productivity.

Performance Tracking & Evaluation:

-Continuously monitor and evaluate the performance of teams and work streams, using data to assess productivity and identify areas for improvement.

-Provide regular feedback to team members and work stream leaders, identifying opportunities for process improvements or resource adjustments.

-Report on the status of project deliverables and team performance to senior leadership, offering insights and actionable recommendations.

Task Progression & Outcome Evaluation:

-Ensure the timely completion of tasks across work streams, making adjustments as needed to accommodate shifts in priorities or resources.

-Evaluate the outcomes of completed projects, identifying key successes and areas for future improvement.

Risk, Security & Issue Management:

-Proactively identify and address potential risks, including cybersecurity vulnerabilities or compliance issues, that may affect the progress or quality of work across different work streams.

-Develop risk mitigation plans and implement corrective actions promptly to keep projects on course.

-Ensure that all project risks, including those related to security policies and data protection, are communicated to stakeholders in a timely manner.

-Maintain familiarity with state agency security regulations and ensure that applications and systems comply with applicable state and federal security policies and standards.

Security Collaboration & Guidance:

-Work closely with enterprise security teams to review and validate security architecture for applications across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.

-Provide ongoing security guidance to application development and DevOps teams, ensuring adherence to security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

-Collaborate on the implementation of secure CI/CD pipelines, integrating security checks such as static/dynamic code analysis, secrets scanning, and artifact integrity verification.

-Guide teams on proper configuration and use of cloud security services (e.g., IAM, encryption, network security controls) in platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

-Assist in developing and enforcing infrastructure security standards, including secure provisioning, patch management, and hardening of resources across environments.

-Participate in threat modeling and security risk assessments to proactively identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in application design and deployment strategies.

Vendor Management & Collaboration:

-Oversee relationships with external vendors, ensuring they deliver products and services on time and within agreed-upon terms.

-Collaborate with vendors to resolve any project-related issues and ensure that their deliverables meet organizational and security standards.

-Ensure that vendor engagements include appropriate security clauses, and that vendors adhere to state-mandated cybersecurity practices.

Continuous Improvement & Process Optimization:

-Identify opportunities to streamline workflows across work streams, improve communication, and increase efficiency.

-Implement best practices and process improvements to optimize project execution, resource allocation, and team collaboration.

-Continuously integrate security best practices into the application lifecycle and project management methodologies.

Regards,
Satya
Technical Recruiter

Key Business Solutions, Inc