Job Title: Project Manager (Information Security) Location: Remote
Preference given to candidates in the Morrisville, NC; Falls Church, VA; Eagan MN areas.
Job Description: Assessment and Authorization PM Provides overall strategic management, defines the program scope and objectives, manages project's scope, schedule, budget, and risk.
Develops project management plans, project documentation, work breakdown structures, project schedules, integrated master schedules, financial reports, and risk management documentation.
Task description and/or any specific requirements:
Experience in and proven ability to manage multiple projects from beginning to successful completion, including defining project scope and objectives, creating project plans/schedules, establishing and tracking metrics, and engaging with and guiding stakeholders at all management and leadership levels.
Strong organizational skills sufficient to plan, coordinate, track and manage several ongoing and complex efforts, including: retirements and remnant clean-up of applications across the organization; revisions of outdated compliance reviews for hundreds of information resources; ongoing updates to vital documents.
Experience with and understanding of process to retire applications/systems across large organizations, including verification of remnant removal, to minimize security risks to the organization, and ability to advise application stakeholders through the process.
Knowledge of or experience with the SDLC Retirement/Decommission process.
Strong written and oral communications skills, including ability to create project-related and training documentation, and ability to prepare presentations and brief executives, managers, and peers.
Experience in information security and understanding of the information resource accreditation process.
Knowledge and understanding of cybersecurity policies and processes sufficient to review, understand and provide inputs to internal security policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and training documents.
Ability to create SharePoint sites, including Team sites, and demonstrated experience in customizing and managing content on SharePoint sites, including documents, lists, and libraries.
PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or similar credentials are preferred but not required.
Education/Experience:
o A minimum of thirteen (13) to twenty (20) years relevant experience.
o A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services is preferred. four additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a college degree is required. If the individual's degree is not in the applicable field then four additional years of related experience is required.
o Works on high-visibility, or mission critical aspects of a given program, and performs all functional duties independently.
o Oversees the efforts of direct reporting resources and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job.
Additional Provisions:
Pass a client mandated clearance process to include drug screening, criminal history check and credit check.
Once candidate s resume is approved and interview passed, the agency is responsible for providing drug screening. Failure to submit the drug screening results will delay the security clearance process.
If a candidate is given an interim clearance, continuation of employment is then based on the candidate receiving a sensitive clearance.
Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last five years. Military Service excluded. (Exception does not include military family members.)
All overtime must be pre-approved in writing by the client manager or his/her designated representative.
Agency will not be reimbursed for overtime charges without previous written authorization. Authorized overtime will be reimbursed at straight time.