IT Project Manager

GDIT

$123K — $166K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of IT project management experience
  • 3+ years in people management
  • 2+ years in system administration and infrastructure
  • Familiarity with tools like ISE, RSA, and Ansible
  • Understanding of cybersecurity principles

Responsibilities

  • Lead a ten-person operations team with a focus on IT services
  • Manage project schedules and ensure service availability
  • Develop technical project plans and proposals
  • Act as the primary liaison with the Branch Chief
  • Drive the development of new IT capabilities
  • Ensure optimal performance of critical enterprise tools
  • Promote a positive work environment and team morale

Benefits

  • Medical plan options including Health Savings Accounts
  • Dental and vision plan options
  • 401(k) with company matching
  • Flexible work weeks and various paid time off options
  • Short and long-term disability benefits
  • Life and accident insurance options
  • Regular review of Total Rewards package for competitiveness
Full Job Description

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Program Delivery and Execution

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Aruba ClearPass, DNS, Information Technology Project Management, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), RSA

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking an IT Manager to help support our DISA client in the Pentagon. The IT Manager will lead a ten-person operations team providing IT services to monitor, operate, and maintain the Enterprise Management System (EMS). The EMS Architecture supports management of Sensitive but Unclassified, Secret, TS, and SCI networks. EMS team manages the enterprise applications for the networks used to provide network management, discovery, and root cause analysis capabilities for the entire IT infrastructure.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

  • Leadership and Direction:
    • Set the direction for the team, ensuring alignment with Branch Chief goals and organizational objectives.
    • Actively motivates the team, fostering a positive work environment, building morale, and encouraging continuous professional development.
    • Manage the team and oversee the successful completion of all tasks and assigned projects utilizing aKanbanmethodology.
  • Project and Resource Management:
    • Oversee comprehensive resource management, including workload balancing, skill allocation, and capacity planning.
    • Effectively manage these resources and schedules to ensure continuous service availability and timely project delivery without burning out the team.
    • Participate in the development of technical project plans, proposals, reports, and schedules.
    • Plan and prioritize new projects and system upgrades.
  • Customer Engagement and Value Creation:
    • Serve as the primary liaison to the Branch Chief, ensuring clear and consistent communication.
    • Drive the development of new capabilities that create tangible value for the customer.
    • Identify opportunities to improve IT operations and end-user satisfaction, implementing solutions to address those opportunities.
  • Tool and Platform Availability Management:
    • Manage and ensure the high availability, configuration, and optimal performance of the following critical enterprise tools:
      • (ISE) Identity Service Engine
      • (RSA)
      • (LDAP) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
      • Ansible/GitLab
      • (DNS) InfoBlox
      • ClearPass
      • CloudVision
      • AirWave
      • CyberSecure IMS
      • CiscoPrime
      • JunoSpace
      • .

WHAT YOU9LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

  • Security Clearance: Active Secret
  • Certification(s): Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Education (ONE of the following): Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of experience
  • Experience: 5+ years of related experience in IT project management; At least 3 years of people management experience
  • Technical Skills: 2+ years working in system administration, networks, and infrastructure environments; Understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices; Familiarity with the managed tools (ISE, RSA, Ansible, InfoBlox, etc.).
  • Skills and Abilities: Ability to apply systematic problem-solving skills to quickly solve novel problems and remediate complex issues; Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Location: Customer Site in the Pentagon

The likely salary range for this position is $123,250 - $166,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Arlington

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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