Modern Technology Solutions

Program Scheduler

Modern Technology Solutions • $88K — $105K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
  • 5 years in program scheduling, EVM, budget analysis, or risk management for defense programs.
  • Experience with developing and maintaining IMS and conducting critical-path analysis.
  • Knowledge of EVM principles and variance analysis.
  • Experience with budget planning and financial analysis.
  • Familiarity with DoW or federal acquisition programs.
  • Proficient in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Excel.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and analyze Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) using critical-path methodology.
  • Collaborate with teams to integrate schedule inputs from various functions.
  • Conduct health and risk analyses of project schedules.
  • Support EVM management and performance tracking for projects.
  • Analyze project metrics including PV, EV, AC, CPI, and SPI for performance assessment.
  • Assist with budget tracking and financial reporting for programs.
  • Prepare decision-support materials including dashboards and briefings.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on high-impact defense acquisition programs.
  • Occasional travel for collaboration with original equipment manufacturers.
  • Work in a supportive team environment focused on government and defense projects.
Full Job Description
MTSI seeks an experienced analyst to support Department of War (DoW) acquisition programs through integrated scheduling, earned value management (EVM), budget execution, acquisition analysis, and risk management.

The selected candidate will maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), evaluate cost and schedule performance, support program budgeting and acquisition activities, identify execution risks, and provide decision-quality analysis to government and contractor stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop, maintain, and analyze IMS using critical-path methodology.
  • Integrate schedule inputs from engineering, test, logistics, contracting, finance, and program-management teams.
  • Conduct schedule-health, critical-path, driving-path, impact, and risk analyses.
  • Support EVM baseline management, performance measurement, variance analysis, forecasting, and corrective-action tracking.
  • Analyze PV, EV, AC, CPI, SPI, CV, SV, and EAC to assess performance and forecast outcomes.
  • Support budget formulation, execution, phasing, obligation and expenditure tracking, and funding-status reporting.
  • Reconcile schedule, cost, budget, and performance data to identify trends, risks, funding shortfalls, and recovery opportunities.
  • Provide acquisition analysis for program planning, requirements, acquisition strategies, milestone decisions, baseline changes, and program execution.
  • Assess technical, cost, schedule, funding, contracting, and risk impacts of proposed program changes.
  • Maintain program roadmaps, integrated plans, decision calendars, and risk registers.
  • Prepare dashboards, briefings, and other decision-support products for program leadership.
  • Coordinate with program management, engineering, contracting, financial management, test, logistics, and external stakeholders.


Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, engineering, logistics, program management, or a related field; qualifying experience may substitute for education.
  • At least 5 years of experience in program scheduling, EVM, budget analysis, acquisition, program control, or risk management supporting defense or government programs.
  • Experience developing or maintaining IMS and conducting critical-path and schedule-health analysis.
  • Working knowledge of EVM principles, baseline management, variance analysis, forecasting, and corrective actions.
  • Experience supporting budget planning, execution, financial analysis, or funding-status reporting.
  • Experience supporting DoW, federal, or defense acquisition programs.
  • Proficiency with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Excel, and related scheduling or financial-analysis tools.
  • Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and stakeholder-coordination skills.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting major defense acquisition or complex weapon-system programs.
  • Experience with EVMS compliance, Integrated Baseline Reviews, Integrated Program Management Data and Analysis Reports, or similar program-control reporting.
  • Familiarity with DoW planning, programming, budgeting, and execution processes.
  • Experience supporting acquisition strategy development, milestone reviews, acquisition documentation, or schedule risk assessments.
  • Experience with Deltek Acumen, Power BI, or comparable scheduling, financial-reporting, and dashboard tools.
  • DAWIA certification in Program Management, Business Financial Management, or Engineering and Technical Management; PMP, EVP, or similar certification.


Clearance Requirement: Active DoW Top Secret clearance with an in-scope SSBI; SCI eligibility highly desired.

Travel Requirement: No regular travel; occasional travel (approximately one to two trips annually) to original equipment manufacturers may be required.

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About Modern Technology Solutions

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a leading-edge engineering and technology company that provides critical solutions for complex military and commercial programs. MTSI has been providing engineering and technical services to the defense industry since 1993. The company has a strong focus on innovation and is committed to delivering the best solutions to its clients. MTSI has a highly skilled workforce of engineers, scientists, and technical experts who are dedicated to providing the highest quality services to its clients. The company has a proven track record of success and has received numerous awards and recognition for its work.
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1,000 employees
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1993

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