Technical Project Manager

$86,000 - $138,000/Yr

Peraton - Kansas City, MO

Full-time

Hybrid - Kansas City, MO

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

The Project Manager will support the US Marine Corps (USMC) enterprise-level data center operations, focusing on the engineering, operation, and sustainment of the USMC application hosting environment. This role involves managing projects through Agile and traditional Waterfall methodologies, ensuring the successful execution of data center initiatives and maintaining adherence to strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Project Manager/Scrum Master for projects supporting engineering, operation, and sustainment of the USMC's Enterprise Application Hosting Environment.
• Monitor, triage, and assign working queues and execute approved Data Center Battle Rhythm projects across the HCS team service areas.
• Lead HCS teams to maintain and execute project management via an Integrated Master Schedule of all Data Center projects and initiatives.
• Support Agile Project Management efforts and traditional Waterfall project management focused on technical implementation.
• Facilitate Project Management Board/Workforce Management Meetings to request approval and prioritization of project initiatives.
• Identify and assemble resources and cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive project plans.
• Capture, publish, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Monitor and report the status of projects and project critical paths.
• Lead project teams in determining Data Center requirements and translating them into operational plans.
• Ensure adherence to Data Center strategic and tactical goals.
• Prepare and facilitate daily and weekly status meetings for project stakeholders.
• Review and evaluate opportunities to improve project management best practices within the HCS Team.
• Provide Application Inclusion support for new systems joining the HCS hosting environments.
• Coordinate with MCSC activities supporting datacenter onboarding and hosted-customer program managers.
• Work closely with the SLM team to ensure SLA requirements are addressed during onboarding and sustainment activities.

Requirements

• High School diploma with 14 years of experience, Bachelor's degree with 10-12 years, Master's degree with 8-10 years, or PhD with 5-7 years of experience.
• Strong technical/data center/cloud build and operations experience.
• Industry project management certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP) or 5+ years of relevant IT Project Management expertise.
• ITILv3 2011 Foundations certification or training; ITILv3 2011 intermediate is desired.
• Significant IT project management experience including complex project implementations.
• Understanding of USMC IT and Cyber policies and procedures and organizational constructs.
• Active Secret security clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• AWS or Azure foundations training or experience.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $86,000 - $138,000 based on experience and other factors.