Project Manager - Information Technology Security Clearance

Position: Project Manager - Information Technology with Security Clearance
IT Project Manager Remote
- Within 100 Miles to the facility in Lexington, Mass Clearance Level - Must have an Active Secret/Top Secret to be considered for this opportunity. Clearance to be considered for this position. Must be a US Citizen. At Aquila Technology, you will see our team's passion every day, whether we are building a robust, policy-compliant IT system or stress-testing a system to identify gaps and security vulnerabilities.

To own the advantage, we ensure our team owns results and gets the work done right the first time by deploying smart, purposeful solutions that work. Aquila is the right people with the right skills driving the right outcomes. We call this the Aquila Advantage. Aquila Technology is seeking a IT Project Manager to join our team in supporting one of the country's premier defense research organizations.

The IT Project Manager will provide support to functional teams for the evaluation of project feasibility, development of business cases, establishment of priorities, monitoring progress, continual evaluation of project status and resource utilization from project inception to post-deployment closeout. There are a few requirements for the position:
* Must be a U.S Citizen
- Authorized to Work in the US - Must be able to obtain an Active Secret/Top Secret/SCI eligibility Clearance (Green Cards / Visas DO NOT qualify)
* Willingness to undergo a comprehensive background investigation and maintain a personal security clearance. (Aquila would sponsor you for the security clearance.)
* Must be within 100 miles from Lexington, Massachusetts. Must Have
* Degree Level: Bachelor's Degree
* Currently holds a Secret Clearance (OR a higher clearance)
* 8 years - Application programming, database and system design
* 8 years - Planning
* 8 years - Program/Project Management OR Analysis
* 8 years - Change Management
* 8 years - Creating and Managing Budgets
* 8 years - Creating and managing project timelines and milestone tracking
* 8 years - Issue Resolution
* 8 years - Management of large multi year programs and projects
* 8 years - Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M)
* 8 years - PLM (Project Lifecycle Management)
* 8 years - PMBOK
* 8 years - Preparing Status Reports
* 8 years - Resource Planning
* 8 years - Waterfall Methodology
* 8 years - Work with Cross-Functional Teams
* 8 years - Software
* 8 years - Cloud Implementations (i.e. SaaS, IaaS and Platform)
* 8 years - Service Now Implementation Nice to Have
* ITIL Foundations and/or Certification
* PMP Certification Responsibilities include but not limited to:
* Execute major projects and or programs using standard methodology, templates, tools and framework for effective project performance
* Support efforts to define new projects/programs including scoping, sizing and planning.
* Facilitate development of business case, charter, project plan, communications plan, and requirements metrics with the input from the project teams.
* Closely track project tasks and progress to plan; report any delays, challenges, risks and issues and coordinate mitigations.
* Drive project results that are aligned with strategic organizational objectives.
* Collaborate with business analysts, technical leads, developers, quality assurance associates and other key stakeholders from project scope definition through implementation.
* Manage scope, schedule, risks, issues and changes while always striving to minimize exposure and risk across multiple projects.
* Hold regular meetings with project teams including project kick off and close out meetings, set agendas, document and communicate meeting notes and action items.
* Provide project/program status reporting to stakeholders, ISD management and Laboratory senior management and manage expectations across the organization.
* Partners with technical leads to work closely with vendor PMs
* Partners with technical leads and contracting service department to monitor progress on procurement activities
* Lead project/program reviews and quality assurance process to ensure successful execution of projects as measured by organization, and Departmental goals and customer satisfaction.
* Provide a significant level of competency to project teams by leveraging technical acumen and strong business management experience
* Ensure projects are in compliance with the organization enterprise, security and infrastructure architectures.
* Actively maintain awareness of new and emerging technologies and project management methodologies and tools. Must Have:
* Diverse and broad experience executing multiyear, multi-phase infrastructure, product deployment, software development, business applications, Service Now implementations and website development programs and projects.
* Experience delivering cloud implementations including but not limited to Software as a service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and Platform as a service (PaaS)
* Deep knowledge and hands on experience of Project Management Methodologies,…