About the Opportunity
- We are only considering US Citizens, Permanent Residence (Green) Card holders, and EAD document holders for this position. We are unable to support any other sponsorship at this time.
- We are only considering candidates who currently reside within 35 minutes of postal code 20814
- No Third Parties
- Must be able to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination and booster
- Base Pay : $135 per hour 1099; long term opportunity
- Location: 100% on-site in Bethesda, Maryland; Red Line Bethesda Metro stop
- Job Id: CLDOPS-01
- Hours are M-F, 9am - 6pm with 1 hour lunch break
- Modern, light, and spacious work environment
- Free parking, snacks, and gym membership for this role
- Excellent opportunity for growth and advancement
Short Description
For over 20 years, organizations have come to depend on Dantech for our IT expertise, quality, and customer service. We have helped startups, companies of all sizes, educational institutions, government agencies, associations, and international firms securely and efficiently transform and scale their IT, the way they work, and meet the demands of their customers.
We are looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to lead, organize, direct, and manage AWS Cloud Operations that support critical enterprise applications and processes that must operate in 24 x 7 x 365 environments. The ideal candidate will possess 7+ years of IT project management experience, 7+ years of SDLC, PMP Certification, Scrum Certification, excellent writing, speaking and presentation skills, and 3+ years of Cloud experience.
* Must currently reside within a daily commutable distance of Bethesda, MD to be considered
* Must be a talented, tactful, eloquent communicator with superb listening skills
* Must be obsessed with team delivery, quality deliverables, and customer service
* Must be an advocate for rules, process, procedure, and governance
* Must present documented Cloud project experience as a Technical Project Manager
Required Skills/Years of Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in IT or related STEM field
- Active Project Management Professional Certification (PMI)
- Active Scrum Master Certification
- 7+ years of experience as a Technical IT Project Manager
- 7+ years of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- 7+ years of experience with word processing software (MS Word or Google Docs)
- 7+ years of experience with spreadsheet software (MS Excel or Google Sheets)
- 5+ years of Cloud project experience in a large organization
- 5+ years of participating in Agile Scrum ceremonies and writing stories
- 5+ years of experience with presentation software (MS Powerpoint or Google Slides)
- 5+ years of planning and managing mission critical projects/programs
- 5+ years of conducting analysis and requirements gathering
- 5+ years of using JIRA Agile Scrum boards
- 4+ years of weekly status reporting
- 4+ years of using project management software to plan and track projects
- 3+ years of managing Cloud projects
- 2+ years of conducting virtual meetings (e.g., MS Teams, AWS Chime, etc.)
- 2+ years of managing projects in production environments
- 1+ years of publishing and maintaining artifacts on Confluence
- 1+ years of presenting to Technology Leadership
Desired Skills/Years of Experience:
- Active Cloud certification
- Active ITIL certification
- 3+ years of hands on development experience
- 3+ years of hands-on AWS Cloud services (Console or CLI) experience
- 1+ years of utilizing ticketing and/or ITSM solutions (e.g., ServiceNow)
Complete Description
We are looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to lead, organize, direct, and manage the critical projects that support essential applications and processes that must operate in 24 x 7 x 365 environments. The ideal candidate will possess 7+ years of IT project management experience, 7+ years of SDLC, PMP Certification, Scrum Certification, excellent writing, speaking and presentation skills, and 3+ years of Cloud experience.
The Senior IT Project Manager will be tasked to:
- Become a highly valued, contributing member of the Dantech Team
- Be courteous, kind, constructive, eager to learn, reliable, and professional at all times
- Adhere to all Dantech policies and protocols
- Be obsessed with quality and delivery on assigned projects
- Be pragmatic, diplomatic and resourceful, with the ability to adapt quickly to different situations and personalities
- Learn quickly and document/update documentation accordingly
- Report directly to the Client Engagement Lead
- Execute on the technical direction and blueprint provided by the Principal Architect
- Be highly communicative and take direction from Senior Leadership
- Evaluate complex scenarios using multiple sources of information
- Manage and appropriately escalate: delivery impediments, risks, issues, and changes associated to solution development initiatives
- Interact with all staff levels, internally and externally
- Track and monitor project deliverables
- Design and implement processes to monitor and control resources, budget, risks and value to project goals and objectives.
- Establish, plan, and execute major milestone reviews and decision gates to ensure project completion.
- Employ excellent verbal and written communication skills and have the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group technical and non-technical audiences
- Effectively manage scope throughout the project duration.
- Maintain accurate project schedules, financial burn rates, change management, project plans, and status reports.
- Convey a high level of understanding in the areas of operational resilience and scale
- Will resolve conflicts by demonstrating leadership and appropriate decision-making competencies.
- Understand, track and articulate issues / risks / action items; work with responsible owners to address the items on a timely basis; and update the appropriate stakeholders as needed.
- Complete assigned training and obtain certifications as directed in a timely manner
- Support internal projects as well as external projects
- Think critically and demonstrate a can-do attitude with a high level of initiative and an openness to feedback
- Complete additional professional development opportunities
- Support internal projects and office functions
Hiring Expectations
- We are only considering US Citizens, Permanent Residence (Green) Card holders, EAD and document holders for this position. We are unable to support any other sponsorship at this time.
- No Third Parties
- Expect technical interview screening(s)
- Expect an in-person F2F interview
- Background check and credit check will be required
About Dantech
Dantech Corporation, Inc. is a Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) in the District of Columbia and a federally recognized Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB). The company has a history of technology, innovation and transformation since its launch in 1999. As an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. For more information, please see: www.dantechcorp.com.