Project Manager III

at Paragon Technology Group, Inc. in Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, United States

Job Description

The Project Manager III provides functional, technical, and programmatic expertise to the GDSS program related to the management of system level requirements, release planning and scheduling, and coordination of program actions to develop, field, and maintain integrated IT solutions for GDSS.
Responsibilities:
Functional and technical lead for GDSS application and environment setup. Coordinate schedule, environments, and requirements to support exercises. Plan and coordinate multi-mission partner testing including drafting test plans for integrated, multi-system testing. Make recommendations to leadership on system changes, plans for schedules, hot-/warm-fix needs, new tools, applications, and changes to improve processes.
Coordinate programmatic needs and actions across the program team, other programs, system developers, help desk, system engineers, and other program related functions to facilitate system operations, special projects, and field new system capabilities.
Assist the Government with requirements management including maintaining a repository, analyzing requirements, facilitating approval through configuration processes, and maintaining end-to-end traceability through fielding.
Provide functional and technical support to system operations including reviewing and providing input to system trouble tickets in Remedy, assisting with trouble shooting system outages, monitoring and providing inputs to resolve system issues impacting operations.
Manage releases, patches, schedules, backlogs, sprints, testing, patches, and fielding, including hot-/warm-fix deliverables from requirement generation through production install.
Produce, coordinate, and manage Interim Authority to Test (IATT) and Minor Mods for version releases and special projects.
Manage interface and web-service agreements and cross domain solutions, including documenting data exchanges, drafting data flow diagrams, coordination with system engineers, and planning, scheduling, and managing end-to-end testing and fielding.
Coordinate, document, monitor, and support a variety of meetings and working groups including: scheduling and set up of physical and virtual meetings; drafting presentations, providing functional, programmatic, and technical inputs; and producing meeting minutes.
Apply DoD and industry guidance and principals to develop, monitor, and maintain Integrated master schedules using MS Project.
Assist the Government with developing and maintaining procedures for receipt of contract deliverables, and review deliverables for technical completeness and compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements.
Assist with the creation and coordination of program functional and technical documentation, briefings, reports, and correspondence as requested by the Program Manager.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience.
Clearance Requirement: SECRET
Operational experience with GDSS highly desired.
Knowledge of project management principles.
Knowledge of agile development methodologies desired
Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Please note that only US Citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
About Us
If you would like to be part of a hard-working company that works with a sense of purpose, Paragon could be the place for you.
We recognize and celebrate diversity and success and offer an ideal work/life balance. Many of our employees work here for a long time because of the satisfaction the find in the work itself. They also enjoy our generous family-oriented health, vacation, and financial benefits.
Paragon is dedicated to helping our employees thrive...
Our employees are precious resources, and we are committed to their well-being and personal growth.
We are fundamentally focused on satisfying both our employees and customers.
We consistently exhibit integrity, dedication, and excellence in all that we do.
We provide people with the right skills and tools to succeed and grow professionally.
We celebrate and share our successes with our employees first and foremost.
Paragon offers competitive benefits to make health and wellness a priority for every employee.
Health and Wellness
Health Coverage
Dental Coverage
Vision Coverage
Flexible Spending and HSA Accounts
Employee Assistance Program
Short- and Long-Term Disability
Life/AD&D Insurance
Work/Life Balance
401(k) with Company match
Paid Time Off (Vacation/Sick)
Paid Leave (Including Military Leave)
Holiday Pay

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