Operations Project Manager (TS / SCI with Poly Required) (McLean)

Operations Project Manager

GCI embodies excellence, integrity, and professionalism. The employees supporting our customers deliver unique, high-value mission solutions while effectively leveraging the technological expertise of our valued workforce to meet critical mission requirements in the areas of Data Analytics and Software Development, Engineering, Targeting and Analysis, Operations, Training, and Cyber Operations. We maximize opportunities for success by building and maintaining trusted and reliable partnerships with our customers and industry. At GCI, we solve the hard problems.

As an Operations Project Manager, a typical day will include the following duties :

This position is responsible for planning, monitoring, and delivery of IT related customer focused projects within a large infrastructure environment. The candidate will work closely with various systems engineering, infrastructure, and technical operations teams, as well as the customer to assess requirements, coordinate resources, and deliver projects for our customer. The Project Manager must possess strong organizational, leadership, written, and verbal communication skills while having the ability to articulate highly technical and complex project requirements to both customers and internal teams. Converse, collaborate, and generate and validate requirements with our cross functional team of engineers, data scientists, analysts, and other senior level technical staff.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work / military experience

Minimum 8 years of related experience, including supervisory experience

Required Knowledge / Skills

• Understanding of IT infrastructure elements and technical exposure in key technologies e.g. Windows, Linux, NiFi, Storage, Oracle, Greenplum, Hadoop, HPCC, and Elastic Search.
• Experience validating requirements with cross functional teams of engineer, data scientists, analysts, and other senior level technical staff
• Ensure that IT services are delivered in accordance with agreed-upon service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Ensure that IT systems and applications are secure and compliant with relevant regulatory requirements, industry standards, and organizational policies
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation of IT systems, applications, and processes, and ensure that knowledge is transferred to team members and discoverable by team members
• Manage relationships with vendors, including contract management, issue escalation, and past performance
• Participate in budgeting and cost management activities, ensuring that O&M costs are controlled and aligned with business objectives
• Effective management skills, including the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills
• Strong leadership skills and experience managing teams of >

10 FTEs

Desired Knowledge / Skills

Key Responsibilities

A candidate must be a US Citizen and requires an active / current TS / SCI with Polygraph clearance.