VDOT ITD Planning Project Manager PMP

VDOT ITD Planning Project Manager PMP

• Local candidates only please
• Candidate MUST possess PMP certification through PMI or VITA's PM certification. No other certification qualifies.
• Candidate must also be able to work onsite 2-3 days / week.
• Contractor will be responsible for purchasing parking through VDOT s Parking Management Office or procuring their own parking

Serve as a hands-on technical project manager with development staff and business groups while managing the design, development, and implementation of the cloud-based data management platform.

Coordinate and communicate with ITD management and staff to coordinate work tasks and resourcing.

Communicate timelines and expectations to technical and business staff.

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand project requirements and support data management needs.

Ensure data is collected, stored, and processed securely and in compliance with all applicable regulations.

Manage and maintain the cloud infrastructure and software systems.

Ensure the platform is reliable, scalable, and secure.

Analyze data and provide insights to support decision-making by project management teams.

Provide training and support for end-users to ensure the platform is used effectively.

Demonstrable capability and experience in planning, implementing and maintenance of local master data systems and processes across business units and functions.

Understanding of data and leveraging it to deliver business value. Data analysis skills and the ability to discuss requirements with data teams

Experience in data governance concepts, and data governance implementations.

Ability to use agile approach and methodology to drive master data governance processes.

Adhere to VDOT and VITA project management practices and governance requirements; coordinate with VDOT and VITA Project Management Offices.

Maintain project budget, plans, tasks, schedules, risks, and status and disseminates information to team members and customers as defined in the communications plan.

Ensure documentation of requirements and uses cases, facilitate design workshops for assigned project.

Ensure definition of test objectives, designed test plans and test cases for assigned project.

Provide the management of project milestones and deliverables for on-time and on-budget delivery.

Define, measure, and clearly communicate progress with metrics.

Support system and application training efforts.

Qualifications

Required :

• Ability to interact effectively with customers and project team members.
• Ability to analyze and translate requirements into system specifications.
• Knowledge of project management tools, methods and practices.
• Ability to analyze, design, develop, troubleshoot and implement technology solutions.
• Experience in Microsoft Project software.
• Experience in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Microsoft SharePoint
• Knowledge of data modeling, interface management applications and tools.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project management methodologies.
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) or VITA certified Project Management certification
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to program and create custom reports using IT applicationstandard tools.
• A combination of training, experience, or education in ComputerScience, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration or relatedfield desired.
• Progressivelyresponsible experience with system analysis, design, development, testing and troubleshooting.

Required / Desired Skills

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

Experience managing cloud-based solutions for data management and analytics.

Required

Years

Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure and software systems, including Azure and Google Cloud.

Required

Years

Experience with data processing and storage tools (e.g., Spark, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Event Hub, Azure SQL, Synapse).

Required

Years

Knowledge of transportation data and project management with transportation data is a plus.

Desired

Years

Experience in IT Infrastructure delivery (networking, physical plant, vendor management, site provisioning) is preferred.

Required

Years

PMP or Qualified under Commonwealth of Virginia Qualification Standards for IT Project Managers for Category 4 Projects. See : http : / / www.vita.virgi

Required

Years

Technical Business Analyst understanding of data integration and data project

Required

Years

Experience in the roll-out and adoption of governance tools such as Alation, Collibra, Informatica, or Microsoft Purview.

Required

Years

Experience in both Agile and Waterfall project management. & Agile Scrum Master certification

Required

Years

Experience with GIS applications; prefer experience using ESRI ArcGIS 10 (or later) software product suite with knowledge of the spatial analyst ext

Desired

Years

Questions

Question

Question1

Commonwealth of Virginia security policies prohibit the use of offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside within the US for the duration of the assignment?

Question2

Please list candidate's email address.

Question3

In what city / state does your candidate PERMANENTLY reside?

Question4

Does candidate possess an active PMP from PMI OR a PM certification from VITA (no other certifications are accepted? This is REQUIRED, NO exceptions.

Please upload a copy of the PMP certification, in order to be considered.

Question5

Does your candidate agree to attend an onsite interview, if requested? This is REQUIRED.

Question6

Does your candidate agree to work onsite 2-3 days / wk? This is REQUIRED.

Question7

How soon after an offer can your candidate start?