Technical Project Manager

Detailed Job Description:

Title: Technical Project Manager

Duration: 6 Months + Extension Possible
Location: 5 Days onsite in McLean, VA 22102
Manager’s Vetting Questions:

1)Please describe your approach to communicating effectively across various levels or divisions within an organization.

2) Please describe your approach to effectively managing projects in a technical work environment. Provide specific examples from your experience with details about your own contributions.

3) Please describe your most recent project. What was the project? What was your contribution? What tools did you use and what for?

Must Have Qualifications:

Excellent communication written and verbal, Jira - Reporting and strong JQL, Unix/Linux, business and technical Savvy, knows when to escalate, creating and initiating projects. And ServiceNow. BA in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Information Systems

Responsibilities:

• Technical Project Manager responsible for monthly software release management processes

• Focus on code quality, execution of manual regression testing and support automated Junit(s)

• Collaborate with infrastructure teams and impacted users to coordinate environment change

• Point person for Incident Management including communications, resolution and root cause analysis

• Create technical and knowledge documentation, define and drive new procedures

• Participate in on-call schedule (supporting Northern Virginia time zone), and other related management and technical duties

Technical Skills:

• 3+ years of Technical Project Manager or Product Owner experience

• Technical background with 5+ years of experience developing & maintaining Java/Python software apps

• Unix troubleshooting and Shell scripting proficiency

• Experience with Jenkins end to end build, test, deploy and integration with GIT/Artifactory

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor/Master Degree in information systems (MIS), computer science, or a related engineering field

• Experience with ServiceNow and Release Management practices

· Experience with Jira is a MUST

• Experience with Confluence Wiki

• Able to research and learn new methodologies and technologies and bring knowledge to the team