Are you searching for an opportunity to take your career to the next level? Ignite Digital Services is a fast-growing small business delivering innovative business solutions to the national security sector. We bring data science and analytics together to optimize program integration and empower operational decisions for national security clients.

We’ve redefined what it means to be a leader in our industry by creating and maintaining effective and rewarding working relationships with our clients and internal team members. Our company culture focuses on a team-based approach, which offers continuous opportunities for personal growth and innovation, while providing unmatched value to our clients.

Ignite Digital Services (IDS), has an exciting opportunity for an Information Assurance Technical Project Manager in the Charleston, SC or Washington, DC area. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual that is a motivated self-starter with superior listening, effective communication, and organizational skills. The ideal candidate will be technical minded with a strong background in managing projects in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and various stakeholders. This role is for an Information Assurance Project Manager to support our client with the federal government.

*Active DoD Government Security Clearance is mandatory for this position*

Perks of Working at Ignite Digital Services:

• Competitive pay and benefits, including PTO

• Education stipends and referral bonuses

• Compelling work with the U.S. federal government

• Strong emphasis on volunteer and community engagement

• Opportunity to shape the future of our industry

• Supportive colleagues and management who invest in your growth

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end management and oversight of project cost, schedule, and performance and leadership of the project team
• Provide oversight of the Service Providers project management function as well as the management of internal projects that will be retained by the Government. This function includes requirements, initiating, planning, executing, and closing projects.
• Provide project state information to the Government Product Owner
• Oversee development of the project plan and execute project according to project plan
• Manage risk communications, status, and mitigation
• Create preliminary scope statement and review project requirements.
• Monitor and manage the cost/schedule/performance for information assurance (IA) projects
• Assess justification for schedule slippage; identify and develop a remediation plan
• Develop and continuously maintain all project documentation for current and option years (OYs) to include funding needs and priorities
• Justify requests for necessary project resources (manpower or funding)
• Manage risks associated with dependencies and project milestones
• Prepare ad hoc reports based on client’s requests to include risk submissions, lessons learned, preliminary scope statements, input to spend plans, Business Case Analysis, input to program management reviews (PMRs)
• Deliver briefings to organization leadership
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Organizational Development, Engineering, Physical Science or Technology related specialty.
• At least six (6) years of experience in assigned job duties as a Project Manager.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others.
• Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making and supervising department teams.
• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment (preferably with Network Engineers) and promoting a teamwork mentality
• Managerial experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles

Preferred Requirements

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Experience with Information Assurance
• Experience managing Government projects
• Experience working with the Department of the Navy
• Experience with Agile methodologies

Salary $85,000+ to align with education and experience.

Ignite Digital Services is a Small Business committed to providing exceptional service to government agencies at competitive prices. The capabilities and experience of our staff and our extensive industry relationships distinguish Ignite Digital Services among government contractors.

Ignite Digital Services is an EEO/AA/Disability/VETS Employer. Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status, or any other protected status.

For individuals who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://bit.ly/2XqZoLM (CA) or https://bit.ly/3Eo922f (SC) or contact Human Resources. Ignite Digital Services will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal employment opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will Ignite Digital Services require, in a posting or otherwise, U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.

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