Job – Senior Technical Project Manager

• Lead end-to-end technical project delivery for software development, modernization, enhancement, integration, and operations projects.
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, assumptions, risks, issues, resource plans, and delivery timelines.
• Estimate project scope, level of effort, staffing needs, technical complexity, schedule impacts, and delivery risks for new projects, enhancements, defects, integrations, database work, UI/UX activities, testing, releases, and production support.
• Manage projects involving Java, J2EE, Spring, REST APIs, Oracle Database, SQL, PL/SQL, AWS cloud environments, ServiceNow workflows, and UI/UX design activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional work across developers, DBAs, architects, QA testers, DevOps engineers, UI/UX designers, business analysts, product owners, ServiceNow teams, and federal stakeholders.
• Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and PI planning when applicable.
• Track sprint progress, team capacity, velocity, burn-down charts, backlog health, delivery commitments, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Support product owners and business analysts in backlog grooming, user story refinement, acceptance criteria definition, prioritization, dependency tracking, and sprint readiness.
• Translate business needs into clear technical delivery plans, sprint goals, milestones, release plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Facilitate technical discussions related to solution architecture, system design, data flows, API integrations, Oracle database impacts, AWS environments, security, accessibility, testing strategy, deployment readiness, and operational support.
• Manage SDLC activities, including requirements gathering, design reviews, development tracking, test planning, defect triage, code promotion, release readiness, production deployment, and stabilization.
• Coordinate ServiceNow incident, request, problem, and change management activities related to application delivery and production support.
• Lead release planning, deployment coordination, go/no-go discussions, rollback planning, user acceptance testing, defect resolution, change communications, and post-release support.
• Prepare project status reports, sprint metrics, executive briefings, dashboards, RAID logs, release plans, action item trackers, decision logs, and schedule forecasts.
• Identify, track, and resolve project risks, issues, blockers, dependencies, change requests, and resource constraints.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including client leadership, federal users, product owners, architects, developers, testers, and operations teams.
• Support federal governance, compliance, security, privacy, accessibility, Section 508, and documentation requirements as needed.
• Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience as a Project Manager, Technical Project Manager, Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead, or Software Delivery Manager.
• Strong technical background with experience managing enterprise software development projects.
• Experience managing Java-based application development or modernization projects.
• Experience with Oracle Database projects, including SQL, PL/SQL, reporting, data interfaces, data migration, data validation, or database-driven applications.
• Experience managing projects involving AWS cloud environments, cloud-hosted applications, DevOps coordination, or cloud operations.
• Experience working with ServiceNow for incident management, change management, request workflows, service catalog, ticket tracking, or ITSM processes.
• Experience coordinating UI/UX activities, including human-centered design, wireframes, prototypes, usability reviews, user research, accessibility, and Section 508 considerations.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Waterfall, hybrid SDLC, DevSecOps, release management, and production support.
• Proven ability to estimate technical projects, enhancement requests, application changes, integrations, testing scope, deployment timelines, resource needs, and project costs.
• Experience coordinating developers, QA testers, business analysts, architects, DevOps engineers, DBAs, UI/UX designers, product owners, and client stakeholders.
• Experience using tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Git, Jenkins, ServiceNow, Figma, Mural, or similar delivery and collaboration platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Agile metrics, sprint reporting, backlog tracking, risk management, issue management, dependency tracking, and delivery forecasting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical topics to business users and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder expectations simultaneously.
• Ability to work onsite in Rockville, MD a minimum of 2 to 3 days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting NIH, NIMH, HHS, or other federal health, science, research, grants, clinical, or administrative systems.
• Experience managing projects in a federal contracting environment.
• Experience with Java, J2EE, Spring, REST APIs, web applications, enterprise application development, and application modernization.
• Experience with AWS services, cloud migration, cloud operations, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, or infrastructure coordination.
• Experience with Oracle Database, SQL, PL/SQL, data analysis, reporting, interfaces, and database modernization.
• Experience supporting ServiceNow-based ITSM, change management, incident management, problem management, and workflow automation.
• Experience with human-centered design, customer experience, usability testing, accessibility, Section 508, Figma, Mural, and UI/UX delivery coordination.
• Familiarity with FISMA, FedRAMP, ATO support, NIST controls, vulnerability remediation, privacy, cybersecurity, and federal compliance processes.
• Certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, PSM, SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist, ITIL, AWS Cloud Practitioner, or related credentials.
• Experience managing hybrid, remote, offshore, or distributed technical teams.

Key Competencies

• Technical project leadership.
• Software project estimation.
• Agile team facilitation.
• Java application delivery coordination.
• Oracle database project coordination.
• AWS cloud project coordination.
• ServiceNow workflow and ITSM coordination.
• UI/UX and human-centered design coordination.
• SDLC and DevSecOps delivery management.
• Stakeholder communication.
• Risk, issue, and dependency management.
• Sprint planning and delivery tracking.
• Release and deployment management.
• Production support coordination.
• Decision-making and accountability.

• Define robust architectures for new applications, leveraging and enhancing existing building blocks or creating new reusable components
• Enhances existing applications as per customer requirements
• Provides decision on adjusting product architecture as customer requirements, market conditions and technology evolves
• Identifies and articulates new technology, programming, design methodology, and best practices
• Developments and Maintains Technical Documentation
• Provides estimates on technology solutions delivery and integration effort
• Plays a key system integrator and architect role in implementing web application
• Provides Technical guidance to the proposed solution should be provided to the project teams as needed
• Manages and performs web application deployments
• Perform root cause analysis for production issues and provide solutions in a timely fashion
• Maintain traceability between requirements, design, and test case
• Meet objectives as assigned and interact with the project team to organize timelines, responsibilities, and deliverables.
• Manage and supervise a team of Software Developers.
• Develop and maintain good communication and working relationships with team members
• Lead in the development and implementation of new technologies.
• Lead in testing and evaluating new upgrades to technologies.
• Other activities as determined as important by the Program Manager.
• Job Requirements
• At least 8 years of experience designing, developing, and deploying web-based applications with ASP.NET 4.0 or above using C#.
• BS/MS degree in MIS, CS, or a related discipline is required.
• Designing and developing new features and/or maintaining existing applications developed on ASP.NET MVC.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment under deadline pressure.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to build partnerships with various teams.
• Ability to communicate well and work in a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a Public Trust background security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information.
• The place of performance will be on-site at the client (or office) location in Rockville, MD Monday to Friday. The candidate is expected to be at the work location 8 hours a day, covering peak hours of 9 am – 4 pm.