Project Task Manager

Peraton is seeking a qualified and motivated professional to join our team as a Project Task Manager.  This full-time position is in support of the United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM) located in Northern Chicago, IL (Great Lakes Region). This position is on-site, however will consider hybrid / remote work arrangements

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with project stakeholders and end users to elicit, analyze, document, and validate requirements for systems addressing business problems.
• Document and review software requirements for a large development team managing multiple applications related to data classification and document management.
• Interface with multiple stakeholders to assess requirements and ensure consistency across all products.
• Oversee both functional and non-functional requirements for various products within the project team.
• Manage and verify requirements, capturing detailed user needs and ensuring clear, consistent, and test able requirements in user stories.
• Reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information, and participate in peer reviews of requirements documentation.

Requirements:

• Minimum requirements are: 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; or obtaining a PhD
• A Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in project management overseeing cost, schedule and performance for software projects and activities.
• Demonstrated strong understanding of agile software development and project management.
• Knowledge of cloud-based applications and API design.
• Software projects experience with Cloud-based applications.
• Ability to define and document custom software workflows and non-functional requirements (data flows, diagrams, etc.).
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and organized with strong time-management skills.
• Strong communication skills in both technical and business settings.
• Professional certification(s) such as PMP, CISP, ITIL v4, IT-II.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• The ability to pass a government background investigation and be clearance eligible.
• Ability to travel on-site 10-25% of the time if needed.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree.
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent certification.
• Experience in analyzing complex software projects for DoD clients.
• Experience using Atlassian tools (Confluence and Jira).
• Experience in DoD application modernization projects with decentralized teams.
• Experience with AWS cloud development teams.
• Comfortable interacting with staff and management at all levels, including executives