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COMPANY OVERVIEW

XCEL Engineering, Inc. is an award-winning small business that provides trusted information technology, engineering, consulting and project management solutions and services to federal agencies and organizations. Originally founded in 1971 by professional engineers at the University of Tennessee, XCEL was acquired in 2003 by U.S. Army and Navy veterans and in 2023 became a MartinFed company.

XCEL Engineering is a part of IT Lab Partners (ITLP) which was created to support a leading research facility in the East Tennessee region in recruiting the best and the brightest technical talent. Consider joining our impressive team today!

JOB OVERVIEW

Xcel Engineering seeks

an Information Technology Project Manager (ITPM) to manage a portfolio of information security projects. This position will report to the Portfolio Management Group Leader for project assignment and direction, with matrixed reporting to the Cyber Operations and Engineering Group Leader.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The successful applicant will manage a portfolio of information security projects utilizing industry standard best practices, laboratory and division project management processes and guidelines.

• Planning and Budgeting -Determines requirements and best approach for project management methodology for multiple projects, develops work breakdown structures, Project Management Plans and/or backlog feature and story definitions, project tasking and sequencing for project schedules and/or serves as scrum master, develops project budget and resource plans with the sponsor and finance officers.
• Leadership- Assembles, manages, and directs project teams to accomplish project goals and deliverables. Ensures projects are delivered on time, within scope and budget, and are of acceptable quality. Assists and mentors team members on methodology including agile.
• Communication- Ensures projects execute adequate communication plans, all stakeholders are appropriately informed of project status and project teams have project information and resources to succeed. Communicates, collaborates, and Interfaces with project sponsors, ITSD leadership, subject matter experts (SMEs), and other resources. Gains trust and forms relationships with leadership, sponsors, principal investigators and project team members.
• Risk Management- Identifies, diagnoses, and consults on project risks and issues., Identifies mitigation strategies or corrective actions, reports and escalates as appropriate.
• Project Salvage- Takes leadership, assesses project risks/issues/problems, implements corrective actions, escalates to leadership as appropriate, and establishes new project baselines.
• Mentoring- Advocates for project management by providing information, recommendations, guidance, and assistance to the IT and research staff regarding PM best practices to elevate overall staff project management knowledge.
• Reporting- Prepares and presents presentations, reports and dashboards, providing recommendations and findings on matters relating to projects.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Education- Bachelor's degree preferably in computer science, business management, information systems, or related disciplines.
• Experience- Five years relevant project management experience with at least two years or more in a project management role, as well as an understanding of IT hardware, software, databases, user interfaces, identity and access management, information security and cyber security systems, data science, analytics, and research.
• IT Experience- Demonstrated practical experience in IT project work, applications development, and major infrastructure/technology deployments and upgrades.
• IT PM Experience- Knowledge and experience managing application software development and/or implementation projects utilizing best practice lifecycle processes such as Agile. Must have a thorough understanding of project management methodologies a d practical application managing IT projects including developing business cases, defining scope and deliverables, scheduling and cost estimating, budgeting, communications, stakeholder management, status reporting, change management, quality assurance and retrospectives/lessons learned.
• Security Clearance- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q Clearance. This position is a Workplace Substance Abuse Program (WSAP) testing designated position which requires passing a pre-placement drug test and participation in an ongoing random drug testing program in which employees are subject to being randomly selected for testing. The occupant of this position will also be subject to an ongoing requirement to report to ORNL any drug-related arrest or conviction or receipt of a positive drug test result.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced Education- An advanced degree in project management, business management, computer science, information systems, or related discipline.

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