Description:
Metric5 is currently seeking an Agile Cloud Project Manager to lead an on-prem to Azure cloud transition at an established Hybrid Agile DevOps program supporting mission critical software applications.

The Agile Cloud Project Manager will manage a team of Site Reliability Engineers and Cloud Engineers to support ongoing operations while implementing a transition of multiple on-prem applications into Azure cloud. You will interface with the client, providing status updates on activities to include delivery, schedule, risks, and issues. You will coordinate activities across your team and in coordination with other program teams. You will lead your team in defining or refining key program objectives and milestones and monitor progress towards successful transition to the cloud. You will also be a performance manager for a subset of personnel on the team, providing performance feedback, assessments, and additional performance management responsibilities.

A successful candidate will have cloud experience and past hands-on experience as a Scrum Master and/or Technical Lead and recent experience with traditional Project Management activities such as schedule and resource management.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Government customer, product owners and other business and technical stakeholders to understand the cloud vision and translate it into a cloud transition roadmap
• Develop and implement the strategic approach to effectively and efficiently transition multiple legacy and modernized applications to the cloud
• Develop, document, and manage the implementation of project plans, schedules, and processes
• Monitor and track the progress of the projects against the plan from initiation through deployment
• Proactively manage changes in project and product scope. Identify potential risks and devise risk response plans
• Create status reports and briefing materials for senior level leadership, and host various stakeholder meetings. Understand and communicate status of technical topics.
• Collaborate with Product Owners (PO), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Developers, and Engineers to understand the customer and program needs
• Facilitate decision-making, root cause analysis, post-mortems and technical requirement discussions and meetings, encourage collaboration and brainstorming among all developers/engineers, and document outcomes / decisions
• Ensure that the team understands requirements, deliverables, timelines, priorities, and issues to successfully meet customer goals
• Help develop uniform, mature Agile practices to address barriers to operating efficiently and effectively
• Create detailed Confluence sites and JIRA dashboards to provide a centralized repository of program information and artifacts, and a transparent source of real-time status of progress against goals
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as daily sprint stand-ups, grooming, planning, reviews, and retrospectives
• Directly manage a subset of employees on the program: mentor, provide performance reviews, and provide recommendations for career growth and skills development
• Create staffing strategies and work with Recruiting to review resumes, select interview panels, conduct interviews, and provide candidate feedback
• Participate in meetings, provide briefings, status presentations and other support materials that will promote the program, assist in achieving user buy-in

Required Skills:

• 6 years' relevant experience working in progressively more responsible relevant roles on government information technology projects/programs
• 3 years of experience managing a team or teams on government Information Technology projects/programs
• 3 years of direct people management, including full performance management responsibilities (assessments, reviews, mentoring, performance improvement)
• 2 years of Agile or Hybrid Agile experience with DevOps teams
• 2 years of experience managing technical teams in a cloud environment
• 2 years of hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence
• Experience leading a cloud transition
• Understanding of the fundamentals of software development processes and procedures in a cloud environment
• Proven experience managing competing priorities and navigating technical and/or business constraints to drive toward a solution
• Strong attention to detail, be highly organized with experience managing project schedules
• Exceptional writing skills - must have experience creating/writing/ownership of security documentation, white papers, briefings, and status reports
• Excellent verbal communications skills

Desired Skills:

• Active PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• SAFe or Scrum Alliance Scrum certification
• Azure experience/certifications a major plus.

Education: Bachelor's degree

Location: DC, Maryland, Virginia area preferred. Position is primarily remote with at least quarterly in-person events in the DC, Maryland, Virginia area.

Years of Experience : 6 years of experience or more
Clearance : Must be a United States Citizen and hold a Public Trust (or higher) security clearance.