Job ID :
7260
Company :
Virginia Information Technology Agency
Location :
CHESTER, VA
Type :
Contract
Duration :
10 months plus
Salary :
Open
Status :
Active
Openings :
1
Posted :
01 Jun 2015
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PMP or COVA PM Certification

What knowledge, skills, abilities, experiences, certifications are needed for this position?  
• Strong technical project management skills, including managing matrixed resources.
• Strong business and technical analytical skills, attention to detail and logical thinking.
• Ability to run technical and project meetings and translate into work planning and project schedules.
• Ability to decompose upgrade requirements into project plans for upgrade work and testing purposes.
• Clear and concise documentation skills
• Experience working with diversified stakeholders and understanding the project needs 
• Excellent presentation, communication and customer service skills while maintaining a professional manner.
• Self motivated team player – able to work cooperatively in a team environment.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize and meet deadlines when required.
• Effectively manage and solve complex business problems 
• Remain flexible on changing workloads and priorities
• Ability to document process flows
• Aptitude for learning new technologies/applications/businesses
 
 
Preferred Skills/Competencies:
• Experience/knowledge with SharePoint is a plus but not expected.
• High level knowledge of programming practices
• Familiarity with relational database concepts and SQL
• PMP or COVA PM Certification. Other PM certifications or degrees considered. 
 
 
Experience:
• 10+ years Technical PM experience (systems analyst and/or architecture analyst experience a plus)
• Extensive experience with MS Project and creating project plans.
• Experience with testing scripts and system testing a plus
• Experience with architecture reviews a plus
• Experience with application development projects a plus
• Public Sector or Northrop Grumman (NG) background/experience a plus
• Experience with technical upgrade projects involving window &/or unix servers 
• Experience with  SQL and Oracle databases upgrades a plus. 
 
 
Preferred Education: 
Bachelor degree in related field is preferred, but not required 



Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
• Ability to decompose upgrade requirements into project plans for upgrade work and testing purposes.
Required
10
Years
• Ability to document process flows
Required
10
Years
• Experience/knowledge with SharePoint is a plus
Required
3
Years
• High level knowledge of programming practices
Required
5
Years
• Familiarity with relational database concepts and SQL
Required
5
Years
• PMP or COVA PM Certification
Required
1
Years
• 10+ years Technical PM experience (systems analyst and/or architecture analyst experience a plus)
Required
10
Years
• Experience with testing scripts and system testing a plus
Required
3
Years
• Experience with architecture reviews a plus
Highly desired
3
Years
• Experience with application development projects
Required
5
Years
• Public Sector or Northrop Grumman (NG) background/experience a plus
Nice to have
1
Years
• Experience with technical upgrade projects involving window &/or unix servers
Required
3
Years
• Experience with SQL and Oracle databases upgrades
Required
3
Years