Technical Project Manager

Why Karsun?

Join Karsun Solutions to grow your career with the company transforming possible for the US Government.

At Karsun, collaboration drives our community. We’re committed to building an environment where team members from diverse backgrounds can innovate, learn and grow with us. Here at Karsun, the only limit to your potential is the limit of your curiosity.

Join Team Karsun, and Find Your Next!

Summary

Innovate, Grow and Do Extraordinary Together is at the core of everything we do at Karsun!

We defy assumptions and enable cutting-edge cloud-based transformation as IT modernization experts. Our people-first focus, innovation and performance driven culture, empowers and encourages employees to be forward thinking, take ownership and seek advancement opportunities for personal growth.

Karsun is rapidly expanding, and as a member of the Project Management Team, you will be challenged to “Do Extraordinary” every day, work with great urgency, and contribute measurable ideas and solutions that make Karsun better, you better, and bring success to our clients. Unlike other similar sized and larger competitors, you will also enjoy access to senior leadership, and you will have a voice in how we evolve Project Management and Karsun as a whole!

• Are you a project manager who enjoys delivering new and improved software solutions to meet customer requirements?
• Do you like to solve problems and provide technical direction to the development team?
• Would you love to lead and grow with great colleagues and become elite in the industry?

What You'll Be Doing:

• Plan and execute the full project and product lifecycle from definition to closeout utilizing iterative and waterfall methodologies: project planning; risk assessment; resource management; estimating and monitoring level of effort; identifying and managing impacts to cost, schedule, quality, and scope; organizing, planning, and prioritizing team tasks; and communicating and collaborating across organizational boundaries.
• Review code, make suggestions for improvements, and lay out tasks required to meet customer requirements.
• Interact directly with the customer product owners and contributors, managers and users
• Assess customer requirements, identifying dependencies and gaps, and developing responsive project plans.
• Work with the security team to ensure the applications are as secure as possible.
• Develop performance planning and assessments for direct reports.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in information systems, business systems, management information systems, IT management, and/or other IT degrees.
• 10+ years of experience leading diverse technical teams, while serving as the primary point of contact for all technical matters.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent project or program management certification
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Software development experience, preferably using Java, or other IT development experience.
• 5 years of experience managing both development projects and ongoing sustainment efforts that are evolving to use difference systems software or technologies
• Experience facilitating reviews with government customers to validate requirements, prioritize program backlog requirements into sprint backlogs, and validate designs.
• Professional level Agile certification, knowledge or experience as a Scrum Master
• Ability to shift between waterfall, agile, and DevOps methodologies and combine/tailor multiple approaches to meet project needs.

Things to Know:

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

Salary Range

The proposed salary range for this role is $160,000 to $170,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. Karsun considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Third Party Resumes: Karsun does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Karsun and Karsun will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Clearance Information

This position requires the eligibility to obtain a security clearance. The Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm

Location

To be considered for this role, you must reside in one of the following states: CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IL, MD, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TX, VA, WV.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We may consider candidates currently in H-1B status who are eligible for transfer.