About Rockwood
Rockwood Company, LLC is a rapidly growing woman-owned small business change management consulting firm that delivers unrivaled value in the DC Metropolitan Area. Our IT Consultants are solution innovators who specialize in devising and implementing bold, yet practical solutions to complex problems. We work side-by-side with our clients to take on the most critical challenges our nation faces. Our goal is to enable a more innovative, collaborative, and effective government capable of successfully executing today's mission and anticipating tomorrow's evolving challenges and opportunities.
We bring human-centered design approaches to ensure our clients adopt and institutionalize sustainable change. Our core service offerings include strategy development and implementation, stakeholder alignment, customer experience, workforce readiness, strategic communications, and program management.
Rockwood provides a team-oriented learning environment that pushes our consultants to grow. Our team members own their own success and partner with leadership to achieve their professional development goals.
About the Position
The IT Consultant will participate and manage a variety of IT initiatives that help clients achieve their missions while teaching them sustainable ways to effectively achieve outcomes. Specific responsibilities may include:

• IT strategy development, planning and implementation focused on enterprise goals, objectives and task
• Development of a technology roadmap that aligns IT strategic initiatives with the agency business needs
• Identifies cohesive metrics and monitoring components
• Supports IT related Committees and Working Groups from opportunity definition, planning, agency engagement and execution
• Collaborates with diversified stakeholders to develop business capability maps, process maps, value stream maps to meet organizational needs
• Prepares reports, streamlines business processes, and documents project plans and processes
• Monitors and explores industry and technology trends, emerging technologies, and innovative solutions to assess applicability and viability for state agencies
• Captures the current state of the client mission and recommend best practice alternatives for a future state
• Help define, create, test, and execute operations procedures
• Design, develop, and/or present client deliverables, applying basic consulting principles and frameworks (may include creating the deliverable structure and approach, writing, editing, formatting, and enhancing with graphical or technical software)
• Build trusting relationships with clients while helping them dissect and solve problems
• Preference for familiarity with ServiceNow

What You Must Have to Be a IT Consultant

• Active security clearance (DoD or equivalent ideally, must be at least Secret level)
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience in information systems analysis, design & operations
• Experience working with multiple IT solutions
• Innate ability to proactively and creatively problem-solve
• Ability to support IT related consulting efforts within the federal government space
• Strategic thinking who can work in fast paced and changing environment
• Active listening and critical thinking skills to make connections and extract key takeaways from a discussion
• Strong verbal and written communications skills to organize information into well-written clear messages and compelling documents
• Ability to collaboratively brainstorm and work with clients and Rockwood team while also having the ability to work independently from a home office, client site, and Rockwood office as required
• Willingness to commute to client location in and around the DC Metro area; occasional travel outside of the DC area, i.e. Quantico, VA

Our Unique Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Employer paid short-term, long-term disability, and life insurance
• Rockwood will match eligible 401(k) plan members' contributions in an amount equal to 100% of your employee contributions, not to exceed 4%
• Generous paid vacation
• Eight federal paid holidays
• Continuous education budget
• Spot cash bonuses and additional vacation days throughout the year to consultants who go above and beyond their job and bring exceptional value to the company, the team, and clients
• Tuition reimbursement
• Choice of cell phone, hotspot, or internet reimbursement
• Wellness stipend (for gym membership and other wellness related activities)
• All company gatherings and events
• Participation in a wellness program to earn money that Rockwood will donate to charity of your choice
• Laptop, office supplies, and other equipment to maximize effectiveness when working from a home office (when necessary)
• Paid maternity and parental leave
  Rockwood Company values creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Rockwood, please e-mail careers@rockwoodcompany.com
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