What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager PMP position at Cynet Systems?
We are looking for Project Manager PMP - Hybrid for our client in Mechanicsville, VA.
Job Title: Project Manager PMP
Job Location: Mechanicsville, VA
Job Type: Contract
Job Overview:
Requirement/Must Have:
- Active PMP from PMI or a PM certification from VITA is required.
- 1 years of experience managing large-scale, complex IT projects.
- 5 years of experience managing migration project budgets and schedules.
- 5 years of experience with Azure services, including Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, and Azure Database Migration Service.
- 5 years of experience with cloud computing principles (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and hybrid cloud environments.
- 5 years of experience with scripting (e.g., PowerShell, Azure CLI) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- 5 years of experience with DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines.
- 5 years of experience with PMP/Agile or Scrum methodologies.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Leadership skills to guide and motivate cross-functional teams.
- Strong analytical skills to anticipate and mitigate risks.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding environment.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a hands-on senior technical project manager partnering with development teams, business leaders, enterprise architects, and technology owners to deliver complex, multi-platform IT initiatives.
- Direct and synchronize project tasks, resources, timelines, and stakeholder expectations across ITD leadership, technical teams, business units, and governance bodies.
- Oversee vendor, consultant, and contractor performance, including contract coordination, procurement collaboration, SOW validation, and delivery oversight.
- Maintain comprehensive project artifacts (budgets, schedules, risks, issues, metrics, and status reports) and deliver timely updates aligned with the communications plan.
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, fostering alignment across IT, security, business teams, and vendor partners.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate technical, security, operational, and vendor-related risks across all project phases.
- Ensure all project solutions adhere to agency architecture standards, security policies, best practices, and project management governance requirements.
- Track and evaluate vendor and third-party deliverables using defined KPIs and SLAs to ensure quality, timeliness, and contractual compliance.
- Manage project milestones, deliverables, change control, and release activities to ensure on-time, on-budget, and low-disruption deployments.
- Coordinate planning and execution of testing activities, document test objectives, and ensure creation of detailed test plans, test cases, and acceptance criteria.
- Support system and application training efforts to ensure smooth adoption, operational readiness, and effective knowledge transfer.
- Provide senior-level guidance on system upgrades, cloud and infrastructure modernization, application migrations, and remediation of security or asset vulnerabilities.
- Apply strong understanding of infrastructure, databases, APIs, and application architectures to support planning, estimation, and technical decision-making.
Nice to Have:
- Demonstrate working knowledge of modern AI technologies (LLMs, Agentic AI, automation platforms, and data-driven decision tools).