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Project Manager – Enterprise Support Services
Location: Washington, DC Metro Area (Rosslyn, VA primary)
Clearance Requirement: Top Secret (active)
Position Overview
The Project Manager serves as a leader supporting the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO). This role provides project leadership, program analysis, and technical oversight across DevSecOps, cloud and on-premises infrastructure, enterprise architecture, network engineering, and IT service operations.
The Project Manager coordinates complex technical initiatives, guides multi-disciplinary engineering teams, and ensure high-quality execution of program objectives. The Project Manager is responsible for planning, reporting, resource management, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and ensuring compliance with U.S. Department of State requirements.
Core Responsibilities
Project Management & Analysis Responsibilities
While not performing hands-on engineering, the Project Manager must coordinate and oversee technical teams responsible for:
Project Manager must possess working-level understanding sufficient to oversee highly technical teams in:
At HunaTek, we build teams of people from all backgrounds with varying levels of experience, knowing firsthand that diversity of thought will strengthen our ability to deliver for our customers. We work hand in hand with Federal civilian and military staff, pulling together to further the interests of our nation and home and abroad.
Whenever possible, we provide opportunities for our employees to learn new skills, obtain certifications, attend industry events, and have some fun together.
Our Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to make sure our employees and their families have access to good health care, are insured against catastrophic health events, can put money aside for retirement and are able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. These benefits include:
Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Location: Washington, DC Metro Area (Rosslyn, VA primary)
Clearance Requirement: Top Secret (active)
Position Overview
The Project Manager serves as a leader supporting the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO). This role provides project leadership, program analysis, and technical oversight across DevSecOps, cloud and on-premises infrastructure, enterprise architecture, network engineering, and IT service operations.
The Project Manager coordinates complex technical initiatives, guides multi-disciplinary engineering teams, and ensure high-quality execution of program objectives. The Project Manager is responsible for planning, reporting, resource management, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and ensuring compliance with U.S. Department of State requirements.
Core Responsibilities
Project Management & Analysis Responsibilities
- Lead and direct project activities, resources, risks, and deliverables
- Provide expertise in quarterly cross-team planning and alignment, requirements engineering, and service management tools.
- Provide high-level technical guidance, analysis, and consulting to government leadership.
- Manage, coordinate, prioritize, and execute multiple complex projects simultaneously with other organizational groups and technical teams.
- Lead all project workstreams and report to ACOR/GTM as required.
- Develop and deliver technical reports, analyses, and presentations for highly specialized systems and operational environments.
While not performing hands-on engineering, the Project Manager must coordinate and oversee technical teams responsible for:
- DevSecOps and MS Azure/AWS cloud services, including architecture, migration, configuration, and documentation.
- On-premises and cloud infrastructure engineering, including VMware, Windows/Linux/UNIX, Active Directory, patching, backup/recovery, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.
- Network administration for LAN/WAN/WiFi, including baseline performance analysis, capacity planning, COMSEC processes, hardware/software lifecycle, and network replication/testing facilities.
- Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) planning and testing.
- SaaS integration, ICAM/OKTA implementation, interoperability agreements, and API-based integration (REST/SOAP).
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Management briefings and technical documentation.
- Contribute recommendations for system improvement and optimization across enterprise architecture, telecom, automation, communications protocols, lifecycle management, risk management, and simulation/modeling.
- Direction and guidance for requirements definition, problem analysis, and implementation across complex systems.
- Quarterly delivery plans
- Active Top Secret (TS) Clearance (mandatory for all positions on the task order).
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
- 10 years of progressive IT project or program management experience.
- 5 years supporting federal agencies, preferably the Department of State or similar environments.
- Experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary technical teams across cloud, DevSecOps, infrastructure, and networking domains.
- Demonstrated success in managing classified and unclassified IT environments.
Project Manager must possess working-level understanding sufficient to oversee highly technical teams in:
- Cloud technologies (Azure Gov, Azure Commercial, AWS GovCloud).
- MS Azure DevOps application suite experience including sprint progress management and monitoring, planning, tracking, communicating, and reporting using Azure Boards and Dashboards.
- DevSecOps pipelines, CI/CD, VSTS/MS DevOps.
- Systems engineering lifecycle and configuration/change management.
- Infrastructure operations (VMware, Windows/Linux/UNIX systems, storage, backups).
- Enterprise networking (LAN/WAN/WiFi, performance engineering, COMSEC processes).
- SaaS integration, ICAM/OKTA, API/REST/SOAP integration.
- COOP/Disaster Recovery site planning and fault-tolerant system design.
- Proven ability to lead teams across multiple locations and functional areas.
- Demonstrated ability to interface with COR, A/COR, GTMs, and senior government leadership.
- Strong background in risk management, cost management, and schedule management.
- Experience preparing formal government deliverables and compliance documentation.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and briefing skills.
- Master’s degree or MBA.
- PMP, PgMP, or PMI-ACP certification.
- ITIL v4, Scrum Master, or similar service management credentials.
- Certifications in cloud technologies (Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, etc.).
- Certifications in security and compliance (CISSP, CISM, CCSP).
- Experience working with classified networks (SIPRNet, JWICS).
- Experience with performance engineering, discrete event simulation, and modeling tools.
- Familiarity with Department of State IT policies, procedures, and architecture frameworks.
- Strategic planning and enterprise IT alignment
- Technical leadership and cross-domain oversight
- Complex project and portfolio management
- Stakeholder and customer engagement
- Risk, cost, and schedule management
- Strong analytical, documentation, and reporting skills
- Ability to operate with significant independence and creativity
- Ability to support rapid staffing changes and contingency scenarios
At HunaTek, we build teams of people from all backgrounds with varying levels of experience, knowing firsthand that diversity of thought will strengthen our ability to deliver for our customers. We work hand in hand with Federal civilian and military staff, pulling together to further the interests of our nation and home and abroad.
Whenever possible, we provide opportunities for our employees to learn new skills, obtain certifications, attend industry events, and have some fun together.
Our Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to make sure our employees and their families have access to good health care, are insured against catastrophic health events, can put money aside for retirement and are able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. These benefits include:
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance and term life insurance
- 401(K) with safe harbor contribution
- Paid time off and 11 paid holidays
- Tuition and career development assistance
- A selection of voluntary benefits
Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.