Citizant is a leading provider of professional IT services to the U.S. government. We seek to address some of our country’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Agile application development, Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Architecture, and Program Management support services – focusing on the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Treasury. We strive to hire only ethical, talented, passionate, and committed “A Players” who already align with the company’s core values: Drive, Excellence, Reputation, Responsibility, and a Better Future. No matter how large we grow, Citizant will retain its collaborative, supportive, small-company culture, where successful team effort to address external and internal customer challenges is valued above all individual contributions.

The successful candidate will use their strong leadership skills to manage an IT project made up of an array of task orders. Some high-level duties include:

Establish and maintain the role of a trusted liaison by building relationships with government and contractor personnel to ensure effective coordination of all project efforts. Access, interpret and apply Government and industry standards and specifications.

Effectively lead project teams to drive successful project delivery outcomes and real business benefits in alignment with the client’s strategic direction. Manage technical projects through the SDLC process and an agile, iterative process.

Manage resources, level of effort, project cost, and milestones against a project plan or sprint plan. Maintain transparent project reporting documents including supporting documentation.

Lead a team of software developers, testers, or business analysts to deliver new and enhanced application development products and services.

• Experience with object oriented programming, coding, and MVC architecture is required.
• Experience as an application developer is required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other technical discipline required. 
• Current PMP certification required.
• 2+ years of experience leading projects in a consulting environment required.
• Prior experience in supporting Federal government contract a plus.

Desired Skills

• Self-motivated with the ability to thrive in a team environment, work across organizational departments and instill confidence with the client through work quality, time management & organizational skills and responsiveness.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership skills, including a track record of increasing responsibility.
• Strong logical and analytical problem-solving skills; rigorous approach to project management to deliver projects.
• Experience mentoring and teaching others around work plan development, progress tracking, time tracking, status reporting, and risk management.

Clearance Requirement

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Minimum Background Investigation clearance.

Citizant strives to be an employer of choice in the Washington metropolitan area. Citizant associates accept challenging and rewarding work and in return receive excellent compensation and benefits, as well as the opportunity for personal and professional development.

Citizant is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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