Federal IT Project Manager & Scrum Master | Secret-Cleared

Nationwide IT Services, Inc.; Yorktown (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Paid holidays

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Nationwide IT Services, Inc. is seeking a Task Order Project Manager to lead an IT modernization and sustainment program for the Defense Logistics Agency. The role requires overseeing Agile development, cybersecurity support, and government stakeholder coordination to meet contractual objectives.

The candidate will serve as Scrum Master, manage Jira-based planning, and ensure timely delivery across multidisciplinary teams while maintaining program governance and performance reporting.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of information technology experience.
• Experience managing federal IT programs involving modernization, sustainment, or related services.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and coordinating complex project schedules, resources, and deliverables.
• Experience serving as Scrum Master and managing Agile software development activities.
• Proficiency with Atlassian Jira for sprint planning, backlog management, dashboards, and reporting.
• PMI PMP certification or other qualifying Project Management certification.
• Scrum Master certification.
• DoD 8140 baseline certification applicable to the IT Project Manager role.
• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from an accredited institution.
• Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the overall execution of federal IT modernization, sustainment, and cybersecurity support activities.
• Oversee project schedules, personnel assignments, technical performance, contractual deliverables, and program risks.
• Serve as Scrum Master, facilitating Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and daily stand-up meetings.
• Manage Jira-based project planning, user stories, product backlogs, sprint execution, dashboards, and performance reporting.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams of software architects, developers, engineers, cybersecurity professionals, and technical support personnel.
• Develop and maintain project management plans, modernization roadmaps, schedules, and Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms).
• Monitor application sustainment and modernization activities to ensure compliance with contractual performance requirements and service availability standards.
• Coordinate contractor onboarding, offboarding, required training, certifications, and personnel coverage to ensure continuity of operations.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, resolve technical and operational challenges, and ensure timely completion of assigned tasks.
• Conduct regular program reviews and communicate project status, accomplishments, risks, and corrective actions to government stakeholders.
• Prepare and submit monthly progress reports, project plans, technical status updates, and other required contractual deliverables.
• Support Agile development, DevSecOps practices, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and application modernization initiatives.
• Ensure deliverables meet government quality standards, contractual requirements, and established deadlines.

Skills

Agile leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Scrum Master

Education

Bachelor's degree

DoD 8140 baseline

PMP certification

Scrum Master certification

Secret Clearance

Tools

Jira

Job description

Nationwide IT Services, Inc. is seeking a Task Order Project Manager to lead an IT modernization and sustainment program for the Defense Logistics Agency. The role requires overseeing Agile development, cybersecurity support, and government stakeholder coordination to meet contractual objectives.

The candidate will serve as Scrum Master, manage Jira-based planning, and ensure timely delivery across multidisciplinary teams while maintaining program governance and performance reporting.