IT Project Manager (SYSANALYSIS)

Defense Logistics Agency; Battle Creek (MI); On-site; USD 106,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Logistics Agency in Battle Creek, MI seeks a senior IT/acquisition expert responsible for coordinating, implementing, and optimizing life, health, and safety applications for emergency services. You will work with stakeholders to set priorities and manage technology requirements, ensuring timely delivery across the program lifecycle.

The role requires expertise in project management, policy analysis, and risk mitigation, with collaboration across DoD leadership and federal partners.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent required.
• Experience evaluating policy, budget formulation, system acquisition and audit readiness.
• Develops assessments of IT capability and applicability of evolving tech.

Responsibilities

• Oversee coordination, acquisition strategies, and performance of critical DLA life, health, and safety apps for police, fire, and emergency services.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to define software and IT service acquisitions and publish project priorities and requirements.
• Lead collaboration between customers and technical experts to mitigate risks and represent the agency with senior DoD and industry leadership.
• Lead execution of Plans of Action and Milestones (POAMs) using ServiceNow and tracking tools across the project lifecycle.
• Evaluate work and project metrics to ensure quality, efficiency, and mission objective achievement.

Skills

Policy & project evaluation

Budget analysis

Policy guidance

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Summary

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Duties

• Serves as a senior expert overseeing the coordination, implementation, acquisition strategies, and performance of critical DLA life, health, and safety applications for police, fire, and emergency services.
• Coordinates with stakeholders to define software and IT service acquisitions, establishing and publishing agreed-upon project priorities and technology management requirements.
• Facilitates active collaboration between customers and technical experts to mitigate risks, and represents the agency at meetings with senior DoD, federal, and private-industry leadership.
• Leads the execution of Plans of Action and Milestones (POAMs), utilizing ServiceNow and other tracking tools to monitor progress throughout the project lifecycle.
• Evaluates work accomplishments and project metrics to ensure maximum quality, efficiency, and effectiveness in achieving mission objectives.
• Maintains continuous communication and situational awareness of project scope, schedules, and resources across project teams, senior management, and DLA customers.
• Leads DLA audit readiness support and manages artifact development for Risk Management Framework (RMF) and eMASS documentation.

Conditions of employment

• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See for more information.
• This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located within DLA Information Operations, J6.

Qualifications

• Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:
• Evaluates and plans projects through consideration of all legal authorities and changing official policy.
• Conducts reviews on policy, technical guidance, budget formulation, system acquisition and audit readiness.
• Develops assessments of the existing IT capability and determination of the applicability of evolving technology for adoption/modification.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional Information

As required by 5 C.F.R. 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. 1194).

Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: _vol300.PDF

Information for Veterans is available at: As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement.

Drug-Free Workplace Policy: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.

Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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