Remote Project Analyst: Cybersecurity & FSA Initiatives

SkyePoint Decisions; Virginia; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SkyePoint Decisions seeks a Project Analyst to provide project management, analytical, reporting, and coordination support for DoED's Federal Student Aid cybersecurity and IT initiatives. The role emphasizes planning, tracking, and reporting milestones, risks, and deliverables in a remote, government-facing environment.

The ideal candidate collaborates with government stakeholders, cybersecurity professionals, technical teams, and contractors, maintains project visibility, and helps ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a related field.
• 5 years of relevant experience supporting project/program management, project controls, business analysis, IT, cybersecurity, or Federal programs.
• Familiarity with Generative AI tools such as Copilot and USAi.
• Experience supporting Federal cybersecurity or IT programs.
• Experience maintaining project schedules, deliverables, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and action items.
• Experience developing project status reports, metrics, dashboards, briefings, and management presentations.
• Experience coordinating activities involving multiple technical and nontechnical stakeholder groups.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently within assigned responsibilities while effectively collaborating with project leadership and technical teams.
• A t least an active Secret clearance.
• Must be a U.S Citizen.

Responsibilities

• Support development and maintenance of project plans, schedules, milestones, work breakdowns, and deliverable calendars.
• Coordinate project activities across cybersecurity, technical, operational, and business teams.
• Track project tasks, dependencies, deadlines, deliverables, and action items through completion.
• Monitor progress against established schedules and identify potential delays, dependencies, or resource concerns.
• Coordinate with task owners to obtain status updates and resolve outstanding project actions.
• Support project managers and technical leads with planning and execution of FSA initiatives.
• Assist with prioritization and coordination of competing project requirements.
• Develop recurring status reports, dashboards, metrics, briefings, and management presentations.
• Prepare clear summaries of project accomplishments, upcoming activities, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Support Government reporting requirements and presentations.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, MIS, or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Teams

Job description

SkyePoint Decisions seeks a Project Analyst to provide project management, analytical, reporting, and coordination support for DoED's Federal Student Aid cybersecurity and IT initiatives. The role emphasizes planning, tracking, and reporting milestones, risks, and deliverables in a remote, government-facing environment.

The ideal candidate collaborates with government stakeholders, cybersecurity professionals, technical teams, and contractors, maintains project visibility, and helps ensure