Senior IMS Scheduler w/Secret Clearance

A3 Consulting, LLC; Silver Spring (MD); Remote; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

FSA/HSA

Life & AD&D

Disability insurance

Paid time off

401k match

Paid parental leave

Professional development

Job summary

A3 Consulting LLC is seeking a Senior IMS Scheduler with an active Secret clearance to maintain and mature an integrated master schedule for a complex federal program. The role emphasizes schedule logic, milestone traceability, dependency validation, critical path analysis, and executive-level reporting.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of scheduling experience, advanced Microsoft Project and MS SSI Tools proficiency, and the ability to translate technical data into concise client-ready

Responsibilities

• Maintain and mature the integrated master schedule, milestones, dependencies, assumptions, and critical path logic.
• Review schedule artifacts, predecessor/successor relationships, constraints, durations, status dates, milestone evidence.
• Validate schedule logic and identify risks such as missing dependencies, dangling logic, hard constraints, stale dates.
• Assess whether reported dates and milestones are realistic based on evidence and cross-functional inputs.
• Support schedule health checks, management plans, update packages, and recurring schedule reviews.
• Identify acceleration, resequencing, tradeoffs, and minimum-viable implementation options for client consideration.
• Maintain traceability between updates, evidence, milestone owners, dependencies, risk status, and reporting products.
• Coordinate with risk, resource, and dashboard personnel to align schedule posture with risk posture and executive reporting.
• Prepare concise schedule analysis, executive summaries, issue papers, and recommendations for client review.
• Support inputs to risk registers, bottleneck registers, governance packages, decision logs, and management reports.
• Participate in transition and knowledge-transfer activities to understand current schedule structure and repository locations.
• Recommend corrective actions when schedule products no longer support decision-quality oversight.
• Ensure schedule updates are performed in accordance with client direction, version-control practices, and repository requirements.

Job description

Senior IMS Scheduler w/Secret Clearance

A3 Consulting is seeking an IMS Scheduler to maintain and mature an integrated master schedule for a complex federal mission-support program. If you'd enjoy focusing on schedule logic, milestone traceability, dependency validation, critical path analysis, schedule realism, and executive-level schedule reporting, this role is for you!

In this role you will:

• Maintain and update integrated master schedules, milestone structures, dependencies, assumptions, and critical path logic.
• Review schedule artifacts, predecessor/successor relationships, constraints, durations, status dates, milestone evidence, and supporting assumptions.
• Validate schedule logic and identify risks such as missing dependencies, dangling logic, hard constraints, stale status dates, unsupported milestone claims, unrealistic durations, and sequencing conflicts.
• Assess whether reported dates, assumptions, execution plans, and milestone statuses are realistic based on available evidence and cross-functional inputs.
• Support schedule health checks, schedule management plans, schedule update packages, and recurring schedule reviews.
• Identify acceleration, resequencing, tradeoff, and minimum-viable implementation options for client consideration.
• Maintain traceability between schedule updates, source evidence, milestone owners, dependency logic, risk status, and downstream reporting products.
• Coordinate with risk, resource, and dashboard personnel to align schedule posture with risk posture, dependency status, and executive reporting.
• Prepare concise schedule analysis, executive summaries, issue papers, and recommendations for client review.
• Support schedule-related inputs to risk registers, bottleneck registers, governance packages, decision logs, and management reports.
• Participate in transition and knowledge-transfer activities to understand current schedule structure, assumptions, known issues, update cadence, and repository locations.
• Recommend corrective actions when schedule products no longer support decision-quality oversight.
• Ensure schedule updates are performed in accordance with approved client direction, version-control practices, and repository requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, Finance, Data/Analytics, Public Administration, or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of integrated master scheduling, critical path analysis, program scheduling, project controls, or complex program planning experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Project experience required.
• Experience with MS SSI Tools required.
• Experience maintaining IMS logic, dependencies, baselines, constraints, milestones, assumptions, schedule risk, and executive reporting.
• Experience performing schedule health checks, critical path analysis, variance analysis, and schedule realism assessments.
• Ability to identify schedule drivers, sequencing conflicts, dependency gaps, and acceleration opportunities.
• Ability to translate technical schedule data into clear, concise, client-ready analysis and recommendations.
• Experience coordinating with program managers, technical teams, risk analysts, dashboard/reporting analysts, and senior stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Power BI, Excel, or similar collaboration/reporting environments preferred.
• PMI-SP, PMP, or equivalent scheduling/program management certification preferred.

Security Clearance:

Active Secret clearance or higher required.

Location:

Remote (DC Metro Area)

Salary Range:

The salary range of this position is $135,000 - $150,000 commensurate with experience and achievement.

Benefit Information:

• medical
• dental
• and vision benefits
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• group life and AD&D
• short-term and long-term disability
• paid time off
• 401k match
• paid parental leave
• professional development

About A3 Consulting:

A3 Consulting LLC is a leading management and technology firm that specializes in providing innovative solutions to solve the pressing challenges of our Federal government and Department of Defense customers. With a proven track record of delivering mission-critical solutions and exceptional performance, we are committed to ensuring that our intelligent automation and technology offerings remain competitive in the rapidly evolving defense marketplace.

A3 Consulting, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.

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