IT Project Manager Professional

Title: Technical Project Manager – JIRA
Location: McLean, VA, Full-time On-site
Duration: Contract till December 31, 2026, possible extension.

Interview Information

• Rounds: 1
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Interview Type: In person
• Target Interview Dates: November 6 and November 9, 2026
• Interview Debrief: November 10 at 1:00 PM with suppliers (time details to be confirmed).

Supplier Vetting Questions
Candidates must provide their own responses to the following questions.

1. Please describe your approach to communicating effectively across various levels or divisions within an organization.
2. Please describe your approach to effectively managing projects in a technical work environment. Provide specific examples from your experience with details about your own contributions.
3. Please describe your most recent project. What was the project? What was your contribution? What tools did you use, and for what purposes?

Must-Have Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Jira reporting and strong JQL.
• Unix/Linux experience.
• Strong business and technical acumen, with the ability to recognize when to escalate.
• Experience creating and initiating projects.
• ServiceNow experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Applied Mathematics, or Information Systems (non-negotiable at this time).

Responsibilities

• Manage monthly software release processes as the Technical Project Manager.
• Focus on code quality, execution of manual regression testing, and support for automated JUnit tests.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams and impacted users to coordinate environment changes.
• Serve as the point person for Incident Management, including communications, resolution, and root cause analysis.
• Create technical and knowledge documentation, define new procedures, and drive their implementation.
• Participate in the on-call schedule supporting the Northern Virginia time zone and perform other related management and technical duties.

Technical Skills

• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Project Manager or Product Owner.
• Technical background with 5+ years of experience developing and maintaining Java/Python software applications.
• Unix troubleshooting and shell scripting proficiency.
• Experience with Jenkins end-to-end build, test, and deployment processes, including integration with Git/Artifactory.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Systems (MIS), Computer Science, or a related engineering field.
• Experience with ServiceNow and release management practices.
• Experience with Jira (must-have).
• Experience with Confluence Wiki.
• Ability to research and learn new methodologies and technologies and bring that knowledge to the team.

Nice to Have: Knowledge of Agentic AI and Python programming.
Schedule
Some after-hours work is required on Thursday and Friday evenings, a few times per month. Equivalent time off will be provided within the pay period.