Job Title: Junior Technical Project Coordinator
Location: McLean, VA (On-site)
Employment Type: Contract
About the Opportunity:
ZipStaff is hiring a Junior Technical Project Coordinator for a leading financial services organization to drive monthly software release management, incident management and environment coordination for its technology teams. This is an on-site contract role in McLean, VA starting November 23, 2026. Some after-hours work is required on Thursday and Friday evenings a few times a month, with equivalent time off provided within the pay period. Interviews are one 60-minute in-person round.
What You'll Do:
- Own monthly software release management processes as the technical project lead.
- Drive code quality, execute manual regression testing and support automated JUnit tests.
- Coordinate environment changes with infrastructure teams and impacted users.
- Serve as point person for Incident Management, including communications, resolution and root cause analysis.
- Create and initiate projects, and know when to escalate issues.
- Create technical and knowledge documentation, and define and drive new procedures.
- Participate in the on-call schedule (supporting the Northern Virginia time zone), along with other related management and technical duties.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics or Information Systems (non-negotiable).
- 5+ years of overall experience, including 3+ years as a Technical Project Manager or Product Owner.
- 5+ years of technical background developing and maintaining Java/Python software applications.
- Hands-on Jira experience, including reporting and strong JQL (a must).
- Experience with ServiceNow.
- Unix/Linux troubleshooting and shell scripting proficiency.
- Experience with Jenkins end-to-end build, test and deploy, integrated with Git/Artifactory.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with strong business and technical savvy.
- Ability to work on-site in McLean, VA, interview in person and support after-hours and on-call work.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Information Systems (MIS), Computer Science or a related engineering field.
- Experience with Release Management practices.
- Experience with Confluence Wiki.
- Knowledge of Agentic AI and programming in Python.
- Ability to research and learn new methodologies and technologies and bring that knowledge to the team.
Benefits:
- Health Insurance.
- Dental Insurance.
- Vision Insurance.
- 401(k) + 401(k) matching.
- Paid time off.
- Referral Program.
About ZipStaff:
ZipStaff connects skilled technology professionals with leading organizations across the United States, matching top talent with impactful contract and full-time opportunities.
To apply, submit your resume through this posting. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a ZipStaff recruiter.