About Metric5 Metric5 is a small business with big company benefits. We have a passionate team of smart, fun-caring professionals, and we are here for the long haul. Join our close-knit growing team in a business where your contributions make an enormous impact. Our organization offers a comprehensive employee benefits package, continuous professional development, with a best in class company culture that is enjoyable to work in and supports the growth of each of our professionals. Background: Metric5 is currently seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead a mid-sized agile software development, and modernization program. Our Senior Program Manager will manage agile software development teams and oversee delivery of all agile software development, cloud services, and O&S for our client/project. You will be responsible for providing status updates on all activities to include performance, financial management, schedule compliance, personnel management, training, and security. You will provide content management solutions, daily communications, end-user engagement, sprint review reports, project retrospectives, and regular snapshots of project velocity and budget burn rate. You will lead the team through successful releases of React, Angular, .Net, and Java application product upgrades; and manage the teams who support alpha SW development testing, beta testing at customer sites, systems engineering/administration, and AWS cloud infrastructure. A successful candidate will have hands-on experience as a Senior Program Manager in a Federal Government Agency IT environment. Required Qualifications:
Public Trust Clearance
PMP or PMI-ACP Certified Level III, or FAC-P/PM Senior Level , or DAWIA PM Level III required
10 + years of experience in Program Management in government Information Technology
7 + years of experience leading mid-size to large agile software development teams
5 + years of demonstrated success in delivering functional code utilizing agile design and development techniques for advanced enterprise cloud/non-cloud based websites and mobile applications
5 + years of experience of managing programs architecting applications on AWS or similar cloud solutions
3 + years of experience in managing programs that implement DevOps and CI/CD concepts using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, Docker/Kubernetes, and testing tools such as SonarQube, JMeter
2 + years of experience in managing programs that are developing and deploying microservices in a cloud environment preferred
Demonstrated experience delivering Agile software solutions using Test Driven Development or Adaptable Software Design
Must be a strong, bold, assertive, opinionated communicator who can work with government, vendors, contractors, and staff
Familiarity with Federal Government SDLC / SDF
Exceptional writing skills - must have experience creating/writing/ownership of project life cycle documentation
Desired Qualifications:
Master’s Degree
Agile Certification (Agile Certified Practitioner PMI-ACP or SAFe Scaled Agilist)
Education: Bachelor’s Degree Certifications: PMP or PMI-ACP Certified Level III, or FAC-P/PM Senior Level , or DAWIA PM Level III required Desired Certifications: Scrum Master, ITIL, AWS Cloud Practitioner Years of Experience: 10+ years of experience or more Clearance: Must be a United States Citizen and hold an active public trust (or higher security clearance) Our benefits include:
Health & Dental Insurance 100% of individual coverage paid for by the company
Life & Short Term Disability Insurance
401K with company match (employees are immediately vested)
Paid Vacation
8 Paid Holidays per year (plus 2 paid floating holidays)
Maternity and Paternity Leave
Employee bonuses
Professional Development reimbursement program
Tuition Assistance Program
Metric5 is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, age, or genetic information. Metric5’s commitment to diversity and inclusive selection practices includes ensuring qualified long-term unemployed job seekers receive equal consideration for employment.
