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We are looking for a Project Manager for The Child Care Automated Tracking System (CCATS) used by the Division of Early Childhood (DEC) to manage Child Care programs across the State of Maryland and its IT Modernization Projects within the DEC.

  • Project Name: Child Care Automated Tracking System (CCATS)
  • Client: State of MD, DoIT
  • Agency: Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
  • Location: Remote with occasional travel to Maryland state offices, Baltimore MD 21201
  • Interview Type: Online, Google Meet or MS Teams
  • Contract Duration: 2 years, with 2 more years of possible extension

Education

  • A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or other related disciplines.
  • Master s degree or project management certification is preferred.
  • Project Management Institute (PMI) Certified Project Management Professional.

Experience

  • 5 years of experience managing project life cycles, risk, resources, schedules, and oversight of Internet and intranet software operation and support projects.
  • 3 years of experience managing Internet projects for government agencies in a multi tier environment.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee planning, development and operation of the modernized childcare tracking system.
  • Evaluates complex situations accurately and identifies viable solutions that create successful outcomes.
  • Develops and maintains lessons-learned inputs in the project repository for utilization on future projects.
  • Monitors daily system operations to plan, anticipate and prevent problems and to direct immediate corrective action when issues arise.
  • Provides both verbal and written communications regarding project status, risks, and issues, and makes recommendations on project decisions to DEC point of contact.
  • Manages allocation of resources within the program(s) to meet work fluctuations and budget and time constraints in the delivery process.
  • Serves as subject matter expert, providing technical and analytical guidance to the program and project teams.
  • Use agile project management methods, such as Scaled Agile, to prioritize, define, execute and deliver system enhancements and corrections.
  • Manage the system engineering workload to assign priorities and track work through delivery.
  • Coordinate with the multiple state agencies (ex. the Department of Human Services to ensure optimal use of the MD Think platform).
  • Lead team in identifying the root cause of problems and implementing durable solutions.
  • Coordinate task assignment and system quality for all teams supporting the system including security, networking, hosting, system administration, database administration, level 2 help desk, development, testing, and implementation and other technical specialties as needed to deliver system services. And Other requirements as per State of MD requirements.
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