Senior Project Coordinator

GovCIO is seeking a Senior Project Coordinator to support a critical government computer system for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Software Yard – Capability Development Branch. This role is primarily responsible for coordinating project operations, facilitating release train management, and ensuring aligned product team backlogs match mission priorities within a vendor-heavy engineering environment. This position will be located in Kearneysville, WV, and will be a hybrid position. Responsibilities:

As a Senior Project Coordinator, you will serve as a primary operational resource for providing government oversight, tracking technical milestones, and maintaining continuity for Product Teams developing applications on assigned technology platforms. You will help enforce architectural coherence, delivery velocity, and long-term sustainability. Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinate and synchronize release train management, deployment schedules, and continuous software delivery workflows across multiple Product Teams.
• Facilitate operational alignment between prioritized mission needs expressed by Product Owners and engineering execution to accelerate delivery velocity while preserving quality.
• Track and monitor project milestones related to technical modernization, application refactoring, and technical debt reduction initiatives.
• Maintain and organize comprehensive project documentation, release plans, performance metrics, and standard operating procedures for the branch.
• Manage communication and coordination across a vendor-heavy environment, acting as an operational bridge between government technical leadership, stakeholders, and external contractors.
• Assist in monitoring product team backlogs and sprint plans to ensure engineering approaches remain consistent with enterprise standards and security requirements.
• Proactively identify project risks, scheduling bottlenecks, or resource constraints that impact continuous delivery, and conduct root-cause tracking for remediation.
• Ensure all project coordination activities support strict adherence to federal security standards, government baselines, and DISA STIGs across the Software Yard lifecycle.

High School with 6 years (or commensurate experience)

Required Skills & Experience 

• Proven experience managing release schedules, coordination logs, and operational workflows for multi-disciplinary software product teams.
• Comprehensive operational understanding of Agile methodologies, modern software delivery models, and managing complex product backlogs.
• Strong experience facilitating collaboration, tracking deliverables, and maintaining continuity across large-scale, vendor-heavy programs.
• Proficiency using enterprise management tools (such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or ServiceNow) to track project milestones, release trains, and engineering velocity.
• Strong foundational understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), technical debt concepts, and configuration management baselines. 

Clearance Required: Active Secret Clearance 

Preferred Skills & Experience 

• Experience supporting U.S. Coast Guard, Software Yard, or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) programs.
• Familiarity with USCG PEO C5I enterprise standards, command workflows, and continuous delivery authorization boundaries.
• Relevant professional certifications highly preferred (e.g., Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or SAFe Agilist/Release Train Engineer (RTE)).
• Familiarity with tracking metrics for automated CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments, or cloud modernization efforts.
• Experience coordinating IT compliance audits, vulnerability tracking schedules, or software asset management workflows.

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