Cybersecurity Project Manager

Cybersecurity Project ManagerRosemead, CA (Hybrid)9 months Contract with possibility to extensionJob Description:Master’s degree in information technology or related specialized field or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Specialized certification may be required. Typically possesses fifteen or more years’ experience in the field performing complex and conceptual analysis, consulting, project management and providing recommendations. Ability to act independently to uncover and resolve issues associated with the development and implementation of operational projects. Ability to develop and recommend long range goals and objectives. Ability to design, research and develop highly advanced new technological applications resulting in new projects which require major decision making recommendations. PhD Degree preferred. Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. Specific Job Description: Candidate must be capable of evaluating hardware/software deliveries for installation into operational baseline.Education Requirement:Bachelor's DegreeDay-to-Day Responsibilities/Workload:Core Responsibility: Provides project management oversight and direction to project teams to ensure solution and service delivery of initiatives within the IT Enterprise Portfolio. Directs project planning (scope, schedule, and budget), project initiation, project execution, and project closure by adhering to SCE IT standards and processes. Experience in working in multiple projects simultaneously. Good experience of using Microsoft projectsStakeholder Management: Partners and collaborates with multiple stakeholders at various levels of management including IT vendors, Telecom, Cybersecurity, Change & Release Management, Service Management, Operations, Finance, Supply Management, and clients. Understanding of Stakeholder determination and engagement models. Aligns multiple stakeholders to assess performance against project plans, issue resolution, and escalation; effectively communicates with all levels of management.Core Project Management: Manages all stages of the systems development life cycle, including analysis, estimation, design, evaluation, demonstration, construction, testing, implementation, and post-implementation support through warranty period. Understanding the V-Model of waterfall method. Ensures project outcomes satisfy requirements and quality targets. Monitors, measures and reports on project progress to management and clients. Leads forecasting, financial management, change management, risk management, and project tracking and controls for assigned projects. Management of tight and challenging project schedules. Understanding of Earned Value (EV), Planned Value (PV), Schedule Variance (SV), Cost Variance (CV), Schedule Performance Index (SPI).Project Cost Management: Manages project schedule and budget including cost plans, invoices, unit estimates, and work orders; develop 90% confidence in project estimates. Maintains project financials and ongoing project status in SAP and IT’s project management tool. Understanding of Actual Cost (AC), Cost Variance (CV), Cost performance Index (CPI), To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI). Manages project dependencies including Change and Release management. Responsible for capacity planning, forecasting, and balancing of people resources across the business units, IT, and suppliers.Project Risk Management: Proactively and independently manages project risks and issues against project scope, timeline, and budget. Utilizes project controls to ensure quality delivery of key project artifacts, including monitoring of quality and project performance metrics. Understanding of Qualitative and Quantitative risk management methodologies.Project Communication Management: Conducts and participates in regularly scheduled project team meetings and Sponsor updates to provide general status on project deliverables, milestones and overall project work. Timely updating of status reporting and communications across stakeholder groups. Objectivity and brevity of communication of expected.Agile Project Experience: Experience in managing projects in Agile setting. Understanding of Sprints, Minimum Viable Products and Kanban boards. Experience in estimation using story points. Understanding of control charts, burn down and burn up charts. Understanding of Agile principles and processes. Preferably certified in Agile (PMI-ACP) and experience with usage of UMT360, JIRA and Confluence.Education:• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.• Bachelor’s degree in business, Computing Information Systems, Computer Science, or relevant technical discipline.Certifications/Other:• PMP Certification, PMI-ACP or Scaled Agile Framework or CSM (Certified Scrum Master)Required Skills/Attributes:Minimum 7 years of experience leading projects or key business initiatives3 years demonstrated experience managing successful implementation of projects against scope, schedule and budget.3 years of experience managing project quality, including quality assurance, metrics and quality controls.2 years of professional work experience managing suppliers, service contracts, project metrics, and contracts to meet project objectives.7 years of experience working in Information Technology for an electric utility5 years of experience managing project quality, including quality assurance, metrics and quality controls.5 years of professional work experience managing suppliers, service contracts, project metrics, and contracts to meet project objectives.2 years of IT portfolio and customer relationship management experience.2 years of experience managing Cybersecurity projectsFamiliarity with Utility industry and Cloud Analytics programsExperience with Snowflake deploymentsDesired Skills/Attributes: