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CACI International Project Scheduler in Ashburn, Virginia
Project Scheduler
Job Category: Information Technology
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Public Trust
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%
Type of Travel: Local
CACI is currently looking for a motivated, career and customer-oriented Project Scheduler with Agile methodology experience to join our Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Land Border Integration (LBI) Integrated Traveler Initiative II (ITI2) team in Northern Virginia! Join this passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development and hardware integration for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
As a member of the ITI2 Team, you will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity. CBP Officers and Border Patrol agents are on the front lines, every day, protecting our national security by combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive activity.
CACI agile programs thrive in a culture of innovation and are constantly seeking individuals who can bring creative ideas to solve complex problems, both technical and procedural at the team and portfolio levels. The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse and geographically separated team is crucial.
What you’ll get to do:
Design and develop Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and project schedules using MS Project
Prepares documents, spreadsheets, reports and presentations
Creates and/or maintains appropriate logs, databases, inventories, filing (hard or softcopy), status reports/tracking
Maintain schedules for multiple projects, and sets up tasks and sub tasks to ensure satisfactory realization of project requirements as scheduled
Work with project teams and operations managers to define scope of work to develop and update detailed schedules, cost information and identification of variances from original plan
Perform analysis on critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend work-around
Conduct analysis to identify risks and scheduling issues and determine courses of actions (COA) to recover slips to the schedules
Obtains required planning and scheduling information from internal and external ITI2 Contract stakeholders
Coordinates with stakeholders to ensure understanding of schedule needs
Responsible for leading the integration of project schedule activities
Identifies restraints and their effect on the project schedule
Identifies schedule considerations and challenges resulting from inter-discipline or functional restraints and interfaces
Monitors, reviews, and reports critical path and schedule performance
Leads schedule analysis and studies of problem areas to determine the criticality of scheduled activities
Recommends alternatives for schedule improvement to project teams for discussion and/or decision
Responsible for leading the development and review of schedule recovery plans, including the evaluation of additional resources/costs required to affect such plans
Create various reports on project schedule activities and milestones
Work with management team to identify risks that affect project costs, profits, and customer relations
Provides support for research or data analysis tasks
May schedule and arrange travel itineraries
You'll Bring These Qualifications:
Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria includes, but not limited to:
3-year check for felony convictions
1-year check for illegal drug use
1-year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud
Minimum Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience.
You are good at:
Extensive experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing scheduling functions which include planning, critical path analysis, and schedule performance measurement
Must demonstrate good interpersonal teamwork and communication skills
Ability to work under pressure and with minimal supervision
Expert proficiency with Microsoft Project scheduling software
Advanced level of proficiency in using Project Controls software applications such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong communication and time management skills and work ethic; self-starter
These Qualifications Would Be Nice to Have:
Experience in working with DevOps and Agile methodologies, including Scrum, Waterfall, or Kanban
Good understanding of application infrastructure, system architecture, and operating system
Project management experience
What We Can Offer You:
We’ve been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post.
Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.
We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.
We are mission-oriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation’s highest priorities.
For over 55 years, the principles of CACI’s unique, character-based culture have been the driving force behind our success.
Company Overview: At CACI, you will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact by providing information solutions and services in support of national security missions and government transformation for Intelligence, Defense, and Federal Civilian customers. CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
As a federal contractor, CACI is subject to any federal vaccine mandates or other customer vaccination requirements. All new hires are required to report their vaccination status.