Who we are:
Makpar is a team of innovators and consultants deploying cutting edge technologies for the federal government. We help our clients achieve their business and operational goals by solving complex problems through experience and intellect and build sustainable solutions that last. If you are driven and looking to tackle complex and critical client challenges, Makpar can provide a dynamic, mission focused, and rewarding environment for your professional growth.
Our service offerings include Cybersecurity, Cloud Migration, IT Project Management, Agile Transformation, DevSecOps, Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM), and Health IT. We are proud to be a Great Place to Work™ certified four years in a row. Recent awards include Fortune Top 100 Small Place to Work, Inc 5000, and Inc Best in Business. In 2019, we were awarded the SBA Subcontractor of the Year Award (Region 3) for our program management and Agile development work at the IRS.
The Position:
Makpar has an exciting opportunity for a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Systems Program Manager for a federal client.
Role Responsibilities:
- Provide technical and administrative Program / Project support to technical Team supporting the maintenance of the current VDI solution and the analysis/evaluation/design/testing of a hybrid /cloud based solution.
- Develop and implement program policies, procedures, and performance metrics to ensure service quality and efficiency.
- Responsible for overall management of technical project deliverables, customer communications and stakeholder engagement.
- Oversight of:
- 1) Testing, validation and verification of iPad connectivity, and operations of supplemental applications.
- 2) Pilot 50 concurrent iPad users using proposed solution Dependencies on either EOPs/Cyber selecting (Zscaler or Palo Alto), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) or using an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) implementation.
- 3) Develop user training guide/documentation.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience managing large-scale IT programs, including 5+ years in federal contracting environments.
- Technical project management in Agile environments
- PMP Certification (preferred).
- Strong technical leadership abilities including ability to run meetings with highly technical audiences and coordinate changes across IT business units.
- Strong ability to explain highly complex technology solutions to management and provide technical recommendations and analysis.
- Strong understanding of general IT concepts: Virtualization technology (hypervisor/hyperconverged infrastructure, control plane, resource allocation/pooling), networking, Windows server and workstation administration, group policy etc.
- Moderate understanding of budgeting and procurement process.
- Moderate understanding of Federal IT Governance deliverables such as RBDs, POAMs, SSPs, BSRs, UWRs, SecChm, requirement documentation.
- Moderate understanding of mainstream cloud computing platforms (Azure, AWS).
- Moderate knowledge of network design including VLANs, on-premise network routing, cloud network design, and hybrid network topologies (both on-prem and cloud-based components).
- Moderate understanding of Cloud PaaS, IaaS and networking concepts and available technologies.
- Moderate understanding of Zero Trust Network Access/SASE technology and general IT Security concepts.
- Moderate understanding of NIST Security controls and how to address them with technical implementation.
Benefits:
At Makpar Corporation we understand that we all need to balance work and life – that is why we have a great benefits package, excellent training and career development opportunities, flexible work schedules along with a generous compensation package. At Makpar, we believe in keeping our employees happy, healthy and engaged. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding benefits, creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, collaborate, and be inquisitive in order to achieve goals.
Start your career today and be a part of something meaningful!
Makpar is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.
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What We Do
Makpar provides high level strategic and project management services based on over 10 years of experience in customer focused, cutting edge technology in product development, big data and analytics. With a principal office in Loudon County, Virginia, we have access to the best and the brightest people in the industry who have a passion for helping our clients. Our highly experienced consultants will work on your most pressing challenges day in and day out and will deliver results that will delight you. We value integrity, honesty, and open communications in all our dealings. We continually strive to improve ourselves through soliciting feedback and evaluating our results against the best in the industry.
