IT Project Management Specialist

UITS OMNISOC (UA-DOMN-IUBLA)

At University Information Technology Services (UITS) we provide the technology, tools, and services you need to succeed. UITS supports IU's vision for excellence in research, teaching, outreach, and lifelong learning. We ensure a workplace that encourages growth, flexibility, and creativity, as well as a culture that champions inclusion, diversity, and overall employee well-being through programs supported university wide. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

Solve problems, work with amazing people, enable science, make technology safer.

We strive to be leaders in the field, educating and bettering our member organizations in cybersecurity practice and policy through publication, training and community outreach.  From embedded servers on ships at sea, to operational technology controlling telescopes on the tops of volcanoes, to world class data centers at leading research universities, our analysts meet our clients where they are and help them to improve their cybersecurity in an impactful, measurable way.
 

In order to do these things well, we need to track our performance, plan projects, meet deadlines, and stay in sync with one another as we pursue ambitious things.  That's what we are looking for in our new project manager.  

OmniSOC key values:

• Member focus
  • Analyst engage deeply with members to understand their goals, strengths, needs and challenges
  • We are committed to raising the cybersecurity level of our community for the betterment of all
• Impact
  • Each analyst at OmniSOC bears responsibility for the success of OmniSOC and our community, we are committed to enabling the missions of education and research members through safer technology.
  • We are focused on impactful over volume.
• Individual Mastery and collective improvement
  • We value an exploring mindset and actively encourage curiosity while pursuing ways to learn more, make the world better, and expand our expertise.
  • We view mistakes not as failures, but learning opportunities, and try to learn from each failure.
• Communication
  • We are open and direct with each other when discussing problems.
  • We default to openly sharing information with each other, our members, and the community.
• Courage
  • We make tough decisions without agonizing and learn through doing and through one another to collectively improve our decision making.
  • We act according to our principles even when no one is looking, we are unafraid to speak our minds or question actions that don't align with our professed values.

If OmniSOC sounds like a place you'd like to work, we encourage you to apply!

Learn more about OmniSOC .

OmniSOC is seeking a project manager to join our team. This role will provide support for project planning and organization, documentation, and reporting throughout OmniSOC.  The project manager is a key enabler of a wide range of activities, from improvements to our core security monitoring service, to the roll-out of new security services, and to the teams providing full security programs to our member institutions.

General Responsibilities

• Responsible for the planning and implementation of IT project(s), often involving university staff from different teams and external partners on interrelated project tasks.
• Designs, creates, executes, and manages project work plans and work-flow documents; establishes project timelines and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Manages budget and monitors progress of projects to ensure that quality and cost constraints are met.
• Responsible for reporting and documenting project milestones to share with leaders, stakeholders, and/or project partners.
• Researches and stays up-to-date with IT project management best practices, approaches, and trends.
• May provide guidance and lead IT project support staff and/or hourly staff.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education. 

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree (preferably in a related field)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 years technical project/program support or related experience

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES

Preferred

• PMP (Project Management Professional Certification) Upon Date of Hire

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

This role does not require any specific cybersecurity expertise. We are looking for someone comfortable herding our cybersecurity staff, taking on planning, organizing, and communication/reporting tasks. The ideal candidate is curious rather than bothered when 1 day the office is covered in lockpicks or signals hacking gear.  Our new project manager will need to learn a bit of our lingo, but we'll teach you.

Bloomington, Indianapolis or Indianapolis, Indiana

This position is hybrid, with 1-3 days/week in our Bloomington, Indiana office and the option to work remotely on other days.

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Multiple plan options for medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
• Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
• Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
• Additional supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition benefit for IU classes
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure .

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Information Technology

Job Family: IT Project Management

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