Project Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Deliver project management, analytical, reporting, and coordination support for Federal Student Aid's cybersecurity and IT initiatives.

• Assist in the creation and upkeep of project plans, schedules, milestones, work breakdown structures, and deliverable timelines.

• Coordinate efforts among cybersecurity, technical, operational, business, government, and contractor teams.

• Monitor tasks, dependencies, deadlines, deliverables, risks, issues, and action items until completion.

• Maintain project trackers, schedules, risk registers, issue logs, decision logs, action-item repositories, and project documentation.

• Analyze project data to pinpoint schedule risks, trends, dependencies, and execution challenges.

• Create status reports, dashboards, metrics, briefings, management presentations, and project summaries.

• Ensure compliance with government reporting requirements, maintaining information accuracy and traceability.

• Coordinate activities related to risk, issue management, mitigation, corrective actions, and change control.

• Organize project meetings, preparing agendas, presentation materials, meeting notes, decision records, and action-item summaries.

• Develop, review, format, quality-check, and sustain project plans, reports, presentations, spreadsheets, procedures, and deliverables.

• Assist with cybersecurity, security assessments, RMF/A&A, risk management, continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, compliance, IT operations, development, and automation tasks.

• Promote continuous improvement in project management processes, reporting practices, documentation, and workflows.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Management Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in project/program management, project controls, business analysis, IT, cybersecurity, or federal programs.

• Familiarity with Generative AI tools like Copilot and USAi.

• Experience supporting federal cybersecurity or IT initiatives.

• Proven experience in maintaining project schedules, deliverables, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and action items.

• Proficient in developing project status reports, metrics, dashboards, briefings, and management presentations.

• Experience coordinating activities with multiple technical and non-technical stakeholder groups.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.

• Excellent analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and documentation skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a dynamic environment.

• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.

• Capability to work independently while collaborating with project leadership and technical teams.

• Must hold an active Secret clearance.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Certification incentive program.

• Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Options for floating federal holidays.

• HMO insurance options.

• High Deductible health plans with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).

• Comprehensive dental plans.

• Vision insurance.

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• Life insurance.

• 401(k) matching.

• Flexible work environment.

• Recognition and rewards for professional development and obtaining business-aligned certifications.