Job Title - IT Project/Program Manager Crypto Services (Secrets Management)
Location - Hybrid - Austin, TX
Duration - 7 Months

Job Description:

• Coordinate agile project planning activities using Jira to define scope, prioritize backlog items, and maintain transparent schedules that support predictable and high quality delivery outcomes.
• Manage cross functional collaboration among engineering, security, and operations teams to ensure that every work item in GITHUB and Jira aligns to defined business objectives and customer value.
• Oversee hybrid work model routines by organizing structured ceremonies, clear communication channels, and outcome focused checkpoints that maintain alignment across onsite and remote team members.
• Monitor key performance indicators using Splunk dashboards to identify patterns, bottlenecks, and anomalies that inform proactive decision making and continuous service improvement.
• Apply cryptography knowledge when reviewing solution designs and documentation to confirm that data protection, key management, and encryption practices meet organizational standards.
• Coordinate artificial intelligence related initiatives by defining business use cases, clarifying data needs, and tracking model deployment activities to ensure responsible and measurable outcomes.
• Govern agile requirements management practices by facilitating clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and traceability from business needs to implemented technical features.
• Produce structured technical writing artifacts that include functional specifications, operating procedures, and user guides that simplify complex topics for diverse stakeholder groups.
• Administer security management expectations across projects by tracking remediation actions, aligning work with policy requirements, and ensuring that security considerations are integrated into every delivery phase.
• Guide day to day project management tasks such as risk tracking, issue resolution, resource coordination, and dependency management to keep work streams synchronized and within agreed timelines.
• Coordinate stakeholder communications through status reports, review sessions, and actionable summaries that surface insights from Jira, Splunk, and other tools without exposing sensitive details.
• Support budgeting and forecasting activities by consolidating effort estimates, tracking actuals, and identifying optimization opportunities that improve value realization for the organization and society.
• Promote continuous improvement by analyzing retrospectives, process metrics, and feedback to recommend changes that enhance agility, reliability, and security in technology delivery.

Required Qualifications:

• Security Certificate Management min 1 year Nice To Have
• Technical Writing 2-5 Years Is Required
• Visual Communication 2-5 Years Is Required
• Project Management 2-5 Years Is Required
• Information Management and Security Min 1 year Is Required
• Communication Skills 2-5 Years Is Required
• Verbal Communication 2-5 Years Is Required
• Written Communication 2-5 Years Is Required
• Agile Project Management min 1 year Nice To Have
• Artificial Intelligence min 1 year Nice To Have
• Splunk min 1 year Nice To Have
• Cryptographic concepts min 1 year Nice To Have
• GitHub min 1 year Nice To Have
• security concepts min 1 year Nice To Have
• JIRA min 1 year Is Required
• Program Management min 1 year Is Required

Years of Experience:    7+ Years of Experience 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.The pay rate for this position is $54.49/hr.