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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior IT Project Manager / Program Manager - **Company:** Ábaco Strategy - **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $145,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Information Management, Microsoft SharePoint - **Published:** July 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=873f50211472da41 ## About the Role * Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (favorably adjudicated Tier 5); U.S. citizen. * Demonstrated experience as a Program/Project Manager on federal professional services or IT/records contracts, ideally within DoD or the intelligence community. * Experience managing multi-site, cleared teams and delivering to a Performance Work Statement under a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). * Working knowledge of federal records and information management (RIM) programs, NARA regulations, and records disposition/declassification processes. * Strong project management discipline in scope, schedule, risk, change, and communications management (PMP certification preferred). * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience briefing senior government leadership. Preferred Qualifications * Prior experience supporting DISA, NARA, or a declassification/records management program. * Familiarity with systems such as DDSS, NARA ERA/ARCIS, and SharePoint Online records repositories. * Experience with the Event Chain Method (ECM) or comparable project management methodologies. * Knowledge of EO 13526, restricted data (RD/FRD) handling, and NARA Interagency Referral Center (IRC) operations. ## Description Abaco Strategy seeks a Senior IT Project Manager to serve as the on-site Program Manager for a DISA records management and automatic declassification support contract. This individual is the single point of accountability for contract performance across two task areas - declassification review support at the NARA Interagency Referral Center and records/information management (RIM) modernization at DISA Fort Meade - ensuring all deliverables meet quality, schedule, and security requirements with little to no government intervention., * Serve as the primary interface with the DISA Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and Agency Records Officer, managing all communications, escalations, and status reporting. * Direct a cross-site team of up to 8 cleared personnel (6 at Ft. Meade, 2 at NARA), overseeing staffing, resource allocation, and continuity of coverage during absences. * Develop and execute an Event Chain Method (ECM) Project Management Plan with supporting sections for Communications, Change Management, Risk Assessment, Training, and Business Process Improvement * Manage the transition-in plan * Establish and enforce a quality control program to meet acceptable quality levels - including the minimum 20,000 records reviewed annually at 95% accuracy with zero security infractions for the declassification task * Oversee timely delivery of all contract deliverables (monthly status reports, referral reports, DDSS updates, records disposition schedules, SOPs, RM manual, NDA status reports). * Ensure program compliance with federal records mandates * Manage risk, change, and communications; conduct program assessments; and brief senior DISA leadership * Ensure all personnel maintain required clearances, SCI eligibility, and executed Non-Disclosure Agreements throughout the period of performance. ## Related Videos - [SRE Methods In an Agency Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/348-sre-methods-in-an-agency-environment) - [How to Navigate Professional Relationships in the Tech Industry](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1276-how-to-navigate-professional-relationships-in-the-tech-industry) - [From Syntax to Singularity: AI’s Impact on Developer Roles](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/900-from-syntax-to-singularity-ai-s-impact-on-developer-roles) - [APItoolkit: Using Merkle Trees and LLMs to Detect the UnDetectable in Software Monitoring](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1639-apitoolkit-using-merkle-trees-and-llms-to-detect-the-undetectable-in-software-monitoring) - [Develop enterprise-ready applications for Microsoft Teams with Azure resources on modern web technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/187-develop-enterprise-ready-applications-for-microsoft-teams-with-azure-resources-on-modern-web-technologies) - [Automated MS SQL Server database deployments with dacpacs and Azure DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/334-automated-ms-sql-server-database-deployments-with-dacpacs-and-azure-devops) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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