• Contract Term: 12-24 months.
• Location: Sacramento, CA.
• Rate Range: depends on tax filing status W2 hourly of if filing Corp-to-Corp with an established corporation, and depends on experiences. This rate range will be $60-95 -again depending on experience and tax filing status.
• Candidates must have a minimum of 10-15 years working in Information Technology with the following specific experiences:

• Seven (7) years of broad, extensive, and increasingly responsible experience applying PM principles, methods, techniques, and tools. At least four (4) years of that experience must have been as a senior PM of one or more large or complex IT projects.
• Seven (7) years of experience of broad, extensive, and increasingly responsible experience applying PM principles, methods, techniques, and tools performing as a Senior Project Manager for large-scale IT projects utilizing a variety of Project Management disciplines, including the following:

• • Risk and Issue Management;
  • Change Control;
  • Communication and Change Management;
  • Quality Assurance;
  • Contract Management;
  • Financial Analysis;
  • Project Scheduling;
  • Transition plans and/or implementation requirements;
  • Implementing best practice solutions;
  • Providing ongoing support as required; and leading and working within cross-functional teams that include business subject matter experts (SMEs), architects, developers, and testers.

• Five (5) years’ of facilitating, collaborating, and negotiating with all levels of stakeholders, up to, and including executive-level decision-makers.
• Three (3) years’ experience following system development lifecycles (SDLCs) in order to identify, evaluate, and implement business or technical solutions.
• Three (3) years of experience in writing project management documentation such as: project management plans, communication plans, schedules, templates, procedures and guidelines.
• Two (2) years of hands-on, direct experience in leading the development of State of California (government) IT project approval documentation for feasibility study reports (FSRs) and project approval lifecycle (PAL) documents as specified in the Statewide Information Management Manual 19B (SIMM 19B) (https://cdt.ca.gov/policy/simm-19/ ) and California Project Management Framework, SIMM 17 (CA-PMF, http://capmf.cio.ca.gov/).
• Possess a valid Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate from the Project Management Institute (PMI). (Must provide a certificate with resume).

• Five (5) years of experience in Microsoft Project.
• One (1) year of experience leading an agile-based application development project using iterative development processes.
• One (1) year of experience writing Economic Analysis Worksheets (EAWs) or Financial Analysis Worksheets (FAWs) for State IT projects following SIMM 19B guidance.

Estrada Consulting, Inc. (ECI) delivers technology-enabled services and solutions to clients all over the USA and British Columbia. We provide system integration, custom application development, data warehouse and business intelligence, project management, custom reporting solutions and consulting services to mid-size and large enterprises in all major industries. The Company headquarters is in Sacramento, California, and was established in year 2000. Visit http://www.estradaci.com/ to learn about our projects, managed services, awards and certifications delivering value for a range of businesses and government agencies.