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Technical Project Manager

Riverside Research

United States, Ohio, Dayton

4881 Sugar Maple Dr Bldg 830 (Show on map)

Oct 22, 2025

Technical Project Manager

Location

US-OH-Dayton

ID

2025-4038

Category

Technical Acquisitions

Position Type

Full Time Salary

Riverside Overview

Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country's most challenging technical problems.

All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.

Position Overview

Riverside Research is seeking a Technical Project Manager to assist in performing market surveys, developing procurement strategies, and coordinating the purchases of COTS Hardware and Software, for implementing actions to modernize the National Air & Space Intelligence Center's (NASIC) hardware and software infrastructure at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. This position will be part of a team providing support to the NASIC Modernization program. Candidates must be technically proficient and capable of devising and managing practical and sustainable solutions.

Responsibilities

Provide technical project management support by engaging with government technical leads, Program Management Office (PMO) stakeholders, and tool developers

Assist government technical leads with drafting requirements, project goals, and documentation; and providing contract management support for PMO contracts
Assist government technical leads in the PMO and the ISS with acquiring quotes, preparing bills of material, drafting packages and justifications to support acquisition of hardware, software, and services
Determine mission requirements for use of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) IT hardware and software
Assess COTS system effectiveness, suitability, and survivability for achieving mission needs
Support licensing, purchasing, and vendor activities for COTS
Plan for life-cycle activities (including sustainment, supply chain risks, obsolescence, and disposal)
Test and evaluation of COTS items (including early identification of screening, functionality testing and usability assessments)
Support configuration management for changes to features and upgrades
Assist documenting the use of COTS in systems engineering planning documents
Support the implementation of Agile concepts
Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Current Top-Secret clearance with SCI adjudication
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, computer programming, IT or related technical field
7+ years of experience spanning IT project management or IT systems operations,
Understanding of Agile software development concepts
Strong communication, organization, and analytical skills
Self-motivated, independent, detail oriented, responsible team player

Desired Qualifications

Understanding of micro-services, IaaS, PaaS, system visualization, and/or cloud-native capabilities/designs
Ability to troubleshoot and resolve enterprise level technical problems
Experience with DevSecOps and/or cross domain solutions
Professional certifications in agile software development (e.g. Scrum Product Owner, etc.)
Professional certifications in systems engineering, IT, and/or project/program management (e.g. ITIL, PMP, DAU, etc.)
Experience with needs documentation (e.g. CONOPs, use cases, requirements, backlogs)
Master's degree in computer science, IT, engineering, or related technical field

Global Comp

$100,000 - $140,000 This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.

Closing Statement

Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees.
Riverside bases its employment decisions solely on technical experience, qualifications and other job-related criteria related to our organizational purpose as a not-for-profit company, and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran's status or any other status legally protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.