Project Manager (Agile DevSecOps) (Deadline 23/08/21)

Scope of the services to be provided

The consultants delivering the service will:

• Manage migration of the existing DG TAXUD IT systems to the new Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform;
• Manage DG TAXUD IT modernisation activities (Agile development, DevSecOps) horizontally by helping peer IT project managers;
• Manage and coordinate with all stakeholders to address the issues reported by various project teams;
• Manage and follow up a (set of) project(s) in some or all its (their) life cycle phases (inception, elaboration, construction and transition); during the software development phase of the plan, to manage and follow up some or all activities (architecture, specifications, development, tests – including tests with Member States or other partners14, etc.);
• Set up and enforce the respect of organisation, procedures and project office tasks, raising warnings in case of non-respect of these;
• Coordinate the projects’ various stakeholders (DG TAXUD business and IT teams, subcontractors’ teams, COTS providers, Member States’ representatives, etc.);
• Enforce the delivery of the project(s) according to the agreed schedule, with the expected quality and with the resources provided;
• Structure the information in ways that are appropriate to the target audience;
• Understand the technological aspects of the project, including the risks and the success factors. Work with the help of solution architects/IT analysts only on complex matters;
• Report on the project status (tasks progress, plan, actions, risks, issues, decisions, changes, etc.) within DG TAXUD and/or with Member States or other partners;
• Escalate issues, in particular the ones with potential impacts on time or resources;
• Produce and/or review documents;
• Provide suggestions for service or methodology improvements;
• Participate and contribute in meetings with DG TAXUD, contractors, Member States and/or other partners.

In order to deliver the service to the required standards, the consultant should have the following previous experience and skills:

• Experience with Agile Software Development methodologies;
• Experience with DevSecOps process, methodologies and tools: Bamboo, Jenkins, SonarCube including establishing policies, rules, pipelines;
• Experience with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools like Confluence, JIRA, Bitbucket etc.; Experience with migrating from RTC to JIRA.
• Experience with Software Development (Java & Oracle) coding tools e.g. IDE, build and deployment tools e.g. Nexus
• Recent project management experience, preferably in the area of IT;
• Experience in working with multiple stakeholders;
• Experience with Project Management tools; willingness to use the project management tool and methodologies as specified by DG TAXUD;
• Experience of large scale systems integration projects, preferably within IT and/or taxation, excise and customs environment;
• Technical knowledge of the European Commission standard IT products and technologies;
• Experience in project coordination procedures, preferably involving a recognised methodology;
• Ability to present and to animate discussions, rapid self-starting capability and ability to work autonomously;
• Strong organisational and co-ordination skills;
• Excellent communication and presentation skills;
• Ability to produce minutes, notes, business cases, vision documents, service level agreements, terms of collaboration, planning schedules, etc.