Technical PM / Senior Technical Consultant (Remote)

GovCIO is seeking a Technical Project Manager to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Data Modernization initiative. This role acts as the technical coordinator and delivery lead for workspace provisioning, intake optimization, automation enablement, and integration of cloud-based data tools. The Technical Project Manager will oversee end‑to‑end technical execution, working closely with cloud engineers, data platform teams, and Databricks SMEs to ensure timely delivery of secure, fully configured workspaces. This position will be fully remote located within the United States.

• Oversee the technical delivery of pre‑created workspaces equipped with common toolsets for rapid onboarding and provisioning.
• Manage the intake workflow, ensuring new users are correctly mapped to the appropriate personas, workspaces, and access configurations.
• Lead complex cloud platform initiatives for VA Program, coordinating engineering, architecture, security, DevSecOps, and customer teams to deliver scalable and reliable enterprise capabilities within the VA environment.
• Provide technical program leadership across Microsoft Azure, including platform provisioning, Azure infrastructure/services, networking, identity/access, data services, and integration dependencies across Azure Commercial and government cloud environments.
• Drive Agile/SAFe execution, including PI Planning, sprint and dependency management, technical roadmap development, risk/issue management, milestone tracking, and cross-team coordination to ensure platform commitments are delivered on schedule.
• Partners with architects and engineering leads to translate business and customer requirements into actionable technical solutions, identifying dependencies, architectural constraints, security requirements, and infrastructure needs while facilitating technical decision-making.
• Lead platform operational readiness and continuous improvement across DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code/Terraform, CI/CD, security/ATO compliance, monitoring, capacity, and customer onboarding, while providing clear technical status, risks, metrics, and recommendations to VA Program and VA leadership.
• Lead the creation of workspaces in both PreProd (live data) and Prod environments, ensuring Service Principals, RBAC roles, access controls, and security configurations are correctly implemented.
• Ensure timely setup of Databricks linked services, mount points, VHA Data Lake integrations, and catalog creation ahead of user handoff.
• Manage technical deliverables required for Definition of Done, including white‑glove support integration, SME coordination, and provisioning timelines.
• Track blockers in the intake workflow and collaborate with engineering teams to implement automation or workflow improvements.
• Serve as the primary point of coordination for Databricks SMEs and Summit Customer Enablement teams supporting onboarding, data access, and ongoing assistance.
• Manage timelines to ensure users receive their initial workspace within the targeted 1–2 days whenever possible.
• Facilitate user empowerment activities, helping ensure access to DevTest data, new cloud tools, training resources, and help desk channels.
• Coordinate post‑provisioning “surge” support for customers requiring additional data ingestion or help navigating the Security Impact Analysis (SIA) process.
• Maintain technical documentation, SOPs, diagrams, intake flows, and configuration standards to support repeatable provisioning at scale.
• Communicate technical status, risks, issues, and delivery milestones to leadership and stakeholders in a clear and consistent manner.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, or a related field. (or commensurate experience) 
• 15+ years of experience in project management, engineering, or similar information technology related roles. 
• Experience in technical project management, cloud platform coordination, or delivery management for engineering or data teams.
• Strong understanding of cloud architectures, data platforms, or modern analytics environments.
• Strong knowledge regarding Azure Cloud, Microsoft Azure, including Azure Commercial, Azure Government environments, networking, compute, and storage.
• Experience managing technical workflows involving workspace provisioning, identity management, and access configuration.
• Familiarity with Databricks, data lake architectures, or cloud‑based data environments.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret technical requirements and translate them into project plans, workstreams, and execution milestones.
• Proven experience collaborating with engineers, security teams, architects, and data SMEs to deliver technical outcomes.
• Ability to troubleshoot delivery blockers related to technical configuration, access, or pipeline setup.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey technical status to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to manage parallel technical workstreams.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Certifications: ITIL Certified, Scrum Product Owner Certified, Scum Master Certified (CSM), PMP, PMP-ACP, ITIL Service Level Management
• Experience with IT Project Management, Business Transformation, AWS, Scrum, Kanban.
• Experience with Azure‑based data platforms, Service Principals, RBAC models, or cloud access management.
• Familiarity with data provisioning pipelines, automated workspace creation, or cloud infrastructure automation.
• Experience supporting Databricks integrations, linked services, mount points, or catalog creation.
• Experience in federal, healthcare, or regulated data environments.
• Knowledge of DevTest‑to‑Prod onboarding flows or similar multi‑environment deployment processes.
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, and SharePoint.
• Understanding of data ingestion workflows and security compliance processes such as SIA.

 Clearance Required : Ability to obtain and maintain a suitability/Public Trust