Remote Technical Project Manager, Cloud Data Modernization

GovCIO; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a Technical Project Manager to support the VA Data Modernization initiative. This fully remote role acts as the technical coordinator and delivery lead for workspace provisioning, intake optimization, automation enablement, and cloud-based data tool integration.

You will oversee end‑to‑end technical execution with cloud engineers, data platforms, and Databricks SMEs to ensure secure, configured workspaces are delivered on time.

Responsibilities

• 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

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a Technical Project Manager to support the VA Data Modernization initiative. This fully remote role acts as the technical coordinator and delivery lead for workspace provisioning, intake optimization, automation enablement, and cloud-based data tool integration.

You will oversee end‑to‑end technical execution with cloud engineers, data platforms, and Databricks SMEs to ensure secure, configured workspaces are delivered on time.