Senior Technical Project Manager, Data Cloud Modernization

GovCIO; Bismarck (ND); Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GovCIO seeks a Technical Project Manager to support the VA Data Modernization initiative. You will coordinate the delivery of pre-created cloud workspaces, manage intake, and lead SAFe agile programs across Azure and government cloud environments.

You will collaborate with cloud engineers, data platforms, and SMEs to ensure timely, secure provisioning and onboarding for VA users. The role is fully remote within the United States and demands strong technical leadership, governance, and DevSecOps

Responsibilities

• Oversee the technical delivery of pre-created workspaces with common toolsets for rapid onboarding and provisioning.
• Manage the intake workflow, mapping new users to personas, workspaces, and access configurations.
• Lead complex cloud platform initiatives for the VA Program, coordinating engineering, architecture, security, DevSecOps, and customer teams to deliver scalable enterprise capabilities within the VA environment.
• Provide technical program leadership across Microsoft Azure, including platform provisioning, 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.
• Partner 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, IaC/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 PreProd 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 seeks a Technical Project Manager to support the VA Data Modernization initiative. You will coordinate the delivery of pre-created cloud workspaces, manage intake, and lead SAFe agile programs across Azure and government cloud environments.

You will collaborate with cloud engineers, data platforms, and SMEs to ensure timely, secure provisioning and onboarding for VA users. The role is fully remote within the United States and demands strong technical leadership, governance, and DevSecOps