Senior Technical Transition Lead – Federal IT & Ops

Inadev; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Inadev is seeking an experienced Transition Technical Lead to direct the technical aspects of the transition-in and transition-out activities for a Legacy program in the Reston area. You will assess environments, oversee knowledge transfer, validate readiness, and ensure seamless transitions with minimal risk.

You will collaborate with the Program Manager, Operations Manager, ISS Help Desk, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity personnel, and stakeholders as the technical authority throughout the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience supporting complex federal IT systems.
• 5+ years in Technical Lead, Solution Architect, Infrastructure Lead, or Chief Engineer role.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical transition efforts for large-scale federal contracts.
• Experience supporting production operations, maintenance, and modernization programs.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architectures, infrastructure operations, application support, and systems integration.
• Experience managing technical risks, dependencies, and operational readiness activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead all technical transition planning, coordination, and execution activities.
• Develop and maintain the Technical Transition Plan and transition schedule.
• Establish technical readiness criteria, milestones, and acceptance checkpoints.
• Provide technical leadership across infrastructure, applications, databases, interfaces, and operational support functions.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison with stakeholders and incumbent technical teams.
• Evaluate Legacy environments, architectures, networks, integrations, and dependencies.
• Lead knowledge transfer sessions and validate operating runbooks and documentation.
• Verify monitoring, alerting, logging, and incident management capabilities.
• Identify risks, gaps, and operational vulnerabilities and develop mitigations.
• Present status and readiness to program leadership and governance bodies.

Skills

Technical Transition Management

Systems Architecture

Infrastructure Operations

Application Support

Operational Readiness

Knowledge Transfer

Technical Risk Management

Production Operations

Systems Integration

DevSecOps

Cybersecurity Coordination

Technical Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira

Azure DevOps

Splunk

Dynatrace

AppDynamics

Job description

Inadev is seeking an experienced Transition Technical Lead to direct the technical aspects of the transition-in and transition-out activities for a Legacy program in the Reston area. You will assess environments, oversee knowledge transfer, validate readiness, and ensure seamless transitions with minimal risk.

You will collaborate with the Program Manager, Operations Manager, ISS Help Desk, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity personnel, and stakeholders as the technical authority throughout the