Senior Technical Program Manager

Key Job Responsibilities
As the principal Technical Program Manager for business-critical initiatives, you will drive the rigorous execution, alignment, and delivery of large-scale programs across complex federal landscapes. You will seamlessly bridge mission requirements and technical architecture, partnering directly with engineering leaders to design secure, highly available, and scalable AWS cloud solutions. Leveraging deep expertise in AWS infrastructure and enterprise networking, you will dive deep into system inter-dependencies, authoring high-fidelity technical white papers and architectural diagrams to guide complex design decisions. You will accelerate organizational velocity by leading remote delivery teams and eliminating operational barriers through advanced technical whiteboard sessions. Operating at the highest levels of national security, you will lead classified technical briefings and drive stakeholder alignment within SCIF environments. You are accountable for end-to-end program lifecycles, utilizing advanced project artifacts—including precise Gantt charts and multi-tiered dependency tracking—to translate strategic planning into measurable business outcomes and operational excellence.
Core Responsibilities
● Lead large-scale technical programs across federal, cloud-native, infrastructure, cybersecurity, platform engineering, and software delivery environments.
● Translate federal mission requirements, customer priorities, and technical inputs into actionable program roadmaps, integrated schedules, milestone plans, and measurable delivery outcomes.
● Partner with platform architects, engineering leaders, cybersecurity teams, infrastructure teams, and product owners to align technical strategy with disciplined program execution.
● Facilitate technical discussions across Kubernetes, container platforms, microservices, enterprise networking, security, compliance, data protection, migration planning, operational readiness, and system dependencies.
● Drive alignment across distributed teams by clarifying ownership, managing dependencies, removing blockers, tracking risks, and ensuring disciplined follow-through.
● Maintain integrated program plans, Gantt charts, milestone maps, RAID logs, dependency matrices, resource plans, executive dashboards, and portfolio-level reporting.
● Support cloud-native modernization initiatives, including Kubernetes platform readiness, containerized workload migration, governance, security alignment, hybrid connectivity, observability, resiliency, and operational transition.
● Lead program governance forums, executive reviews, technical planning sessions, risk reviews, roadmap updates, release readiness reviews, and cross-functional operating rhythms.
● Identify, document, and escalate technical, operational, schedule, resource, cybersecurity, compliance, and stakeholder risks before they impact delivery.
● Translate complex technical information into clear executive narratives, decision briefs, technical summaries, white papers, and customer-facing updates.
● Coordinate across federal stakeholders, engineering organizations, security authorities, delivery partners, and senior leadership to ensure consistent alignment.
● Support classified technical briefings, stakeholder engagements, and delivery coordination within secure federal or SCIF environments as required.
● Drive process improvement, delivery standardization, intake workflows, prioritization models, governance mechanisms, and operational efficiency across programs.
● Champion disciplined execution, measurable outcomes, delivery transparency, risk reduction, and continuous improvement across the program lifecycle.
Cloud-Native Knowledge Expectations
This role requires technical program fluency, not hands-on engineering execution. The ideal candidate should understand modern cloud-native concepts well enough to lead informed discussions, manage risks, communicate trade-offs, and drive decisions across technical and non-technical audiences.
Relevant knowledge areas include:
● Kubernetes platform concepts and container orchestration lifecycle
● Containerized workload migration and modernization planning
● Microservices architecture and distributed system dependencies
● Hybrid cloud, private cloud, and enterprise infrastructure delivery models
● Platform engineering, shared services, and internal developer platforms
● Kubernetes clusters, namespaces, nodes, pods, deployments, services, ingress, storage, and configuration concepts
● Container image management, vulnerability scanning, runtime security, and secure deployment practices
● Identity, access control, role-based access, secrets management, and least-privilege principles
● Enterprise networking concepts, including routing, segmentation, DNS, load balancing, ingress, egress, VPN, and hybrid connectivity
● Observability concepts, including logging, monitoring, metrics, tracing, alerting, dashboards, and incident response
● High availability, resiliency, backup, disaster recovery, failover, and continuity planning
● DevSecOps, CI/CD, release governance, automation, infrastructure as code, and environment promotion
● Cloud cost management, capacity planning, resource optimization, and operational readiness
● Federal security and compliance concepts, including FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST 800-53, RMF, ATO, Zero Trust, CUI, and classified environment considerations
The TPM does not need to personally configure Kubernetes clusters or deploy applications, but should understand how technologies such as Kubernetes, containers, Docker, Helm, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, service mesh, ingress controllers, container registries, secrets management, monitoring platforms, logging tools, and vulnerability scanning fit into broader program planning, architecture reviews, delivery execution, risk management, and operational readiness.
Basic Qualifications
This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level. Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance. An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred. May be required to be on site at client locations in the DC, MD, and VA (DMV) area.

● Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Business, or equivalent professional experience.
● 10+ years of experience in technical program management, program delivery, cloud-native program execution, infrastructure programs, cybersecurity programs, software delivery, systems delivery, or a similar technical leadership role.
● 10+ years of experience supporting or directing technical delivery lifecycles from planning through execution, deployment, operational transition, and continuous improvement.
● Experience leading complex, cross-functional programs involving engineering, platform, infrastructure, security, operations, compliance, procurement, and executive stakeholders.
● Strong understanding of cloud computing concepts, cloud-native architecture, software delivery lifecycles, enterprise architecture, infrastructure dependencies, cybersecurity considerations, and operational readiness.
● Working knowledge of Kubernetes, containerized workloads, platform engineering, cloud-native modernization, identity and access management, networking, monitoring, resiliency, and security concepts.
● Experience developing and maintaining program roadmaps, integrated schedules, milestone plans, Gantt charts, dependency maps, RAID logs, executive dashboards, and leadership reporting.
● Ability to translate technical complexity into clear executive updates, decision briefs, customer communications, and delivery plans.
● Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across senior leaders, technical teams, federal customers, vendors, and delivery partners.
Preferred Qualifications
● Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Business Administration, or equivalent professional experience.
● Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
● Experience leading technical programs in federal, defense, intelligence, national security, or highly regulated enterprise environments.
● Experience supporting Kubernetes platforms, containerized workload migration, cloud-native modernization, hybrid cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, or platform engineering programs.
● Strong understanding of federal security and compliance frameworks, including FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST 800-53, RMF, ATO, DoD SRG, CUI, Zero Trust, and classified environment requirements.
● Demonstrated ability to serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, technical teams, and federal mission stakeholders.
● Experience facilitating technical architecture reviews, roadmap discussions, risk reviews, executive briefings, dependency reviews, release readiness reviews, and program governance forums.
● Ability to understand architecture diagrams, migration plans, system interdependencies, security control impacts, platform risks, integration risks, and operational readiness requirements.
● Experience authoring executive white papers, technical summaries, decision briefs, program narratives, trade-off analyses, and stakeholder communications.
● Experience operating in or supporting SCIF environments, classified briefings, secure delivery teams, or mission-sensitive federal programs.
● Strong ability to drive execution across highly matrixed organizations with distributed teams, competing priorities, and strict security or compliance constraints.
● Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud-native concepts, including clusters, namespaces, pods, deployments, services, ingress, service mesh, Helm, GitOps, container registries, CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, observability, container security, vulnerability scanning, and infrastructure as code.
● Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, SAFe, DevSecOps, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, ITIL, cloud operating models, platform operating models, and portfolio governance practices.
● Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to bridge technical architecture, program execution, customer priorities, and executive decision-making.