
Senior Technical Program Manager – Federal Modernization – Azure
General Dynamics Information Technology
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Falls Church • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $195,500 - $264,500 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Serve as the senior leader for a multi-year modernization program, overseeing strategy, planning, execution, and delivery.
- Align program technical and business goals with mission needs, federal acquisition regulations (FAR), and agency governance standards.
- Lead integrated teams across software development, cybersecurity, cloud engineering, infrastructure, IT service management, and operations.
- Establish program-wide technical roadmaps that support application modernization, legacy system transformation, and cloud migration objectives.
- Oversee budget planning, forecasting, T&M/FFP/CPFF contract structures, and financial accountability.
- Ensure accurate and timely CPARS, EVMS, SLA reporting, and delivery of all contractual artifacts.
- Oversee multiple task orders, contract mods, labor mix planning, and CLIN management across a complex portfolio.
- Provide technical leadership across Agile, DevSecOps, Azure and Service Now development, and enterprise modernization initiatives.
- Direct modernization of legacy systems into scalable architectures.
- Oversee implementation of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, IaC (Infrastructure as Code), and secure development practices.
- Lead cloud modernization leveraging Microsoft Azure services including IL2, IL4, IL5, IL6 environments and relevant governance frameworks.
- Ensure application and cloud environments comply with FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, CMMC, FISMA, Zero Trust, and the ATO process.
- Establish and enforce coding standards, DevSecOps engineering best practices, and quality benchmarks to ensure resilient, scalable, and maintainable systems.
- Integrate emerging technologies such as AI/ML, automation tooling, and advanced analytics to accelerate modernization outcomes.
- Oversee use of FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization tools (Cloudability, Kion) to manage cloud expenditures.
- Lead and mentor geographically distributed teams including engineers, architects, PMs, DevSecOps practitioners, and analysts.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and Agile delivery.
- Support workforce evolution and change management during tech stack modernization and adoption of new tools/processes.
- Build trusted relationships with federal executives, COR/CO stakeholders, mission owners, and technical leadership.
- Lead technical exchange meetings, program reviews, and milestone briefings.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams, vendors, and enterprise partners to ensure cohesive technical execution.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or related field; Master’s or MBA preferred
- 7–10+ years managing large federal IT modernization programs with strong technical oversight responsibilities.
- Demonstrated experience in cloud modernization (Azure preferred), DevSecOps, Agile delivery, and legacy system transformation.
- Proven success leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams and managing complex portfolios or task orders.
- Experience with cloud governance, cybersecurity compliance, and enterprise-scale modernization.
- Experience with EVM, CPARS, SLAs, and major federal contract reporting requirements.
- Understanding of cloud platforms (Azure IL2–IL6), Service Now, containerization, CI/CD, automated testing, and modern software engineering practices.
- Strong understanding of federal cybersecurity frameworks: FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, CMMC, FISMA, ATO, Zero Trust.
- Ability to establish technical roadmaps, enforce coding standards, and ensure quality engineering practices.
- Superior communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Strategic thinking, risk mitigation, and leadership of complex modernization initiatives.
Benefits
- Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match
- Flexible work weeks where possible
- A variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud modernizationDevSecOpsAgile deliverylegacy system transformationCI/CDautomated testingInfrastructure as Code (IaC)coding standardscloud governancefinancial accountability
Soft Skills
leadershipstrategic thinkingcommunicationstakeholder managementrisk mitigationmentoringcontinuous improvementtechnical excellenceteam coordinationrelationship building
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreeMBAFedRAMP complianceNIST 800-53 complianceCMMC complianceFISMA complianceATO processZero Trust framework