Technical Project Manager - Remote (WFH)

The Technical Project Manager position is part of the Acquisition and Property Management (APM) Forms and Publications Orders (FPORDERS) Application Modernization team within the Acquisition and Property Management (APM) portfolio in support of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Consolidated Corporate Support Services (CCSS) program.

Forms and Publications Orders (FPORDERS) is a legacy mainframe application hosted at a VA data center. This application is used enterprise-wide by as many as 350-700 end-users (End-user Actors) across 175+ VA locations to requisition items for their locations, including: paper forms, publications, Veteran burial flags, and gun locks (in support of the VA's Suicide Prevention program). The Office of Procurement, Acquisition and Logistics (OPAL) Service Distribution Center (SDC) uses the application to process and track the requisition requests and uses various system reports to conduct inventory management functions to ensure adequate stock is on hand to fulfill all requests.

The primary role will be to support the migration and integration of complex software systems to the VA’s Enterprise Cloud enclaves (AWS and Azure) including on-premises private cloud infrastructures.  In addition to, facilitate program level processes and execution, drive continuous development, manage risks and escalate impediments while also acting as a full-time chief scrum master for a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

The Technical Project Manager will:

• Partner with engineering and product managers to ensure business requirements are supported by corresponding technical requirements and infrastructure.
• Implement big visible charts to graphically present key metrics and measures that keep teams focused on what needs their attention and to promote transparency.
• Routinely stress test your processes and systems to ensure resiliency and recovery, and to expose weakness in both infrastructure and applications.

• Delivery in an Agile, Lean, SAFe-based environment utilizing DevSecOps, ARTs, CI/CD, and related processes, methodologies, and concepts.
• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile Release Train (ART) using various tools, such as the Program and Solution Kanbans and other information radiators.
• Establish and communicate the calendars for Product Line (PL) Iterations and Program Increments (PIs).
• Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre- and Post-PI Planning events.
• Facilitate the PI planning event.
• Summarize Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency.
• Assist tracking the execution of features and capabilities.
• Assist with economic decision-making …