Technical PM​/Cyber Security Specialist; Remote

Position: Technical PM/Cyber Security Specialist (Remote)

Overview

GovCIO is seeking a candidate for a Technical Project Manager/Cyber Security Associate to join our Health Informatics Product line, in the Office of Information Technology at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The candidate should have experience with a civil agency, preferably the Department of Veterans Affairs. The environment is dynamic, and client needs are often evolving. As such, servant leadership, problem-solving, process improvement, automation, modernization, optimization, technical delivery, Agile/SAFe, cyber security, rapid learning, and carrying the innovative mindset needed to lead our clients through conceptualization, technical delivery planning, and execution is critical in the support of product line operations. Additionally, this candidate will also support technical subject matter expertise in cyber security, VA architecture concepts, workflow, the CPI/HPI process, and managing program level initiatives and workload using SAFe methodologies and Atlassian toolsets such as Jira. This position is a US-based fully remote position with core hours of operation from Monday to Friday 8 AM to 5 PM ET.

Responsibilities

• Provide Project Management and Jira Coordination for Operations Team
• Leverage Cyber Security disciplines such as but not limited to CISSP, Security+, CISA, CISM, SSCP, in order to guide and govern the security standards and processes across an entire product line.
• Provide Technical support for product teams as it relates to cyber security patterns and practices, ATO renewals, system monitoring and Dev Sec Ops .
• Translate technical development and cyber security issues into easily consumed language for senior leadership.
• Assist in the ATO lifecycle including planning, submission, remediation, tracking and governance.
• Establish and maintain process for managing and coordinating remediation of Product Line High Priority Incidents (HPI) and Critical Priority Incidents (CPI), includes driving process improvements and executive level reporting.
• Translate complicated issues from multiple information sources into a clear point of view, and create a compelling, concise, and well‑written narrative that can easily be consumed by senior leadership.
• Establish and maintain process for Product Line SNOW ticket tracking and collaborate with SMEs to automate SNOW ticket tracking.
• Serve as management liaison for Sub‑PL operations support teams, providing strategic direction, process improvement audits, governance, and technical cyber security monitoring and action support.
• Collaborate with other teams (both internal and external) to provide implementation support for the Jira to SNOW interoperability initiative.
• Understand and leverage monitoring tools such as SNOW and Splunk, as well as custom dashboards built in Power BI to provide reporting and ticket management functions to support VA Operations Program Manager decision making.
• Support program management, governance, oversight, and executive level reporting.
• Collaborate and provide requirements and guidance in the generation and sustainment of product line dashboards for operational metrics to include information data sources such as VASI, Product Scorecards, and other source data repositories; this uses multiple tools such as Power BI, Jira, Jira Align, etc.
• Facilitate identification and enhance visibility of technical debt and work with Sub Product Line Operations stakeholders to reduce.
• Provide guidance and direction to Sub Product Line Operations Leads to share and implement best practices and standardize operations Product Line wide.
• Provide guidance and maintain product line alignment with VA, OIT, and OHI Technology policies and standards.
• Improve the work value stream: remove tactical impediments, improve work process for more effective, consistent, and sustainable execution.
• Manage competing priorities, handle research and response for all product line operations related data calls and provide ongoing progress reports.
• Document and provide recommendations for technical operational management approaches and delivery on projects/products.
• Manage parallel projects under a complex program while also providing cross functional program…

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