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Technical Project Manager with Security Clearance

ClearanceJobs
Mc Lean, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/4/2026
Job Title: Sr. Technical Project Manager

If you enjoy working with new technologies, enterprise-leading equipment, and seek to design, deploy, and maintain development pipelines, we would like to speak to you. This position will play a key critical role in building, maintaining, and optimizing the underlying infrastructure to support Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads. You will join a diverse team of platform engineers to design, deploy, maintain, and secure platform infrastructure. You will collaborate with people inside and outside the organization to deliver the highest standards for building, deploying, and securing infrastructure. Role Expectations A Senior Technical Project Manager (Sr. TPM) needs a blend of technical expertise, project management proficiency, and leadership abilities. You are not just responsible for keeping a project on track; you navigate project complexity, align it with business goals, and lead a technical team to success. Core Competencies – Project Management Methodology Mastery: Proficiency in different frameworks like Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall, and the ability to choose and adapt the best one for a given project.

Strategic Planning: This involves creating comprehensive project plans, defining the scope, setting clear objectives, and managing deliverables.

Risk and Budget Management: Skilled at identifying potential risks early on and developing mitigation strategies. Oversee project delivery efforts, ensure delivery timelines are met, and lead the project escalation process.

Change Management: In a fast-paced environment, requirements often change. A Sr. TPM must be adaptable and able to manage change requests without derailing the project.

Core Competencies – Leadership Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in distributed systems.

Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to collaborate effectively with development teams, operations, security, and other stakeholders.

Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in a team environment, mentor junior engineers, and lead technical initiatives.

Mentorship: As a Senior role, the ability to guide and mentor junior engineers, share knowledge, and foster best practices.

Proactive & Ownership: Proactive approach to identifying and addressing potential issues, with a strong sense of ownership over the platform.

Adaptability & Continuous Learning: Eagerness to learn new technologies and adapt to a rapidly evolving cloud-native landscape.

Additional Skills & Requirements Experience with Kubernetes cluster deployments to support large-scale AI platforms

Knowledge of what it takes to deliver Datacenter as a Service

Experience leading ATO efforts and the processes required to maintain security compliance

Strong background in Linux and infrastructure services (DNS, DHCP, LDAP, Networking, Storage)

Travel up to 20% of the time, as required, to perform on-site installations, maintenance, and troubleshooting activities at customer sites or data centers.

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