Senior Principal Technical Program Manager, US Federal

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About the Team

About the Role

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which due to federal government security requirements mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

As a TPM on the IPE team you will lead projects and programs spanning infrastructure and software that ensure our systems scale to meet diverse customer requirements in this dynamic and rapid-growth landscape. You will need to possess the skills to understand complex problems broadly and have the ability to dive deep. You will find build and analyze data about every aspect of the platform services running on it tooling used to operate it and monitor it. You will drive process and technology improvements that reduce friction for engineers and continuously improve the platforms operational excellence. You will work across business product and engineering teams and balance cost schedule and technical variables to create tools and/or processes that help our customers realize better company outcomes.

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 artifactsincluding precise Gantt charts and multi-tiered dependency trackingto translate strategic planning into measurable business outcomes and operational excellence.

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 scanningfit into broader program planning architecture reviews delivery execution risk management and operational readiness.

About You

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.

• Bachelors 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:

• Masters 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.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

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