Senior Technical Lead

The Senior Technical Lead is a Key Personnel position and technical lead for the ATF BATS Modernization - USBDC / AERID / NCETR. This role oversees the modernized BATS platform-a complex, microservices-based, browser-agnostic case management system used by over 6,000 arson and explosives investigators nationwide. Clearance: Public Trust Background Investigation Huntsville, AL - National Center for Explosives, Training, and Research (NCETR), * Lead delivery of a federal Agile or DevSecOps modernization program supporting government stakeholders, technical teams, and contract leadership.

• Develop, maintain, and manage the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), including milestones, dependencies, critical path, and release planning.
• Establish and enforce sprint governance across Agile teams, including sprint planning, backlog readiness, demos, retrospectives, and dependency tracking.
• Maintain the program risk register, track mitigation actions, elevate issues, and communicate impacts to schedule, scope, and performance.
• Prepare and deliver recurring COR/GTM status reporting, including progress, risks, milestones, impediments, staffing, and deliverable status.
• Monitor and manage team velocity, sprint burn rates, throughput, and capacity to support realistic forecasting and release planning.
• Coordinate with product owners, architects, developers, testers, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams to align execution with program priorities.
• Support government meetings, action item tracking, decision logs, and follow-up closure across technical and program management forums.
• Ensure program execution aligns with contract requirements, deliverables, quality standards, and federal reporting expectations.
• Drive continuous improvement across delivery processes, governance, metrics, and DevSecOps execution.

• 6+ years of experience in project or program management supporting federal government IT programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing federal Agile or DevSecOps programs with multiple workstreams and cross-functional technical teams.
• Hands-on experience developing and managing an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Experience leading sprint governance, including Agile ceremonies, dependency management, sprint reporting, and release tracking.
• Experience maintaining a risk register and managing issue, risk, and mitigation reporting for government stakeholders.
• Experience preparing and presenting COR/GTM reports, executive status briefings, and program performance updates.
• Experience with velocity management, Agile metrics, forecasting, and delivery performance monitoring.
• Strong knowledge of federal program controls, technical delivery oversight, and stakeholder coordination.
• Proficiency with Agile and program management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Confluence, or similar.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience supporting government-facing meetings and reporting.
• AWS Solutions Architect certification required.
• CSM or PSM certification required., * Experience supporting DevSecOps pipelines, release management, and secure software delivery in a federal environment.
• Experience supporting COR, GTM, PMO, or executive-level reporting for DOJ, DoD, DHS, or other civilian agencies.
• Familiarity with federal security, compliance, and delivery frameworks in cloud or hybrid environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.