Technical Program Lead Consultant (W2 Contract)

Hiring,
Greetings from Modern Agile Technologies.

Position: Technical Program Lead Consultant

Location: Phoenix, AZ (Onsite)

Type; Contract (W2 Only)

Job Description:

Experience: 6–10 years (preferred)
Project: Enterprise CI/CD Modernization

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced, hands-on Technical Program Lead to drive a large-scale enterprise CI/CD modernization initiative across multiple application teams and technology stacks.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in DevSecOps, CI/CD automation, GitHub Actions, cloud platforms, and software engineering with strong project execution, stakeholder management, and delivery leadership capabilities.

This is not a traditional project management role. The individual is expected to be technically proficient, contribute to architecture and solution design, guide engineering teams through implementation, troubleshoot complex challenges, and take end-to-end accountability for delivery.

Key Responsibilities
1. Technical Leadership & Architecture
• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of standardized CI/CD capabilities across enterprise repositories.
• Establish reusable automation frameworks and workflows leveraging GitHub Actions.
• Drive branching strategies, tag-based releases, immutable tagging, automated quality gates, and deployment automation.
• Guide implementation across heterogeneous technology stacks, ensuring scalability, reusability, and security.
• Remain hands-on in developing workflows, reviewing code, troubleshooting pipeline issues, and resolving technical blockers.
2. Lead Seven CI/CD Modernization Capabilities

Provide technical direction and delivery oversight across:
1. CI/CD Foundation: Branching strategy, tag-based release automation, reusable workflows, and code quality checks.
2. PR-Based Regression Testing: Automated functional, performance, and regression testing integrated into pull requests.
3. Agentic PR Workflows: AI-assisted code reviews, risk scoring, and policy-governed auto-merge.
4. Merge & Release Management: Controlled merges, immutable tags, and release traceability.
5. Platform & Journey Testing: End-to-end regression, security testing, and performance validation.
6. Soft Launch: Shadow traffic, automated comparison, and progressive rollout validation.
7. Deployment Automation: Automated deployments, canary releases, blue/green deployment, and rollback capabilities.

3. Program Execution & Delivery Management
• Own end-to-end technical delivery, including planning, estimation, milestones, dependencies, risks, and execution.
• Coordinate implementation across multiple repositories, application teams, and engineering stakeholders.
• Establish rollout plans, implementation standards, and adoption metrics.
• Proactively identify technical dependencies, bottlenecks, and delivery risks.
• Track progress, communicate status, and ensure timely resolution of blockers.
• Balance engineering quality with delivery timelines and business priorities.

4. Stakeholder & Team Leadership
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for engineering leadership, architects, DevOps teams, and application owners.
• Lead technical discussions, design reviews, and implementation workshops.
• Mentor engineers and drive consistent engineering practices.
• Translate complex technical challenges into clear decisions, action plans, and executive-level updates.
• Drive adoption of standardized CI/CD practices across teams.

Required Technical Skills
• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps automation.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Experience with AWS, containerization, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation.
• Strong understanding of branching strategies, release engineering, deployment automation, and rollback mechanisms.
• Experience integrating automated functional, API, regression, performance, and security testing into CI/CD workflows.
• Familiarity with SonarQube, SAST/DAST, and enterprise security controls.
• Ability to design reusable, scalable automation frameworks across multiple technology stacks.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to contribute directly to technical implementation.

Preferred Skills
• Experience with ephemeral/dynamic test environments and automated test data provisioning.
• Exposure to GenAI/agentic software engineering, AI-assisted code reviews, and intelligent test automation.
• Experience with canary deployments, blue/green deployments, shadow traffic, and progressive delivery.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale DevSecOps transformations involving multiple application teams and repositories.
• Familiarity with regulated enterprise environments and associated governance requirements.

Leadership & Delivery Skills
• Proven experience leading complex engineering programs with multiple technical workstreams.
• Strong planning, estimation, risk management, and dependency management skills.
• Ability to independently drive technical decisions and delivery execution.
• Excellent stakeholder communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with evolving requirements.

What Success Looks Like
• Standardized, reusable CI/CD capabilities established and adopted across targeted repositories.
• Improved automation coverage, code quality, testing efficiency, and deployment reliability.
• Successful implementation of agentic engineering capabilities and dynamic environment pilots.
• Predictable delivery against agreed milestones, with transparent risk and dependency management.
• Reduced manual intervention and improved developer experience throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

Ideal Candidate: A seasoned DevSecOps / Platform Engineering Lead who has successfully delivered enterprise-scale CI/CD transformations, remains technically hands-on, and possesses the execution discipline of an experienced Technical Program Manager.