Project Delivery Lead

Tri-Force Consulting Services, Inc.•Atlanta, GA

14h•Remote

About The Position

The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) is undertaking a large-scale modernization of the Eligibility and Assistance Program (EAP) application, transitioning from a legacy COBOL-based mainframe system to a modern, cloud-native architecture built in Rust. The Project Delivery Lead will be responsible for end-to-end delivery oversight of this highly complex modernization initiative, ensuring successful execution across requirements analysis, system design, development, automation, deployment, and production stabilization within a 10-month implementation timeline. This role requires strong leadership in large-scale legacy transformation programs, DevOps-driven delivery models, cloud infrastructure provisioning, and secure application development.

Requirements

10+ years of IT experience with at least 5+ years leading large-scale application modernization programs.
Proven experience managing legacy system transformations (Mainframe/COBOL modernization preferred).
Strong experience delivering cloud-native applications (AWS or equivalent).
Experience leading DevOps-driven projects with CI/CD pipelines.
Demonstrated expertise in infrastructure automation and configuration management tools (Salt preferred).
Experience managing complex green/blue or zero-downtime deployments.
Strong understanding of secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC).
Experience in regulated environments requiring auditability and compliance.
Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Rust or modern systems programming languages.
Experience with GitLab repository management and CI/CD.
Knowledge of Kubernetes-based deployments.
Experience contributing to open-source platforms.
Government or public-sector project experience.
Familiarity with AsciiDoc and Antora documentation frameworks.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of the EAP modernization initiative within defined scope, timeline, and budget.
Establish and maintain daily and weekly cadence meetings with DHS stakeholders and authorized users.
Manage project plans, milestones, risks, issues, and escalation processes.
Coordinate cross-functional teams including architects, developers, DevOps engineers, QA teams, business analysts, and infrastructure specialists.
Ensure alignment between business requirements and technical implementation.
Facilitate requirements workshops and stakeholder interviews across 25+ partners.
Oversee indexing and documentation of EAP business processes.
Ensure complete documentation of system requirements, business rules, and integration use cases.
Validate reverse-engineered business logic from legacy COBOL system.
Oversee analysis of the legacy COBOL mainframe system to identify: Undocumented functionalities Hidden business rules System interdependencies
Guide architecture decisions with security as a foundational principle.
Ensure: Secure API design Embedded encryption and access controls Secure coding practices leveraging Rust’s memory safety features
Define automated, auditable infrastructure provisioning architecture using Salt.
Ensure support for complex green/blue deployment strategies with rollback capabilities.
Govern documentation strategy using AsciiDoc and Antora within GitLab repositories.
Ensure development is performed using Rust with secure coding standards.
Enforce GitLab repository governance (branching, milestones, issue tracking, merge strategies).
Oversee CI/CD implementation supporting: Automated testing Continuous integration Continuous deployment Security validation
Ensure automated documentation pipelines.
Oversee User Acceptance Testing (UAT) planning, execution, and defect resolution.
Lead automation strategy using Salt for: Infrastructure provisioning Configuration management Secure credential management
Oversee provisioning of Development, UAT, and Production environments.
Ensure one-touch deployments across environments.
Guide Kubernetes and AWS integrations, contributing enhancements to open-source Salt extensions.
Ensure logging, monitoring, auditability, and regulatory compliance in the cloud-native environment.
Lead production cutover planning and execution.
Oversee 4-week controlled transition and stabilization period.
Manage production hypercare support, incident triage, and issue resolution.
Ensure successful knowledge transfer to OIT application team.
Validate operational readiness for long-term support.