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Job Description
Job Listing ID:
4496778
Job Title:
Infrastructure SME - Infrastructure Optimization and SIAM (Remote)
Application Deadline:
Open Until Filled
Job Location:
Salem
Date Posted:
05/22/2026
Hours Worked Per Week:
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Shift:
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Duration of Job:
Either Full or Part Time, more than 6 months
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Job Summary United States Suitability/Public Trust Fully remote IT Infrastructure & Network Engineering & Operations Overview GovCIO is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Subject Matter Expert (SME) with deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure engineering, optimization, automation, and Service Integration and Management (SIAM) to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Information Technology (OIT). In this role, you will collaborate closely with senior OIT partners, architects, program leadership, operations teams, business stakeholders, and service providers to assess, optimize, and modernize VA's hybrid infrastructure environment. This role will provide hands-on technical leadership across infrastructure optimization, KPI reporting, resilience planning, automation, and SIAM framework implementation to ensure VA's infrastructure is secure, scalable, resilient, efficient, and aligned with enterprise modernization objectives. This position is fully remote, located in the United States.
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The contract has not been awarded; this position remains unfunded and is contingent upon the award of the contract. Responsibilities Develop a deep understanding of VA's hybrid infrastructure environment, business operations, IT service delivery model, and modernization initiatives. Conduct comprehensive infrastructure assessments and baseline evaluations to identify inefficiencies, risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities. Design and implement infrastructure optimization strategies across power and cooling systems, resource utilization, capacity management, lifecycle management, and operational performance. Develop and maintain the Strategic Infrastructure Optimization Plan (SIOP) and support 12-24 month modernization roadmap planning. Implement automation for configuration management, patching, monitoring, orchestration, and operational workflows. Perform cost impact analysis and ROI assessments for infrastructure optimization and modernization initiatives. Support disaster recovery readiness, resilience testing, DR test planning, after-action reporting, and audit-ready documentation. Build and maintain real-time KPI dashboards using Power BI or equivalent tools to support executive visibility and data-driven decision-making. Deliver monthly executive summaries, quarterly optimization reviews, KPI data dictionaries, and metric frameworks. Support KPI automation and data accuracy goals, including automated reporting, metric validation, and performance tracking. Maintain enterprise risk registers, compliance audit artifacts, control traceability documentation, and infrastructure compliance reports. Conduct SIAM current-state assessments and gap analyses across vendors, ITSM processes, governance structures, and service delivery models. Support development of SIAM governance frameworks, operating models, policies, Integrated Service Management plans, service workflows, process maps, service catalogs, and SLA/OLA alignment. Support ITSM tool configuration, workflow automation, integration activities, and multi-vendor service coordination. Drive continuous service improvement initiatives, service improvement plans, performance monitoring, reporting, risk management, and compliance artifact tracking. Develop automation runbooks, orchestration pipelines, operational logs, and technical documentation. Support emerging technology pilots, innovation initiatives, and quarterly technology refresh recommendations. Present technical findings, optimization strategies, risks, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakehold... Computer Occupations, All Other
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