Manager Software Engineering 2

About the role

The successful candidate will lead a team of approximately 10 individuals to continuously develop and maintain software production tools and processes across multiple teams developing in an Agile software development environment. The successful candidate will also serve as a work package manager to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of DevOps products to meet contractual cost, schedule, and technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop DevOps architectures and development frameworks in support of teams developing software for use in flight and mission critical systems
• Manage and report budget, schedule status, and team allocation for DevOps
• Collaborate with program systems engineering, software development, and management professionals to ensure that the software lifecycle is accomplished with high quality and efficiency
• Provide Functional Management to direct reports, including career guidance, staffing, interviewing/onboarding, disciplinary actions, and direct engagement
• Implement and utilize several Agile development techniques and metrics to manage the team’s progress and the work quality throughout the product life cycle
• Lead a dual-hatted Technical SW DevOps and Manager position that reports to the IPT Lead on the program side and the Application Software Department Manager on the functional side

Requirements

This position requires a clearances:

• CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
• CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

Travel up to 10% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
• Prior leadership experience using Agile development, including participating as Product Owner, Scrum Master, and/or team member in an Agile development environment
• Experience with a variety of DevOps tools such as Ansible, Ant, Bamboo, Chef, GitLab, Jenkins, Maven, etc.
• Experience with software development (Java/Javascript, C++, C# or any modern object-oriented language) and its life cycle
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR).
• This SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Ability to obtain and maintain subsequent SAP PARs following commencement of employment to be able to completely support statement of work.