Manager Software Engineering 2 - Fairfax (TS/SCI)

Description

The company builds space systems, and this role is a Space Software Engineering Manager on the Payload and Ground Eastern Region team in Fairfax.

The company wants someone who is eager to pick up new technologies and who can lead engineers through challenging software work.

Strong communication and active leadership are essential for this role.

Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance is required before start: yes, SCI type. Travel is 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight across the software lifecycle, from design and development through integration and maintenance, for software components.
• Support system integration and test activities.
• Lead a matrixed team of software engineers, guiding them through software processes, bachelor's work, career growth and performance reviews.
• Help with proposal writing, staffing plans and recruiting.
• Guide the team in applying the right standards, processes, procedures and tools across the system development lifecycle for programs.
• Direct the team in an Agile approach, breaking requirements into Agile features and covering design, coding, testing, integration and system test to deliver more secure capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or another STEM field with 8 years of related STEM experience; or a Master's with 6 years; or a PhD with 3 years; or 12 years of experience in place of a degree.
• 5 years of progressive software engineering or development experience in C++ or Python.
• Experience with distributed development of large-scale systems.
• A thorough understanding of every stage of the software development lifecycle.
• Experience leading a software development team and directing its members.
• Experience building Agile roadmaps and plans and carrying them out.
• A current DoD Top Secret clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI access.
• Preferred: 7 years of progressive software engineering or development experience in C++ or Python.
• Preferred: 3 years of experience leading a software development team.
• Preferred: Experience as an IPT lead.
• Preferred: Experience as a scrum master, product owner, or both.
• Preferred: Experience managing people, including career development and performance.
• Preferred: Experience managing a technical budget.
• Preferred: Control Account Management experience handling program schedule and budget data.
• Preferred: Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
• Preferred: Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning, with the ability to solve problems and anticipate programmatic and technical risks.
• Preferred: Experience with the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket).
• Preferred: Experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS and CloudFormation.
• Preferred: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins or similar.
• Preferred: Solid working knowledge of Kubernetes, including Helm charts, service discovery and autoscaling.
• Preferred: A current DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI.

Conditions

Base salary range is $161,100.00 to $241,700.00. The final offer depends on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills and market conditions.

Relocation assistance may be available.

The role requires 10% travel.

The application period is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Eligibility for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
• Annual bonuses that reward individual contributions and share company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation or personal business.
• A comprehensive Total Rewards package.