Software Engineering Manager – DevOps Lead

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance required for start:
Yes. Clearance type: SCI. Travel:
Yes, 25% of the time.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation’s history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they’re making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is currently seeking a Software Engineering Manager 2 – Dev Ops Lead role. This position will be located on site in San Diego, CA
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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 candidate will also serve as a work package manager to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of Dev Ops products to meet contractual cost, schedule, and technical requirements. This role will report to the IPT Lead for Progress using Agile Metrics and EVMS methodologies.

The role is also responsible for risk management and providing technical guidance to the team. The successful candidate will collaborate with Software Development, Systems Engineering, Test Automation, and Systems Test organizations, to ensure the team is meeting the mission engineering objectives of the contract. The successful candidate will implement and utilize several Agile development techniques and metrics to manage the team’s progress and the work quality throughout the product life cycle.

This position is a dual-hatted Technical SW Dev Ops and Manager position that reports to the IPT Lead on the program side and the Application Software Department Manager on the functional side.

• Work in a high energy environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels
• Develop Dev Ops 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 Dev Ops
• Work closely 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
• The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 10% may be required.

• 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 Dev Ops tools such as Ansible, Ant, Bamboo, Chef, Git Lab, Jenkins, Maven, etc.
• Experience with software development (Java/Java script, C++, C# or any modern object-oriented language) and its life cycle
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance (with a background…