Platform Scrum Master/product Owner

Principal Platform Product Owner / Scrum Master

As a Principal Platform Product Owner / Scrum Master, you will herald a transformative era in software engineering, one that underscores the integration of development and operations through a single, comprehensive platform. Platform engineers, with their comprehensive technical and problem-solving skills, are shaping the future of software development to efficiently deliver high-quality, secure software, by providing automated services that enable SW engineers to focus on developing mission capabilities. The role's core responsibility will be as a Product Owner / Scrum Master for an agile platform product team. Additionally, you will help with the design and implementation of the platform. You will be in a team that is responsible for development and operational environments consisting of a mix of servers, workstations, storage, networks, and custom Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) hardware. These environments provide the enterprise hybrid-cloud backbone for product development and testing for a large program producing a critical, strategic national asset. NOTE This position will be performed onsite in the RTX Facility in Richardson TX.

Responsibilities:

• Support transitioning a system that is tightly coupled to the underlying infrastructure to a modern platform infrastructure
• Convert strategy and strategic initiatives into well-developed plans and objectives over different time frames
• Capture a backlog of features and stories
• Assist with architecture, design, development, integration, and support of build, integration & test, and deployment pipelines, optimizing performance and scalability across on-premises VMware computing environments
• Administer / support current RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems
• Leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to improve scalability, consistency, infrastructure efficiency, for Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) products
• Ensure security and compliance are integrated into the platform
• Provide operational support for the platform
• Ability to oversee all stages of product creation, including design and development
• Ability to Facilitate SAFe Agile ceremonies including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Iteration Reviews, PI (Program Increment) Planning, and Retrospectives
• Coach and guide Agile teams on SAFe practices and principles, promoting continuous improvement and team collaboration

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Physics and 8 years of related work experience
• Experience with Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket etc.)
• Experience with Agile Development Methodologies
• Experience collaborating with clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements
• Current TS/SCI issued security clearance is required on day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance, willing to obtain a CI Poly for Privileged User access to the system

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with AWS
• Experience with VMware provisioning / systems administration
• Current existing Security Plus Certification
• Experience in DevOps/DevSecOps system development
• Experience in designing private cloud environments, especially in computer servers
• Experience with automation tools such as Chef (preferred), Puppet, Ansible (preferred), SaltStack
• Experience with Artifactory/Xray or equivalent artifact repository product
• Experience with Jenkins or an equivalent Build, test and deploy automation product
• Experience with Containerization (Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher)
• Experience in the daily system operations and maintenance and use of administration tools
• Experience with the architecture and design of on premises COTS Infrastructure (IT)
• Proficient working knowledge of networks, storage, and virtualization technologies
• Understanding of Change Management processes - Version Control of software and applications
• Able to obtain a Security Plus certification