Software Engineer Mgr (Mgr Software Engineering 3) - 20550

$145,818 - $145,818/Yr

Unclassified - Suffolk, VA

Full-time - Manager

Suffolk, VA

5,001-10,000 employees

About the position

The Joint Staff is responsible for training military forces to respond to crises around the globe. From armed conflict to providing humanitarian support after natural disasters, this force relies on joint training across all military branches, Combatant Commands, and Components to be ready to respond at a moment's notice. Globally integrated training technologies help prepare senior leaders to make decisions in complex environments, strategically integrate operations and resources globally, and develop a force capable of competing and winning against any adversary or triumph in any disaster. Huntington Ingalls Industries supports the Joint Staff in building the technical capabilities that this force relies on. We develop exercise planning, data, and simulation systems that mimic real life environments and weapons systems. These simulation environments are integrated with live tactical capabilities so warfighters can train using the exact same systems they use in the fight. Our current efforts unify these capabilities seamlessly with our modern web architecture and provide a model for ensuring long-term evolution to keep pace with the constantly evolving technical landscape. Our efforts in the areas of containerized and scalable solutions, continuous delivery pipelines, modernized data integration, and next generation simulation solutions ensures that what we deliver satisfies the needs of our customer today, tomorrow, and well into the future. We are seeking a skilled Solution Manager to join our dynamic engineering team. This role will be essential in defining desirable, viable, feasible, and sustainable solutions that meet customer needs and support development across our JTPlatform environment. We are looking for a Solution Manager that will assist in defining the Solution Vision, aligning the Solution Teams and its stakeholders to the vision, and coordinate development progress across multiple teams of Product Teams. This role will collaborate with other Solution Managers toward the entire Programs vision and direction, work directly with a Solution Train Engineer and Architect to align priorities and steer the team of teams, assist in aligning outcomes with Program Management, Government Leadership, and our Customer base and lead a team of Product Managers and corresponding Product Owners across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Determine the customer needs through continual research that feeds into the definition of new Solution level Backlog items.
• Understand the solution context by working with architects and other technology subject-matter experts to navigate the complexities of the solution development, deployment, and specifically the operational environment.
• Measure the solution usage by utilizing data points from telemetry that reveals user actions as a part of use-case scenarios realized in the solutions.
• Lead the effort in defining and maintaining the Solution Intent by working with multiple roles, including Product Management, architects and other subject-matter experts.
• Define Solution Initiatives and elaborate solution definitions with multiple Agile Release Trains.
• Help the overall Solution Train and its stakeholders understand where solution development is headed and its progress over time by aligning with the overall Stakeholders.
• Build and maintain an overall solution roadmap.
• Continually prioritize the overall Solution Train backlog and provide guidance, alignment and direction to the multiple Product Managers and Agile Release Trains on the priorities of their respective backlogs.
• Lead the preparation of work content for the Solution Train to perform Pre Increment Planning as well as present the vision and roadmap to the train and participants during Increment Planning.
• Approve releases and influence the timing and scope of the solution delivery.
• Regularly review integrated increments of value and make necessary adjustments to ongoing development.

Requirements

• 8 years' experience with Bachelors in related field; 6 years' experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 12 years' relevant experience.
• Education requirements may be adjusted for applicable work experience.
• Work experience may be adjusted for highly specialized knowledge or uniquely application experience.

Benefits

• Best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices
• Wellness resources
• Employee assistance programs
• Savings Plan Options (401(k))
• Financial planning tools
• Life insurance
• Employee discounts
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships