SAFe Cloud Software Engineer

Job Title: SAFe Cloud Software Engineer

Location: On-site in Dulles, VA

Duration: Contract to Hire

Qualifications:

• Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a SAFe Principal Software Engineer (Cloud) to support the design, development, and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Leading and collaborating within Agile Scrum teams as an Agile Release Train (ART) lead responsible for developing advanced, leading-edge, cloud-oriented automation and orchestration architectures that provide rigorous, self-validating cybersecurity capabilities to a major U.S. Government customer
• Leading and facilitating program & team-related Agile events (PI Planning, Release Governance, Stand-Ups, Sprint Planning, etc.) while maintaining all artifacts (Backlogs, Decisions, Blockers, etc.)
• Eliminating impediments and actively addressing issues so that the team can remain focused on achieving the objectives of the Program Increment (PI)
• Escalating as needed when blocking issues are beyond a team’s authority or require support from other teams
• Fostering a collaborative team environment through coaching & leading appropriately
• Led and facilitated preparation & readiness for ART events & assisted teams in preparation for ART activities (e.g., PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt, etc.)
• Collaborating within Agile Scrum teams as a key contributor responsible for the design, test, and implementation of advanced cybersecurity infrastructure capabilities
• Review high-quality technical documentation, including user guides, test plans, and contract deliverable items and supporting product training
• Development of risk assessments and risk mitigation countermeasures
• Defining and communicating a shared technical and architectural vision
• Leading Agile Scrum teams in the system design and implementation of advanced, cloud-oriented autonomous cybersecurity capabilities
• Interfacing directly with customers, stakeholders, and end-users regarding capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop, and decompose next-cycle updates and specifications.
• Full lifecycle oversight of requirements-driven automation architecture.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree-level education.
• Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability.
• 10+ years of professional experience in a technology-related field
• 5+ years of direct experience in either complex autonomous package builds, autonomous API-driven backends, infrastructure automation, and orchestration, event-driven micro-service architectures, orchestrated infrastructure automation, or configuration-driven deployments
• 2+ years of experience in either AWS, MS Azure, or GCP
• Experience with Lean-Agile principles, metrics, and technology and/or experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Lean Thinking, Lean Six Sigma)