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Northrop Grumman Defense Sector (NGDS) is seeking a Software Engineering Manager for the Digital Sustainment and Modernization program to manage a team of developers, developing new and existing software products to support a sustainment ecosystem.
As the Software Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for a team of developers working on a variety of different projects, including maintenance management tools, engineering support software, and scheduling applications. You will be expected to spend time individually contributing to these projects as well. Software development will be performed in a C# .NET environment. Must ensure that performance and products conform to established software development standards. The Software Engineering Manager is required to provide leadership and guidance to the team while guiding development to deliver functionality, useability, reliability, performance, and supportability goals.
This position will be located in Oklahoma City, OK.
Key responsibilities include:
Manages development efforts in DSME programs
Responsible for the direct supervision/management of a staff of software developers
Responsible for providing direction to subordinates utilizing management guidelines & general policies
Manager responsibilities include: planning and program performance addressing cost, schedule, technical performance, and quality of work on DSME products. Individual contributions will account for a portion of this job role.
Product assignments will be received as a package of requirements or stories.
Takes part in development and review of requirements.
Uses established processes and tools (Atlassian products, MS Teams) to provide direction to subordinates.
Work is reviewed for adequacy in meeting objectives.
Ensures that projects are completed on schedule and within budget.
Frequent contacts with internal personnel and outside customer representatives at various management levels concerning operations or scheduling or specific phases of projects or contracts.
Conducts briefings and participates in technical meetings for internal external representatives concerning specifics operations.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree with 6 years of software development experience; Masters with minimum 4 years of experience.
Must be a U.S. Citizen and have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
Full working knowledge of software engineering methodologies.
Able to advise and mentor team members.
Experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience managing Software Engineering teams
Agile scrum project management experience
Atlassian tools (e.g. JIRA and Confluence)
Competence in C# .NET development, databases, operating systems, networks, and APIs.
Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues and predict potential programmatic and technical risks
Strong experience leading teams and training others.
Experience with individual contributor performance assessments
Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues and predict potential programmatic and technical risks
Salary Range: $121,000 - $181,400
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority . The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .
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