ENGAGEMENT OPERATIONS AGILE PRODUCT OWNER/PROGRAM INTEGRATOR

IGNITE; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IGNITE is seeking an Air and Missile Defense Engagement Operations Team Product Owner in Huntsville, AL. You will work within the IFMC PO Office to prioritize and validate engagement operations software, review system designs, and guide the development team through sprints and product increments.

The role requires understanding EO concepts, Agile product ownership, and DoD experience, with the ability to brief leadership and drive action on risks and performance.

Qualifications

• Must understand Engagement Operations concepts including planning/scheduling, threat evaluation and target selection.
• Ability to oversee EO software development and verify work against acceptance criteria.
• Experience collaborating with Agile software development teams.

Responsibilities

• Review and guide EO concepts for the development team.
• Set priorities for EO capabilities and defects per product increment and sprint.
• Provide technical briefings to leadership on status, risks, and recommended actions.

Skills

EO concepts

Agile

MS Office

DoD experience

Education

Bachelor's degree (ABET preferred) in engineering/sciences/math

Tools

SCRUM

Job description

Job Description

Igniters operate in the world's most demanding environment. Igniters are self-motivated, mission-driven, and relentless in solving the Warfighters' hardest problems. We move fast, think differently, and execute with precision to tackle high-stakes challenges across AI/ML, space and missile defense intelligence, EMSO, advanced analytics, and programmatic domains. As an employee-owned SDVOSB headquartered in Huntsville, AL, our team delivers mission-critical impact for the Army, Air Force, Space Force, MDA, NASA, DIA, and FBI.

Ignite exists to outpace the threat and deliver results that matter in the moments that count.

Ignite is currently seeking a Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Engagement Operations Team Product Owner (PO) will work as a member of the Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS) Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Project Office (PO). The PO will be responsible for the Prioritization and validation of the development software for the Engagement Operations team. The position will include reviewing and understanding Systems Engineering concepts, designs and algorithms and providing guidance to the development team. The product owner will work with Program management in setting priorities for the capabilities and defects for the team for each product increment and sprint. The position will include technical briefings and advisement to leadership on status and recommended courses of action, competing capabilities, performance, risks, and impacts to the IFMC mission.

Job Requirements

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

• The position will include reviewing and understanding Systems Engineering concepts, designs and algorithms and providing guidance to the development team.
• The product owner will work with Program management in setting priorities for the capabilities and defects for the team for each product increment and sprint.
• The position will include technical briefings and advisement to leadership on status and recommended courses of action, competing capabilities, performance, risks, and impacts to the IFMC mission.

Required Qualifications

Job Requirements and Qualifications:

• The candidate must have a basic understanding of Engagement Operations (EO) concepts to include engagement planning/scheduling, threat evaluation, target selection, battlespace prediction and sensor resource management. The candidate must have the ability provide oversight to EO SW development team and verify the teams work based on agreed upon acceptance criteria. The candidate must be able to work directly with the Agile software developers.
• Be fluent in the Microsoft Office toolset.
• Have a minimum of 10 years combined Government/DoD experience in performing the essential duties listed above.

Desired Qualifications

• An additional plus is knowledge in IBCS, PATRIOT, MEADS, THAAD, C2BMC, or AEGIS and familiar with current EO implementations in one or more of the DoD services. Prior Product Owner experience on a SCRUM team is a plus.

Security Clearance Requirements

Candidate must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance or higher.

Education Requirements

• Have a Bachelor's degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences or mathematics.

Other Requirements

Must be a US citizen and a resident of Huntsville AL