IT Analyst/Agile Lead

Pantex Plant; Amarillo (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pantex Plant in Amarillo, TX is seeking an IT Analyst/Agile Lead to coordinate software development projects and lead agile teams. You will work with project stakeholders to scope, estimate, design, and deliver high-quality software solutions while evaluating current systems for improvements.

The role emphasizes collaboration with leadership, agile practices, and documentation, with potential coordination across the Nuclear Security Enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/science/information technology, or equivalent.
• Master’s degree in engineering/science/information technology, or equivalent.
• Or combining eight years of completed education and/or relevant experience in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate software development projects and lead agile teams.
• Scope, estimate, design, and deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Evaluate current-state systems and processes for improvement; collaborate with leadership to enact change.
• Develop technical documentation and instructions; coordinate with external stakeholders when needed.

Skills

Strong communication

Teamwork

Agile practices

Scrum master experience

Product owner experience

Coaching and mentoring

Analytical problem-solving

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/science/ information technology

Master's degree in engineering/science/ information technology

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Rally

Azure DevOps

Job description

Location: Amarillo, TX - Pantex Plant

Job Title: IT Analyst/Agile Lead

Career Level From: Associate

Career Level To: Senior Associate

Organization: Mission Systems (50214380)

Job Specialty: System Development

What You’ll Do

A career at Pantex can offer you the opportunity to make a personal impact on our nation. We recognize that excellent employees are absolutely critical for mission success. We are seeking an experienced Information Technology (IT) Analyst to help enhance and optimize our mission-critical systems. We are looking for a proven leader with demonstrated success in technical design, application development, and implementation of software solutions!

Specific Job Responsibilities

Primary duties include coordinating software development projects and leading agile teams. You will work closely with project shareholders to scope, estimate, design, and deliver high-quality software solutions. You will also help evaluate current-state systems and processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and collaborate with leadership to enact meaningful change.

Additional duties may include collaboration with external stakeholders across the Nuclear Security Enterprise, developing technical documentation and instructions.

Core Responsibilities Include

• Lead teams and technical projects through effective communication with peers, customers, and management.
• Interface with key technical and business stakeholders (such as functional/business team members, project management, enterprise architects, system engineers, and application developers) to design and develop software solutions.
• Establish program and project-level milestones, provide status and deliver briefings to leadership.
• Develop and maintain multi-year project proposals and budgets.
• Ensure adherence to defined project management policies, change management guidelines, cyber security requirements and software quality assurance processes.
• Interface with IT project management to deliver solutions on schedule and within budget.
• Demonstrate innovation when designing solutions to solve complex problems.
• Ensure solutions are well-engineered, efficient, operable, and maintainable.
• Guide and develop technical and capability road maps.
• Represent technical and business interests at an Enterprise level.
• Monitor current and future trends in technology to the benefit of the organizational project and production systems service goals.
• Facilitate Agile Software Development Practices
• Organize and facilitate agile activities including daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, and product backlog refinement sessions.
• Ensure that all meetings are positive, productive, stay on topic, and are kept within the timebox.
• Collaborate closely with the product owner to manage the backlog.
• Effectively manage user story estimation and forecasting.
• Champion and facilitate adoption of agile standards, tools, and best practices.
• Proactively identify and resolve impediments to team progress.
• Utilize team feedback and metrics (e.g., quality, delivery, cadence, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and work with team to continuously improve.
• Coach the team to improve collaboration and self-management, promoting healthy interactions both within the team and with external stakeholders.
• Support the team in using agile planning and development tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, JIRA, Confluence, Rally).

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline.
• Master's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline.
• OR Applicants without a bachelor's degree may be considered based on a combination of at least 8 years of completed education and/or relevant experience.

Department of Energy (DOE) Order 426.2A Requirements

Not applicable.

Preferred Job Requirements

• Strong communication and team work.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Leading in a team environment.
• Able to relate to and establish strong working relationships with stakeholders outside of IT.
• Coaching skills and ability to motivate teams.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in Business Analysis and Project Management:
• Requirements elicitation, documentation, and management.
• Excellent people and project management skills.
• Solution design and alternative analysis.
• Scope planning and estimating (may be informal).
• Organizational Change Management / successfully implementing change.
• Process mapping / process design.
• Experience working with software development teams:
• Working in an agile team / incorporating agile practices for projects.
• Scrum master and/or product owner experience.
• Deep knowledge of agile practices, frameworks, and techniques.
• Experience with agile planning and development tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence, Rally).
• Broad knowledge of software development and related technologies/practices:
• Automation: APIs, scripts, workflows, etcetera.
• Data: databases, database design, queries, and analytics.
• Programming: concepts, logic, DevOps.
• Software life cycle: Configuration/Change Management, Software Development Life Cycle, IT Infrastructure Library.
• Software quality: user acceptance testing, automated testing, etcetera.
• Agile, scrum, or project management certification preferred (e.g. Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Project Management Professional (PMP), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe))
• Background in Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Quality, and/or Enterprise Resource Planning

#JointheMission: Your Impact Starts Here

At Pantex, you won't just find a job—you’ll discover a career of purpose safeguarding national security through work performed nowhere else on Earth. We empower dedicated, innovative individuals like you to achieve their greatest impact surrounded by exceptional talent and limitless opportunities for professional growth.

When you #JointheMission, you choose a lifetime career where your commitment is genuinely valued and rewarded. At Pantex, we believe that extraordinary talent thrives when supported by a balanced life. Discover the flexibility that empowers you to excel, coupled with a benefits package designed for your total peace of mind from comprehensive health coverage and robust retirement planning, to opportunities for continuous learning through education reimbursement.

Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 709. Medical requirements may apply.

Pantex is a drug‑free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre‑placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to random selection for drug testing without advance notification.

Pantex is an equal opportunity employer, and does not tolerate discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law. Such terms and conditions of employment include, but are not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. Pantex takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans; including disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active-duty wartime, or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.