NTIRA Development Lead, Senior - Secret Clearance Required

cFocus Software Incorporated; Mississippi; Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks an experienced NTIRA Development Lead Senior to support the US Navy. This remote role requires a Secret clearance and extensive experience in software development and agile methodologies. The ideal candidate will oversee development efforts, manage scrum teams, and ensure effective communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software development support.
• 5+ years as a scrum master with expert knowledge of agile.

Responsibilities

• Oversee software development efforts for NTIRA.
• Facilitate agile sprints and manage scrum teams.

Skills

Agile methodology

Problem-solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Atlassian Jira

Atlassian Confluence

Job description

cFocus Software seeks a NTIRA Development Lead Senior to join our program supporting the US Navy. This position is remote. This position requires a Secret clearance.

Qualifications:

• Active Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering degree; or a degree in a Mathematics or Engineering field.
• 10+ years of experience providing software development support in a web-based, cloud-based environment.
• 5+ years of experience as a scrum master or similar role with expert knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks.
• Experience in facilitating scrum events (sprints, retrospectives, daily stand ups, and demonstrations), managing and supporting scrum teams, and maintaining Scrum artifacts (project plans, backlogs, tasks, risks, user stories).
• Experience in a leadership or management role particularly with demonstrated experience in servant leadership and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Atlassian Jira or similar issue and project tracking software.
• Experience with Atlassian Confluence or similar knowledge management software.
• Active DoD IAT II/III certification

Duties:

• Oversee all software development efforts for NTIRA, functioning autonomously while ensuring clear and consistent communication about project status and potential risks.
• The development lead also serves as a point of contact with the government and is a primary point of contact between the team and the management structure.
• This role entails strategic planning to develop project plans that outline objectives, milestones, and timelines based on known requirements.
• Proactively gather project requirements from stakeholders, transforming them into actionable solutions that align with project and/or program goals.
• Be intimately familiar with ongoing work and ticketing, assigning new tickets and bugs as they arise while assessing their impact on the overall project timeline.
• Facilitate timely software changes and enhancements, inform the government on technical constraints and future maintenance cost impacts.
• Plan agile sprints to break down deliverables into manageable tasks, setting realistic milestones and timelines for feature development and integration.
• Provide design input and oversee the creation of design mockups and prototypes to visualize and refine software features and functionality.
• Responsibilities include ensuring the agile process is followed by the team to include conducting meetings such as Sprint Planning Meetings, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Demonstrations, and Sprint Retrospectives.
• If necessary, work with the team to ensure the team is adequately trained to understand Agile processes, know their specific roles and are dedicated to the project.
• Work as the administrator of the scrum board and ensure Jira software or other agreed upon issue tracking software is working well and tickets/issues are captured and assigned properly.
• Work with the government to refine and maintain the backlog by using information gathered from meetings, service desk, requirements documents, and other sources of information gathering.
• Responsible for ensuring that the team's progress is transparent to all stakeholders to include maintaining a visible product backlog and burn-down chart.
• Meet individually or in a group setting with team members and stakeholders as needed to iron out team disagreements about process and work styles
• Perform regular analysis of burn down charts and other portfolio planning tools.
• Aid the team by eliminating external blockers and managing internal roadblocks through process or workflow improvements.