Software Systems Engineer Product Owner (Engagement Operations)

Cintel, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cintel, Inc. seeks a Software Systems Engineer Product Owner (Engagement Operations) in Huntsville, AL.

The PO will prioritize and validate development software for the Engagement Operations team, guiding the EO SW team and aligning with program priorities for each sprint and product increment. The role requires 10+ years in DoD, a Secret clearance, strong EO concepts understanding, and the ability to brief leadership on status and risks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Government/DoD experience (essential duties).
• Secret security clearance or higher required.
• Basic EO concepts: engagement planning, threat evaluation, target selection, battlespace prediction.
• Ability to oversee EO SW development and verify work to acceptance criteria.
• US citizen with a degree from an accredited college (ABET preferred).

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and validate development software for Engagement Operations.
• Guide the development team with Systems Engineering concepts and algorithms.
• Set priorities for capabilities and defects per product increment and sprint.
• Provide briefings and advisement to leadership on status, risks, and actions.

Skills

DoD experience

Secret clearance

Agile/Scrum

US citizenship

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Job Title: Software Systems Engineer Product Owner (Engagement Operations)

Location: Huntsville, AL

Position Type: Full-Time

Travel Requirements: Less than 10% of the time

Position Summary

The 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.

Required Qualifications

• Have a minimum of 10 years combined Government/DoD experience in performing the essential duties listed.
• Obtain a Secret security clearance or higher.
• Basic understanding of Engagement Operations (EO) concepts to include engagement planning/scheduling, threat evaluation, target selection, battlespace prediction and sensor resource management.
• Ability provide oversight to EO SW development team and verify the teams work based on agreed upon acceptance criteria.
• Able to work directly with the Agile software developers.
• Be fluent in the Microsoft Office toolset.
• Be a US citizen.
• Have a Bachelor’s degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences or mathematics.

Desired Qualifications

• 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.

Culture Requirements

• Engineers, Analysts, and Developers at Cintel, Inc. are highly motivated, technical, and self‐organized. We place a lot of trust in our team members to develop technical solutions for ill‐defined problems (i.e. thrive in an environment where the problem is vague, requirements are lacking, and a solution is not obvious). We need problem solvers.
• We want our team members to be self‐motivated and eager to learn new skills. If you consider yourself a jack‐of‐all‐trades, and are eager to keep up with the latest trends in technology, you’ll fit right in.

About Cintel, Inc

Cintel Inc. is a Small Business providing strategies and services to support an array of Government clients in Software Development, Operational/Tactical and Installation/Facilities Energy, Cyber Security, Modeling and Simulation, Data Science, and Programmatic support.

We offer our clients nimble, unique, and value focused solutions with an emphasis on people, connectivity, communication, and teamwork. Our team believes that people drive solutions. By connecting people, information, teams, and experience we deliver solutions that respond to customer needs.

It is the policy of Cintel that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, or veteran status. These policies shall ensure that the practice of nondiscrimination will be applied in the employment, promotion, upgrading, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, recall or rehire of personnel. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.

Cintel, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment or discrimination based on any of the characteristics mentioned above. Improper interference with the ability of other employees to perform their expected job duties is not tolerated.