St. Louis, MO, Chantilly, VA, Alexandria, VA, Virginia · Information Technology
Position: Agile Product Owner Location: St. Louis, MO; Chantilly, VA; Alexandria, VA Clearance: active Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain SCI Level: T4
Job Description: BIT Consultant’s is recruiting for an Agile Product Owner who will be responsible for the integration, operations, and sustainment of various operational and in-development systems. This position will manage a systems team made up of devops, systems engineers, systems administrators, and testers tasked to deliver the next generation of Geospatial Intelligence technologies to our customer. A successful candidate will have experience with Agile methodologies and the various tools necessary to run agile teams, as well as the ability to participate in release planning events, daily scrums, and other technical discussions as needed. The effort will harness GOTS, COTS and Custom technologies to deliver advanced production and dissemination capabilities using desktop, web and cloud technologies.
Responsibilities:
Drive product delivery through keen understanding of the customer, mission, and product requirements
Develop the team roadmap and support the team as needed to deliver on commitments
Plan and prioritize epics, features, stories, and bugs
Proven ability to write technical tasks with business value for the customer
Help define, document, and track the completion of Epics, Stories, Tasks, and Bugs
Communicate with other Product owners and scrum masters, program leadership, customers, and development teams
Support agile meetings such as daily scrum, retrospectives, and program increment planning
Core Qualifications:
Defines and manages the team roadmap
Develops and proposes new ideas regarding technical solutions and processes
Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills
Agile Development knowledge and experience
Strong analytical skills and the ability to pay careful attention to detail
Capacity to work well in groups and the ability to lead a team
Communicates regularly with key internal and external stakeholders often regarding critical/high priority issues
Strong briefing skills and experience presenting to senior customer management
Requires BS degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience; OR 4 years of experience in lieu of degree
Must possess an active Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain SCI post hire
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Preferred Qualifications:
SAFe Agile Certification
2+ year’s experience as a Scrum Master
Certified Product Owner
Certified Scrum Master
Understanding of AWS/Cloud technologies
Proven experience managing multiple baselines across multiple environments
Experience with collaboration tools including Jira/Confluence and Rocketchat
Experience with ArcGIS or geospatial technologies
Experience with DevSecOps best practices and technology including Gitlab CI/CD
Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Cloud Formation, Chef, Ansible