Sr. Principal Network Systems Engineer – Network Team Lead
Company | Northrop Grumman |
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Location | Colorado Springs, CO, USA |
Salary | $113500 – $170300 |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- An active Secret clearance is required with SCI and SAP eligibility
- 8 years’ experience with a bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics or a related field; 6 years’ experience with a master’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics or a related field; or 12 years’ experience in lieu of a degree
- DoD 8140 certification at IAT – Level II or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA) is required
- Must be able to travel to alternate work locations to execute job duties such as deployments
- Proven project management experience as part of large DoD systems and capabilities under development
- Experience managing and reporting cost, schedule and technical development on a large program exhibiting the ability to coordinate planning, execution, integration and completion of projects within your area of assigned responsibility
- Experience in planning, conducting, and coordinating activities such as documentation development, technical exchange meetings with stakeholders, test events, and capability deployments
- Support program management of strategic technical projects, problem-solving, and ensure effective operation of the overall business rhythm
- Experience with Agile methodology or Agile Product Owner certification, Digital Transformation, and DevOps implementation
- Experience managing the design, development and implementation of complex systems
- Ability to analyze project, program and portfolio information needs, as well as determining the resources needed to achieve objectives
Responsibilities
- Serve as a Network Team Lead, coordinating planning, organization, and execution of engineering activities for development of assigned technical capabilities integrated into the C2BMC Network Enterprise
- Work within an agile team and plan work based on customer requirements and program contractual agreements
- Create, maintain, and present KPIs and other metrics related to the Network Enterprise
- Function in project leadership roles and represent the organization as prime customer contact on significant technical matters on contracts
- Accountable for the overall engineering technical, cost and schedule performance of the capability
- Maintain clear and open communication with program and engineering management regarding status, Earned Value Management (EVM), staffing needs, program risks, and other relevant program and engineering metrics
- Drive the use of best practices within the engineering team using Agile processes, tools and frameworks and review capability artifacts and development practices for compliance with engineering principles, company and program standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications
- Work with Development Engineers and Release Train Engineers to develop schedule, technical and cost performance of the capability
- Provide input to standard metrics packages to be used for program execution status, technical improvement, and management/customer status updates
- Manage risk mitigation activities, schedule planning, and managing change requests associated with the capabilities
- Prepare and present internal and external communications, including but not limited to In Process Reviews (IPRs), Integrated Engineering Technical Reviews (IETRs), and bi-weekly status meetings for program management and customer representatives
- Manage the lifecycle of negotiated and assigned ECP effort(s) added to the capability
- Coordinate and resolve multiple spiral and capability resource de-confliction across the Agile Release Train (ART) and with other program ARTs
- Lead ART planning activities to ensure priority and maturity is achieved
- Participate in ART-level Agile ceremonies, including daily stand ups, sprint planning, team backlog refinement, and retrospectives
- Maintain the Hive structure for the team and keep up to date on a daily basis
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior C2BMC experience
- Prior Team Lead and/or Product Owner experience
- Developing KPIs and tracking other metrics and creating reports
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Strong Interpersonal, Presentation, Communication, and Facilitation Skills
- Learning Agility in picking up business processes specific to Business Process Management & Earned Value Management
- Ability to understand the long-term (‘big picture’) and short-term perspectives of situations
- Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies – Customer focused
- Proactively builds and aligns stakeholders, capabilities, and resources for getting things done quickly and achieving objectives
- Knowledge and experience with C2BMC NT/BC processes and procedures