Manager – Ground Software
| Company | Iridium Communications |
|---|---|
| Location | Reston, VA, USA, Chandler, AZ, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science or related field
- 8+ years of experience in software development
- Previous management experience
- Experience with agile practices, especially Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Basic understanding of mission planning, data routing and data management concepts, and/or flight dynamics
- Capable of being a strong motivator and source of direction for your team and role modelling commitment to your team’s goals
- Have a team-oriented mentality and be able to easily build meaningful relationships with others and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues to groups outside of your team or those who are unfamiliar with the topic
- Be able to analyze and understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions and come up with new and unique solutions
- Be self-motivated and possess a high degree of creativity, independence, and resourcefulness
- Have a strong sense of urgency in driving projects to completion and be motivated to achieve outcomes and results
- Can thrive in a dynamic environment and efficiently manage multiple projects for yourself and your team while making sure to meet deadlines
Responsibilities
- Work independently to develop and enhance software related to mission planning, network management, and flight dynamics
- Develop optimized code for both scalability and performance
- Foster and develop a highly effective team software engineers to develop and sustain mission planning and scheduling, and flight dynamics components for the SDA mission
- Mentor and train your team by performing regular check-ins, discussing career growth opportunities, giving constructive feedback, and managing conflict when necessary
- Work within the Agile/Scrum framework for software development (Atlassian tool suite desired)
- Play a key role in planning and executing software releases per stakeholder/program schedules and budgets
- Edit, structure and present data, concepts and arguments clearly and succinctly, through briefings and documentation
- Collaborate with other leaders within the Iridium SDA team to maintain and improve the software development processes and practices
Preferred Qualifications
- An active/current Secret Security Clearance or the ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
- Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), including experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM)
- Experience with the following technologies: Python / Perl / C++/ Matlab, Kubernetes / Docker / OpenShift, JFrog Artifactory and Pipelining, Linux based environments and bash shell scripting, XML / JSON / SQL, No SQL based DBs (e.g., Mongo), js / Apache Web Server, RESTful / HTTP / ELK or similar / WebSockets, Atlassian management/software development tools: Jira / Git / Bitbucket / Crucible / Confluence and/or Gitlab, Micro services architectures