Agile Product Owner

Archarithms Inc•Huntsville, AL

15h

About The Position

Arcarithm is seeking an experienced Product Owner (Level 3) to support Lockheed Martin’s Modeling and Simulations Contract for Framework and Tools (MASC-F) program. This role will focus on defining/refining processes to guide the development of software that operates within standalone and distributed computing environments. A successful Product Owner can serve as the voice of the customer with the development teams and act as a single authority for confirming the definition of done is met. The ideal candidate will be experienced in system design and system architecture with demonstrated experience breaking down requirements for Agile development teams in defense or mission-critical domains. Must have an active and transferable DoD security clearance with current investigation at the required level. Must be able to maintain the required clearance

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, System Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience/combined education)
Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience, or 3 years with a Master’s Degree in a related field
Solid understanding of software design principles and implementation
Experience with requirements verification practices and processes
Must have an active and transferable DoD security clearance with current investigation at the required level. Must be able to maintain the required clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting DoD or aerospace/defense programs
Experience with Test-Driven development practices
Understanding of distributed systems, local compute cluster platforms / cloud architectures, and containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Podman)
Knowledge of OSF-G architecture or similar real-time frameworks
Experience with DevSecOps pipelines and CI/CD processes

Responsibilities

Support the System Engineering Integration and Test functional organization in understanding software requirements and decomposing those requirements into development features.
Developing development features and accepting work done to complete those features
Meet with customers to understand needs and refine software requirements to fit those needs and use that knowledge to define and improve development features.
Assist with the migration to a microservices-oriented architecture and adjusting requirements to account for that new paradigm
Collaborate in a fast-paced Agile environment, utilizing tools like Jira and Confluence (Digital Agility) for sprint tracking, backlog grooming, and team collaboration
Participate in mixed classification and distributed computing environments for code development, deployment, and testing
Assist teams with breaking down Feature development stories to actionable tasks that can be independently developed and collectively integrated
Interface with cross-functional teams, including systems engineers, software testers, product owners, and Lockheed program leadership
Support the Product Manager vision and assist with the execution of the planned development roadmap through leading Agile teams to success
Support Formal Qualification Testing and software readiness reviews prior to release