Agile Systems Analyst / DEVOPS Product Owner

Apogee Engineering, LLC•Bath Township, OH

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Apogee is seeking a Senior Agile Systems Analyst / DEVOPS Product Owner to support the Forces and Technologies Intelligence Group at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. This position provides proxy product ownership of the Signal Modeling Tool for Flexible Flyer (SMTFF) and related efforts, working with government stakeholders and development teams. The role balances customer features, backlog management, automated testing, bug fixes, security patches, and pipeline optimization, while supporting CI/CD infrastructure and using rapid feedback from user behavior and production metrics to guide priorities. It also manages live incidents and production support, prioritizing critical issues over sprint goals to maintain system reliability and security. The position supports systems engineering and systems architecture definition to enable coherent, well-managed, low-risk, secure technical solutions and program execution. It requires maintaining a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification or equivalent and appropriate security clearances for NASIC areas and equipment. The role is contingent upon contract award and is located onsite at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, with occasional quarterly travel to off-site PMO meetings, SMTFF training sessions, and sprint planning reviews.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must hold a TS/SCI clearance.
At least 10 years of experience in technical project or program management, systems engineering, or related fields.
A master’s degree in a relevant field, such as engineering, computer science, or information systems; alternatively, 8 additional years of work experience may substitute, or 4 additional years of work experience plus a bachelor’s degree may substitute.
CSPO certification from Scrum Alliance or an equivalent product ownership certification.
Demonstrated experience in Agile and DEVOPS environments, including backlog management, CI/CD pipeline development, and production operations.
Strong communication skills for coordinating with technical and non-technical stakeholders and presenting to senior leadership.
Willingness and ability to travel for PMO meetings, training, and sprint events.

Responsibilities

Provide proxy product ownership of SMTFF and related efforts, working closely with government stakeholders and development teams.
Advise and assist with balancing capacity among new customer features, backlog management, automated testing, bug fixes, security patches, and pipeline optimizations.
Advise and assist in prioritizing delivery-pipeline automation as a product feature to enable CI/CD infrastructure.
Monitor real-time user behavior, performance logs, and production metrics and use rapid feedback loops to advise on priority changes and live bugs.
Advise and assist in prioritizing critical production issues, such as outages or security vulnerabilities, over sprint goals, and support live incident management and production operations.
Prepare and deliver requirement documents within government-requested timelines before working meetings.
Travel quarterly to off-site PMO meetings, SMTFF training sessions, and sprint planning reviews.
Provide support in systems engineering disciplines and systems architecture definition for secure, coherent, low-risk technical solutions and program execution.
Maintain a CSPO certification from Scrum Alliance or an equivalent certification.
Maintain proper security clearances for NASIC areas and equipment in accordance with applicable security requirements, regulations, and current Security Classification Guides.