Manager, IT

FlightSafety International•Columbus, OH

About The Position

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom. Engineering Manager, Custom Application Platform leads custom application development team of eight in support of Java/J2EE Enterprise Service Bus running on Kafka/Camel, Flutter based user interface platform, and the Domain Services Framework. People leader of approximately eight developers and testers. Great opportunity to lead the modernization and standardization of leading-edge frameworks.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or equivalent industry experience
5+ years of experience leading Agile software engineering teams, more than one at a time for at least 2 years
10+ years of experience in a Scrum/XP software development role
2+ years of experience leading /managing testers
5+ years of experience as a People Leader i.e., have direct reports
Hands on experience in the use of modern programming languages and test automation frameworks (not a day to day coding role, must have significant experience as an software engineer)
Technical depth in at least two of the following: Java/J2EE, Flutter, .Net
Ability to lead transformational change in an emergent agile culture
Working knowledge of Agile delivery practices and the ability to coach teams on effective planning, flow, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.
Able to coach the use of user stories and GHERKIN acceptance criteria
Able to coach Unit Testing and/or Test-Driven Development and leverage Domain Driven Design concepts
Values lean metrics and their healthful application
Working knowledge of DevSecOps practices
Familiar with NIST 800-171 and understands how to leverage static and dynamic code scanning results
Strong written and verbal communications skills

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop engineering and quality teams using servant-leadership principle to drive business value through the strategic use of custom application development.
Coach and lead your Agile Delivery team to Improve delivery quality, automation, observability, secure CI/CD practices, and engineering feedback loops.
As an application and domain owner, develop and maintain strong business partner relationships
Establish and manage to your annual budget while maintaining a sustainable pace for your team
Define and manage the Platform Services strategic technology roadmap
Partner effectively with Domain Product Leads, your Delivery Lead (Scrum master), the Enterprise Architect, and InfoSec leaders
Lead your team’s operations and break fix activities
Facilitate 24x7 on-call support, participate in after-hours rotation as needed
Prioritize and manage workload, issues, and risks
Limited travel when required