Software Development Manager

Peraton•Herndon, VA

6d•$104,000 - $166,000

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Software Development Manager to join its Department of State (DOS) Consular Systems Modernization (CSM) Program for the Bureau of Diplomatic Technology. The position is located in Herndon, Virginia. The manager will maintain the project roadmap in alignment with customer priorities and ensure it is addressed and implemented consistently across the project teams and efforts under their responsibility. The role provides technical leadership for system and software delivery across the Agile development lifecycle, including production deployments and operations and maintenance. The manager works with customers to align product backlogs and priorities, and with the architecture team to translate requirements into solutions that account for technical, schedule, and cost constraints. The position also oversees agile team staff and delivery of modernized services across multiple teams, supports customer planning and project implementation, and performs line-management and administrative duties.

Requirements

At least 10 years of experience.
Five years of technical lead experience with software development projects.
Hands-on software development experience and experience across all phases of the software development lifecycle, including analysis, design, implementation, testing, integration, and maintenance.
Experience supporting a system implementation program using agile methodologies.
Experience with application lifecycle tools, including tools for agile project management, version control, continuous integration, code scanning, automated testing, and issue tracking.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare briefings, proposals, and similar documents.
Active DoD Secret or higher clearance; interim Secret clearance is acceptable.
U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field, such as Computer Science or Computer Information Systems.
Prior experience supporting the Department of State.
Scrum Master certification or experience.

Responsibilities

Maintain the project roadmap in alignment with customer priorities and ensure consistent implementation across the teams and efforts under the manager’s responsibility.
Provide technical leadership for system and software delivery throughout the Agile development lifecycle, including production deployments and operations and maintenance.
Work with customers to align product backlogs and ensure customer priorities are addressed.
Work with the architecture team to convert customer or product requirements into solutions that account for technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
Understand system and software requirements and ensure software compliance standards are addressed by agile teams.
Directly supervise and manage agile team staff and oversee delivery of modernized services across multiple teams.
Identify, analyze, and resolve team deficiencies; develop and recommend corrective actions and process improvements.
Participate in customer planning sessions and project implementations.
Maintain frequent inter-organizational and customer contact related to agile team work.
Conduct employee performance reviews, review and approve timesheets, provide career guidance, and approve travel expenses, among other administrative tasks.