NTIRA Development Lead, Senior - Secret Clearance Required

Remote
Full Time
Experienced
cFocus Software seeks a NTIRA Development Lead Senior to join our program supporting the US Navy. This position is remote. This position requires a Secret clearance.

Qualifications:
  • Active Secret clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering degree; or a degree in a Mathematics or Engineering field.
  • 10+ years of experience providing software development support in a web-based, cloud-based environment.
  • 5+ years of experience as a scrum master or similar role with expert knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks.
  • Experience in facilitating scrum events (sprints, retrospectives, daily stand ups, and demonstrations), managing and supporting scrum teams, and maintaining Scrum artifacts (project plans, backlogs, tasks, risks, user stories).
  • Experience in a leadership or management role particularly with demonstrated experience in servant leadership and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience with Atlassian Jira or similar issue and project tracking software.
  • Experience with Atlassian Confluence or similar knowledge management software.
  • Active DoD IAT II/III certification

Duties:
  • Oversee all software development efforts for NTIRA, functioning autonomously while ensuring clear and consistent communication about project status and potential risks.
  • The development lead also serves as a point of contact with the government and is a primary point of contact between the team and the management structure.
  • This role entails strategic planning to develop project plans that outline objectives, milestones, and timelines based on known requirements.
  • Proactively gather project requirements from stakeholders, transforming them into actionable solutions that align with project and/or program goals.
  • Be intimately familiar with ongoing work and ticketing, assigning new tickets and bugs as they arise while assessing their impact on the overall project timeline.
  • Facilitate timely software changes and enhancements, inform the government on technical constraints and future maintenance cost impacts.
  • Plan agile sprints to break down deliverables into manageable tasks, setting realistic milestones and timelines for feature development and integration.
  • Provide design input and oversee the creation of design mockups and prototypes to visualize and refine software features and functionality.
  • Responsibilities include ensuring the agile process is followed by the team to include conducting meetings such as Sprint Planning Meetings, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Demonstrations, and Sprint Retrospectives.
  • If necessary, work with the team to ensure the team is adequately trained to understand Agile processes, know their specific roles and are dedicated to the project.
  • Work as the administrator of the scrum board and ensure Jira software or other agreed upon issue tracking software is working well and tickets/issues are captured and assigned properly.
  • Work with the government to refine and maintain the backlog by using information gathered from meetings, service desk, requirements documents, and other sources of information gathering.
  • Responsible for ensuring that the team's progress is transparent to all stakeholders to include maintaining a visible product backlog and burn-down chart.
  • Meet individually or in a group setting with team members and stakeholders as needed to iron out team disagreements about process and work styles
  • Perform regular analysis of burn down charts and other portfolio planning tools.
  • Aid the team by eliminating external blockers and managing internal roadblocks through process or workflow improvements.
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