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Manager Software Engineering 2
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 3 Locations
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is currently seeking a Software Engineering Manager 2 – DevOps Lead role. This position will be located on site in San Diego, CA, El Segundo, CA or Palmdale, CA . Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, We pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others. The successful candidate will lead a team of approximately 10 individuals to continuously develop and maintain software production tools and processes across multiple teams developing in an Agile software development environment. The successful candidate will also serve as a work package manager to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of DevOps products to meet contractual cost, schedule, and technical requirements. This role will report to the IPT Lead for Progress using Agile Metrics and EVMS methodologies. The role is also responsible for risk management and providing technical guidance to the team. The successful candidate will collaborate with Software Development, Systems Engineering, Test Automation, and Systems Test organizations, to ensure the team is meeting the mission engineering objectives of the contract. The successful candidate will implement and utilize several Agile development techniques and metrics to manage the team’s progress and the work quality throughout the product life cycle. This position is a dual-hatted Technical SW DevOps and Manager position that reports to the IPT Lead on the program side and the Application Software Department Manager on the functional side. Essential Functions : • Work in a high energy environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels • Develop DevOps architectures and development frameworks in support of teams developing software for use in flight and mission critical systems • Manage and report budget, schedule status, and team allocation for DevOps • Work closely with program systems engineering, software development, and management professionals to ensure that the software lifecycle is accomplished with high quality and efficiency • Provide Functional Management to direct reports, including career guidance, staffing, interviewing/onboarding, disciplinary actions, and direct engagement • The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for thi