Position Description
If you are an expert in your field and driven by engaging in high profile, cutting edge and challenging software engineering projects supporting the U.S. Department of Defense, Serco has a great opportunity for you!
The Software Configuration Manager position will be responsible for defining and implementing the software development methods and environments needed to ensure the integrated systems End product meets or exceeds performance objectives. Work will involve software products primarily in the marine robotics, autonomous systems, automation system, and digital twin domains. Software products generally include components bridging multiple domains. Bring your expertise and collaborative skills to make a positive impact on the security of our nation!
You will be part of a team responsible for highly consequential engagements with stakeholders impacting national security and the defense capabilities of the United States. You will work closely with customers and other Serco teams to deliver quality solutions recognized by DoD and industry as outstanding contributions in engineering program and risk management across the Defense enterprise.
You will have the opportunity to shape software development pipelines on a Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) program onsite Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC-PAC) San Diego, Ca. The software Configuration Manager will be responsible for engineering plans; technology maturation strategies; mission analyses; systems engineering and integration reviews; technical risk mitigation; joint requirements development; and inform acquisition milestones and modernization decisions.
In this role, you will:
Provide technical oversight, assessment, and analysis of software-intensive naval engineering system research, development, test and evaluation (T&E)
Oversee the drafting of program Software Development Plans (SDPs), and execution of program work in accordance with said plans
Provide software engineering subject matter expertise and mentoring in the set-up of secure software development environments, to include simulation environments and prototyping labs
Provide evaluation of and facilitate integration of software components from industry partners, Government Labs, and Warfare Centers
Conduct statutory/regulatory independent technical assessments of programs (e.g., Program Support Assessment (PSA), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), and software focused reviews) to assess the status of software efforts as well as risks and issues
Perform independent software parametric analysis of development progress based on parameters received from program offices to quantitatively predict completion dates
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will have:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience
Secret Clearance, or ability to obtain. (U.S. Citizenship is required)
Senior level software subject matter expertise including a strong background in Software Engineering, especially in the development of software products for application on DoD military platforms, Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), Agile development, Devops development, Software Measurement and Metrics, Software Security, Systems Integration, Software Testing, Software Evaluation via Simulated Environments, Hardware-In-The-Loop (HITL) testing, and Software Sustainment
Expert knowledge in standing up secure and reliable development environments accessible by multiple approach organizations, using commercial cloud-based software project management tools such as Jira or Microsoft Azure DevOps, and development environments such as, but not limited to Microsoft Visual Studio, Jetbrains, PyCharm, andIntelliJ.
Experience developing complex integrated software and hardware products, with encapsulation and portability tools such as the use of virtual machines or containers
Experience using predictive SW metrics and quantitative analysis techniques to gauge software quality, schedule and readiness in support of data driven decision making
Knowledge of Software Requirements Management (stability, traceability, dependencies, etc.)
Desired qualifications:
Master's or Doctorates Degree or higher in Computer Science
General familiarization with DoD autonomy software development and evaluation pipelines such as Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab (RAIL), and architectural frameworks such as the Unmanned Maritime Autonomy Architecture (UMAA).
Expert technical knowledge of naval engineering, vessel machinery systems, and/or Navy C5ISR systems.
Expertise with modern large scale SW development (e.g., CI/CD/automation/full-stack/DevOps/cloud/Amazon Web Services (AWS)) and processes
Prior experience as a chief software engineer or architect on a program
Experience in assessing software schedule realism (e.g., experience in evaluating the viability and degree of optimism in software schedules)
Company Overview
Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state and local governments, and commercial clients. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Serco Americas has over 9,000 employees and is part of a $4 billion global business that helps transform government and public services around the world. At Serco, our employees are our most valuable asset - we listen, respect and support them throughout their career at Serco. We invite you to become part of our dynamic team. Serco is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying our workforce (Race/ Color/ Sex/ Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/ Religion/ National Origin/ Disability/ Vets).
To review Serco benefits please visit: https://www.serco.com/na/careers/benefits-of-choosing-serco .
If you require an accommodation with the application process please email: careers@serco-na.com or call the HR Service Desk at 800-628-6458, option 1. Please note, due to EEOC/OFCCP compliance, Serco is unable to accept resumes by email.
Serco does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies without being a contracted approved vendor. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Serco and will not be obligated to pay a placement or contract fee. If you are interested in becoming an approved vendor at Serco, please email Agencies@serco-na.com .
COVID-19 Regulations: Serco complies with all applicable COVID-19 requirements. This may require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, provide attestations regarding vaccination status and/or COVID-19 testing, or satisfy other conditions of employment that Serco deems appropriate, and employees may be required to show proof of vaccination and/or negative COVID-19 test results as a condition of employment (except in limited circumstances where an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation).
Click here to apply now (https://careers-sercona.icims.com/jobs/49802/software-configuration-manager/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in_iframe=1&hashed=-1834477830)
Refer a friend for this job
New to Serco?
Join our Talent Community! (https://talent.serco-na.com/talentcommunity/signup)
ID 49802
Recruiting Location : Location US-CA-San Diego
Category Engineering
Position Type Full-Time
Security Clearance Secret
Telework Yes - May Consider Occasional/Part Time Teleworking for this position
