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Riverside Research is seeking an Enterprise IT Product Owner to assist in developing strategy, managing Agile product development, drafting policy, creating process, and implementing actions to modernize the National Air & Space Intelligence Center’s (NASIC) hardware and software infrastructure at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.  This position will be part of a team of four providing support to the NASIC IT Modernization program.  Candidates must be technically proficient and capable of devising and managing practical and sustainable solutions.

• Provide technical leadership and advice to the vision, design, and oversight of complex Agile managed projects, spanning hardware and software solutions
• Using Agile methodologies, develop, implement, monitor, and close out project plans, backlogs, and sprints for IT development efforts
• Collaborate with enterprise IT architects, customers, developers, and other stakeholders to develop new enterprise level software services/technologies both on-prem and off-prem in the commercial cloud
• Provide technical analysis of enterprise issues and processes and propose solutions
• Develop and communicate product vision and goals
• Produce communication materials (schedules, briefings, etc.) to keep stakeholders apprised of product progress and roadblocks
• Advise government customer in the prioritization of activities
• Participate in planning activities such as release planning sessions and technical proposal reviews
• Assist in the creation and review of use cases, backlogs, technical documentation, project trajectories, and goals
• Other duties as assigned

• Current Top-Secret clearance with SCI adjudication
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, computer programming, IT or related technical field
• 11+ years of experience spanning IT project management, IT systems operations,product ownership, and/or software development
• Understanding of Agile software development concepts
• Strong communication, organization, and analytical skills
• Self-motivated, independent, detail oriented, responsible team player

Desired Qualifications

• Understanding of micro-services, IaaS, PaaS, system visualization, and/or cloud-native capabilities/designs
• Understanding of multiple software programming languages
• Experience as part of an agile software development project/program
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve enterprise level technical problems
• Experience with DevSecOps and/or cross domain solutions
• Experience with intelligence production
• Understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, data bases, Python, Istio, Helm, GitLab, Elastic, Tableau, Confluence, Jira and/or other related technologies
• Professional certifications in agile software development (e.g. Scrum Product Owner, etc.)
• Professional certifications in systems engineering, IT, and/or project/program management (e.g. ITIL, PMP, DAU, etc.)
• Experience with needs documentation (e.g. CONOPs, use cases, requirements, backlogs)
• Master’s degree in computer science, IT, engineering, or related technical field
• IT Service Management experience
• Familiarity with NIST RMF

This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.

 
Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring.  Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees.
Riverside bases its employment decisions solely on technical experience, qualifications and other job-related criteria related to our organizational purpose as a not-for-profit company, and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran’s status or any other status legally protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.