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Southwest Research Institute

<div><div><h5 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Who We Are:
</b></h5><p>Join the Defense and Intelligence Solutions Division as a Software Engineering Section Manager, leading top software developers providing solutions for next generation signal intelligence systems that span various customers and requirements across Air, Land, and Sea platforms. Lead, manage, and mentor software development staff, as well as driving innovation through new technologies, frameworks, and architectures.</p>
<h5 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Objectives of this Role:
</b></h5><ul><li>Manage and mentor software developers, supporting the staff to build and maintain their technical expertise and long-term careers.</li><li>
Mentor and assist software staff on task break down, estimations and management.</li><li>
Develop strong Customer business relationships to help build programs, understanding Customer mission needs and developing the right technological solutions to meet the needs.</li><li>
Assist with proposal development, requirements refinement, estimations, and technical approaches.</li><li>
Utilize your hands on experience with software languages, software development design practices, and software management tools, such as continuous integration tools, to provide direct software management support to programs.</li><li>
Mentoring staff on effective use of task tracking.</li><li>
Effective verbal and written communication with onsite and remote staff, and customers, regarding technical solutions and questions, documenting procedures and implementation processes to meet Customer mission and Division needs.</li><li>
Excels at adjusting communication for audience.</li><li>
Write and conduct high quality performance reviews, assist in recruiting and interviewing software development staff to expand the software business areas.</li><li>
Help the department with resource planning for current and future work for software needs across the division.</li></ul>
<h5 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:
</b></h5><ul><li>Provide line level management for software developers, to include mentoring, coordinating program tasking, guiding career development, conducting performance reviews, monthly touch point, and other responsibilities in line with company personnel policies and procedures.</li><li>
Expand software development staff teams through active staff recruiting, interviewing, and hiring activities.</li><li>
Assist with Department and Divisional resource planning and management, for current and future work.</li><li>
Effectively lead department and division boards and committees.</li><li>
Lead quality requirements development, assist in thorough software designs, conduct analysis of alternatives, and assist in identifying and managing technical debt.</li><li>
Oversee and create accurate software schedules to support the on time delivery of software solutions.</li><li>
Work with peers to establish and continuously mature software development standards and practices in line with evolving industry standards to maintain relevancies in the software development field.</li><li>
Support innovative thinking and internal research and development projects.</li><li>
Support business opportunities and support proposing new work across the organization&rsquo;s areas of expertise and in line with its strategic goals.</li><li>
Support proposals from a software development standpoint, to include writing the technical volumes and providing accurate estimations.</li></ul>
<h5 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Requirements:
</b></h5><ul><li>Requires a Bachelors or a Masters degree in Software Engineering, Software Development, Software Management, Engineering Management or directly related degree field with related experience.</li><li>
PMP, Scrum Master, Agile Certified, Leadership or other Management certificates preferred.</li><li>
10 years: Leading software engineering teams, conducting performance reviews, and career development of direct reports. Experience with the end to end software lifecycle is required. Past experience doing software design, development, proactively researching new tech is highly desired.</li><li>
Intermediate to advance user of Microsoft Tools, to include Project Online. Have used and familiar with CI/CD pipelines and associated tools such at Gitlab and Teamcity is highly desired.</li><li>
Strong at development materials for presentation and presenting.</li><li>
Excellent verbal and written communication and listening skills to support technical and management responsibilities is required. Detailed oriented, pro-active, self-directed, organized, and the ability to multi-task is required.</li><li>
Skilled at conflict resolution and negotiation.</li><li>
Assisting with proposals, both writing and estimates for software development solutions.</li><li>
Skilled technical writer and reviewer of documentation, architectures, frameworks and designs.</li><li>
Familiar with CMMI and other software quality standards is highly desired.</li><li>
A valid/clear driver's license is required</li></ul>
</div><h5 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Special Requirements:
</b></h5><p>Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen.</p></div><p></p>
<br>An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and veteran status.

MANAGER-R&D - Section Manager for Software Developer Staff

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MANAGER-R&D - Section Manager for Software Developer Staff