Agile Methods Management Researcher
Agile Methods Management Researcher
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$ 86300 - 164000
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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
The Cloud Technology Advancement Department within the Cyber Modeling and Simulation (CMS) Division of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University is seeking energetic highly motivated and technically sound Agile Methods Managers & Researchers with excellent interpersonal skills to assist in building strong client relationships.
We are seeking broad thinkers with the experience to drive highly technical and strategic discussions that support Cloud Technology Advancement and Technology Adoption research for the DoD 4th estate and IC communities.
Located onsite in State College PA
ARL is an authorized DoD Skillbridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.
You will:
- Leverage agile best practices to ensure that all projects can follow the agile methodology to achieve greater results
- Support Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment as a way to help build quality security and regulatory compliance
- Support the delivery and updates of software quickly to meet changing requirements without compromising on quality or stability
- Integrate security into the full DevOps pipeline so that security requirements are baked into systems
- Improve software delivery and quality a culture of innovation servicelevel goals and indicators (SLOs and SLIs) collaboration across teams and automation across all DevSecOps concepts shared with agile principles
- Facilitate communication between development operations and security teams
This can be filled at multiple levels depending upon the successful candidates competencies education and experience. Typically requires a Bachelors degree in a Engineering or Science discipline plus two years of related experience at the Intermediate Level. Additional experience and/or education and competencies are required for higher level jobs.
Required skills/experience areas include:
- Broad knowledge of management technologies and solutions Cloud DevSecOps and the ability to leverage that knowledge in solution implementation projects
- Highly Skilled in business visualization tools e.g. Microsoft office suite of software including PowerPoint Excel Power BI and others.
- Direct technical experience and or certifications with Agile Management systems (e.g. Jira Confluence GitLab Azure AWS)
- Ability to research and document the outcomes of OEM and Vendor interactions with the solutions architecture team
- Ability to edit and create supporting documentation related to Agile solution development activities
- Ability to research and visually map processes and procedures used in the Agile Value stream of a solutions development team
- Ability to represent successful completion of work in Agile Management systems (e.g. Jira Confluence GitLab Azure AWS)
- The ability to dynamically prioritize tasks using an agile system (e.g. SAFe Scrum Kanban)
- Organized with attention to detail and accuracy
- Active Agile management certification / training (e.g. SAFe PMIACP PMP)
- Minimum DoD 8570 IAT II Baseline Certification (e.g. Securityce GSEC SSCP) within 6 months of hire
- DoD 8570 IAT II Computing Environment training or certification (CNCF AWS o365 Azure Rancher GitLab Puppet Atlassian etc. within 6 months of hire
Preferred skills/experience areas include:
- Knowledge of Cloud networking deployment (e.g. Software defined networking Ingress Egress Service Meshes)
- Knowledge of Software Development experience in Python Java C
- Knowledge of Legacy Platform management methods and processes e.g. WSUS YUM SCCM
- Understanding of security concepts best practices and how to apply them such as Secure Shell public key encryption access credentials certificates TLS and data encryption to include Department of Defense and Intelligence Community security policies/processes
- Managing solution success source code dependencies and artifacts with and agile lifecycle management tool (e.g. Atlassian Gitlab)
- Knowledge of Cloud Native Platform management e.g. CNCF Docker Kubernetes and micro services architecture
- Proficiency with financial management systems e.g. Propricer SIMBA and Concur
- Experience with researching and documenting methods and processes for business systems or software efforts in a DoD 4th estate or IC context
- Ability to identify and research disparate teams of OEMs Value Added Resellers Vendors and sponsor directed contractors in an agile manner
- Ability to bridge OEM Internal and Sponsor process impediments under pressure
- Ability to take responsibility and accountability of team outcomes
- Solution & Systems architecture design discovery and validation
- Scaled Agile Team leadership of geographical dispersed teams and value streams
- US Military Veterans & US Military Reservists
- Active DoD Secret clearance Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance
- For higher levels: Willingness to obtain DoD 8140 / 8570 IAT III or IASAE II Baseline (CISSP / CASP) and Computing Cloud Related Environment certification (Azure AWS CNCF Rancher VMware)
Employee may be required to travel in support of distant end solutions installations or break fix actions if they cannot be accomplished remotely. Such travel may be with limited (less than 3 days) notice.
Travel Includes but is not limited to: Europe Asia and other OCONUS / CONUS locations as required
Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation. You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply. Employment with the ARL will require successful completion of a preemployment drug screen.
ARL is committed to diversity equity and inclusion; we believe this is central to our success as a Department of Defense designated University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). We are at our best when we draw on the talents of all parts of society and our greatest accomplishments are achieved when diverse perspectives are part of our workforce.
The salary range for this position including all possible grades is:
$86300.00 $164000.00Salary Structure additional information on Penn States job and salary structure.
CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS:
Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988 Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security such as those concerning alcohol and drug use crime prevention the reporting of crimes sexual and other matters. The ASR is available for review here.
Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
