Overview:
Apogee is seeking a Software Development Manager supporting the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Technology at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. This work is located on-site and provides technical expertise of the software acquisition lifecycle. This position serves as a key authority within specialized program management offices. This role is responsible for orchestrating and managing the total lifecycle of software assets across the agency, from procurement to retirement. This individual provides critical analysis, strategic recommendations, and hands-on support to ensure a cohesive, compliant, and efficient agency-wide approach to software acquisition and management, enabling government leadership to make informed investment and strategy decisions. Work at this level involves a wide range of complex assignments and non-routine situations that require extensive knowledge in the specialty discipline.
This is a full-time position located on-site at a government facility in Fort Belvoir, VA.
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Responsibilities:
- Assist System Program Office leadership in carrying out the operation and maintenance of Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit (CJMTK)
- Attend meetings or discussions with or on the behalf of the system program office government personnel and designated points of contact applicable to contractor support
- Support the government team lead by attending, hosting, and/or facilitating meetings to assess programmatic and technical issues within the overall CJMTK product lifecycle
- Gather information, provide analysis, expertise, options, recommendations, or ideas to system program office leadership in the form of memorandums, briefings, design documents, or other artifacts to address issues or concerns
- In the course of assessment, collaborate with required NGA offices and/or external agencies to contribute to issues resolution and to provide recommendations to TASPO leadership
- Support the government team by recommending action items and tracking action items
- Participate in the preparations for all Senior Management Reviews to which the system program office provides input, as required, related to contractor support
- Provide lifecycle program management support to system program office
- Advise on the cost, schedule, and performance of the Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit (CJMTK) program lifecycle, managing enterprise geospatial software licenses, community engagement, and forecasting future community requirements
- Support NGA's engagement and represent agency equities within the Distributed Common Ground/Surface Systems (DCGS) and Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) enterprise governance processes
Qualifications:
Minimum Experience:
Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a TS/SCI level clearance with Counter-Intelligence Polygraph (within last 5 years or within 90 days of hire)
Education/Years of Experience: MS/MA, computer science, software engineering, software architecture, AI/ML, Cybersecurity or related field
- At least 10 years of relevant experience, compliant with GSA standards
- Demonstrated experience in managing the software acquisition lifecycle for DoD or IC programs
- Knowledge of federal acquisition regulations, including the FAR, DFAR, and agency-specific implementations like the NARI
- Demonstrated experience with software asset management (SAM) principles, processes, and tools
- Proficiency in using government financial management and acquisition systems to process purchase actions and funding documents
Preferred Qualifications:
Certifications: Professional Software Engineering Master Certification (PSEM), AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Developer; Certified ScrumMaster (CSM); CompTIA Security+ or CISSP
Education: Masters+
Years of Experience:
- Experience in project and program management.
- Experience with Military, Department of Defense, or NGA acquisition.
- Experience or working knowledge of containerized computer applications (for example: Kubernetes)
- Direct experience with the NGA requirements process and acquiring IT infrastructure services.
- Ability to perform assigned duties and learn federal acquisition procedures with general supervision.
Additional Information
Location: Fort Belvoir, VA (on-site at government facility)
On-site/Hybrid/Remote: On-site
Travel: 10%