As a hands-on Software Engineering Team Lead, you will be responsible for managing the cost and schedule performance of one or more software engineering projects in accordance with contract requirements. Working with a technical subject matter expert (SME), you will plan, monitor, and drive a small to medium sized software development team through all phases of software development to achieve project milestones and deliverables.

Essential Functions:

Manage the software development performance against the plan, and to estimate future performance.
Responsible for managing and reporting this progress information to Engineering Management to inform and solicit help to keep the program on track and to look for opportunities to exceed expectations wherever possible.
This is an excellent opportunity to impact software engineering programs while working closely with technical leads in software, systems, and across engineering disciplines in the Secure Communications and Information Assurance (IA) domain.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree (Engineering, Computer Science, Math, or Physics)
5+ years relevant work experience as a software developer in C\C++
2+ years project management experience, leading software development teams of 3 or more engineers
Responsibility to project stakeholders for delivering a software project’s objectives within scope, schedule, cost, and quality
Identifying, monitoring, and appropriately managing project Risk and Opportunities
Strong leadership, organizational, and skills including risk management, project scheduling
Present project execution status to internal leadership and external customers
Must have an ACTIVE US security clearance at Secret level

Preferred Additional Skills:

Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM)
Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS) planning, monitoring and reporting
Advanced Degree in engineering, technology management or business administration
Experience in the Information Assurance (IA) or Cyber Security domain is a plus
Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project or Primavera
Experience with Waterfall and Agile development methodologies and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
Development of proposals and Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for software components
Knowledge and experience of different contract types including Cost Plus (Incentive Fee, Award Fee and Fixed Fee), Time & Material (T&M), and Firm Fixed Price (FFP) efforts
Security Clearance Required: No
Visa Candidate Considered: No