Space Force - Enterprise Services Product Owner

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree, plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

Role and Position Objectives

As the Enterprise Services Team Product Owner for the SDA GMI program, you will be responsible for managing the one of the Enterprise Servies teams that is responsible for developing and deploying state-of-the-art ground satellite operational systems.

Multiple Enterprise Services teams are collectively responsible for developing a Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution, integrating Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) components, developing common mission services and applications, supporting application development teams to onboard mission capabilities, and managing multiple deployments to support development, integration and testing, and operations environments. Your role is to work within the overall Enterprise Services organization, manage the team and coordinate and collaborate with the others and multiple stakeholders. COTS and FOSS components to integrate include a variety of AWS services as well as Kubernetes, Confluent Platform (Kafka), Redis, Redhat IPA, Windows AD, Keycloak, cybersecurity tools (e.g., ACAS/Nessus, Anchore, Splunk), and developer support tools (e.g., GitLab, Atlassian suite, and Nexus artifact repository). The team is actively enhancing the architecture to fully support cloud native AWS services.

Your key responsibilities include:

Vision & Strategy

• Define and communicate the product vision and roadmap to SDA and internal team stakeholders
• Align product goals with business objectives and SDA customer needs
• Prioritize features and capabilities based on business value and satellite operations needs

Backlog Management

• Create, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog, coordinating with the scrum master, Enterprise Services Development Lead, and other stakeholders
• Write clear and concise user stories and acceptance criteria
• Ensure the backlog is visible, transparent, and understood by all team members
• Refine backlog items regularly ( grooming sessions )

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Act as the primary liaison between SDA and internal team stakeholders and the development team
• Gather and analyze stakeholder feedback and requirements
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communications

Acceptance & Delivery

• Review and accept completed work from the development team
• Ensure delivered features meet definition of done and acceptance criteria
• Validate that solutions meet customer and business needs

Decision Making

• Make timely decisions on scope, priorities, and trade-offs
• Balance technical constraints with business needs
• Define release criteria and manage release planning

Agile Ceremonies

• Actively participate in Sprint Planning, Reviews, and Retrospectives
• Collaborate closely with the Scrum Master and development team
• Provide continuous feedback and clarification throughout sprints

We encourage you to apply if you have any of these skills or experiences:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: {consider altering or adding to the required and preferred annotations based on the team}

• Strong written and oral communications skills (required)
• Jira task tracking (required)
• Confluence content creation (required)
• Knowledge of DevSecOps platforms, tools, and processes (e.g., GitLab) (required)
• Knowledge of AWS cloud technologies (required)
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes (preferred)
• Knowledge of full-stack development technologies (e.g., Java, Python, Web, Databases, Kafka, React, etc.) (preferred)
• Knowledge of cybersecurity tools and processes (e.g., Nessus, Anchore, ClamAV, etc.) (preferred)
• Knowledge of DoD security compliance standards and processes (preferred)
• Familiarity with platform as a service implementations, such as Space Force Platform One (preferred)

What sets you apart:

• Collaborative team player with the ability to provide technical leadership and position others for success
• Strong presentation and communications skills with experience in the art of negotiation and the ability to meet challenging customer requirements with win-win solutions
• Commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others
• Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation

Workplace Options:

This position is fully on-site, OR Hybrid/Flex

While on-site, you will be a part of the Scottsdale location facility

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Salary Note

This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.

Combined Salary Range

USD $112,924.00 - USD $125,275.00 /Yr.

Company Overview

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans