4354 Product Owner

OVERVIEW:

We are seeking a Product Owner to join our team. This role will focus on developing and delivering new capabilities, supporting existing infrastructure and systems, and ensuring alignment with customer requirements. As a Product Owner, you will play a key role in managing and optimizing product development processes in an Agile environment, including backlog management, sprint planning, and stakeholder communications.

GENERAL DUTIES:

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as the main point of contact between stakeholders and Agile teams, translating business needs into actionable product requirements.
• Requirements Management: Develop and define product requirements as Epics, Features, and User Stories. Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business and technical requirements.
• Agile Team Leadership: Lead and support the scrum team in defining and delivering features. Manage the product backlog, prioritize items, and ensure the team stays focused on high-value work.
• Backlog and Sprint Planning: Lead backlog management, including prioritizing tasks, preparing for sprint planning, and refining user stories. Facilitate meetings to ensure alignment on goals and deliverables.
• Process Improvement: Continuously assess and improve product development processes. Coordinate across business and technical teams to ensure timely access to information and resources.
• Product Communication: Keep stakeholders informed of product progress and adjustments. Ensure that the development team has the resources and information needed to meet sprint objectives.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for system or process improvements and lead efforts to optimize performance and functionality.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience related to specific functional area.
• Certifications: Active certifications for both IAT Level II (e.g. CompTIA Security+) and Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) Infrastructure Support (e.g. CompTIA Cloud+) by program onboarding date.
• The following individual certifications cover both certification requirements for this program: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst, CySA+; EC-Council Certified Network Defender (CND); GlAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional, GICSP; (ISC)2 System Security Certified Practitioner (SCCP).
• Hands-on experience and knowledge with the following:
• Minimum of three years of experience capturing and writing User Stories.
• Minimum of three years of experience in a system engineering or software application environment.
• Experience working in SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) or Agile/Iterative software development methodology including Scrum environment
• Working knowledge of product development architecture
• Proficiency in the use of analytic tools
• Ability to prioritize effectively
• Excellent knowledge of user-centered design principals
• Ability to work with large teams
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Demonstrated technical writing.
• Ability to communicate complex technical topics to management and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work independently and interact regularly with government and on-government stakeholders at multiple levels of authority.
• Must demonstrate strong teamwork, communication (both verbal and written), and presentation skills.
• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Agile development experience
• Understanding of Agile development tools (Jira, Confluence, etc)
• AWS or other Cloud certifications
• Linux Systems administration or Systems Engineering experience
• Experience supporting full lifecyle A&A process for classified DoD or IC infrastructure and application service delivery.

CLEARANCE:

• Top Secret minimum