Chief Software Engineer full_time

This position is for a Chief Software Engineer in either Aurora, CO or King of Prussia, PA.  In this role, you will be responsible for technical direction and oversight, up to and including the requirement decomposition into features and epics for development.  You will be in a key role to define the “what” aspects of what the system will do.  This responsibility is expected to evolve over the course of a program and includes fostering customer intimacy to ensure full understanding of the customer’s needs and then working with the chief architect to realize that vision.

We are looking for someone who is customer mission focused and passionate about providing technical leadership in software architecture and design of complex government system. Additionally, you should have the ability to perform requirements analysis, develop system CONOPs for enterprise level systems, create and maintain interface definition APIs, perform software design tasks, lead integration activities, and perform verification of systems across multiple programs. This candidate will be joining our team of distributed engineers to help shape the development and delivery of custom applications and advanced R&D solutions for our customers. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to grow and hone your skills with other talented members at Stratagem. 

 Company Overview

At Stratagem, we create advanced software solutions to support critical aspects of national security. We are solving highly complex problems with a team of fun, uniquely talented engineers that deliver capabilities to make a lasting impact.

Stratagem is a boutique software technology company that delivers customized operational solutions and performs advanced R&D for the DoD and Intelligence Community. We believe in a culture of innovation, fun, empowerment, and family. We want you to learn new skills so you can become more fulfilled in both your personal and professional life.
 

Stratagem is hiring exceptional individuals to join our growing team. We look for candidates that are thoughtful and team-oriented with excellent problem-solving skills, a high level of creativity, and the ability to quickly learn new technologies. We also seek out individuals that are clear communicators and support their teammates with a sense of positivity and open-mindedness. 

Stratagem is an operating subsidiary of the ARKA Group, L.P., a Blackstone Group portfolio company focused in the National Security Space sector.

Salary Information

The annual salary range for this role is $160,000 to $200,000; however, Stratagem considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.

Requirements

Our ideal candidate is proficient technical leader that has previous experience with government mission systems and is passionate about providing technical leadership to a team of software and system engineers.   You should possess deep knowledge of the system engineering “V” and apply that to government programs, the ability to create system architecture definitions, and perform trade analysis.   You will leverage forward-leaning system design and integration concepts across multiple programs to enable system reuse, expedite system delivery schedules, and clearly communicate technical status to program leadership. This candidate will be joining our team of engineers to shape the development and delivery of custom applications and advanced R&D solutions for our customers. 

As Chief Engineer, your responsibilities include:

• Leading engineering teams in all aspects of program development in order to achieve program and technical success through the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Continuously apply technical knowledge to determine and set technical objectives to analyze, investigate, and resolve advanced engineering problems
• Chairing all engineering boards on program
• Evaluating the integration of the engineering solution development, documentation, and deployment to ensure compliance with program statement of work in terms of content and schedule
• Communicating engineering status, risks or issues involving system performance, availability, or security to program leadership and the customer
• Holding technical exchange meetings with government customer to brief engineering design for government review and approval mechanisms.

Required Skills

• You have an active TS/SCI clearance with SSBI
• Prior experience as a Chief Engineer, Associate Chief Engineer, or proven track record of providing technical leadership for teams throughout the whole software development lifecycle and transitioning capabilities into a classified government operational environment
• Effective cross-organizational communicator with the ability to work well on a small team in a fast-paced environment that includes the ability to multi-task across efforts and still ensure program milestones and deadlines are met
• Proven track record of leading agile software and systems engineering efforts across the entire lifecycle including operational analysis, requirements generation, design, configuration and integration, testing, requirement verification and demonstration with the end user and customer
• Has the ability to perform in depth system engineering activities and then translate those into actionable software development concepts
• Proven track record of successfully deploying new capabilities into a classified government operational environment
• Proven track record of supporting and coordinating factory test support of Enterprise Test activities and delivery of complex gov’t systems: Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), Site Acceptance Test (SAT), Enterprise Integration Test (EIT)
• Experience chairing various engineering review boards: Engineering Review Board (ERB), Discrepancy Review Board (DRB), Risk & Opportunity Management Board (ROMB)
• Demonstrated experience working projects across dispersed organizations and geographical locations
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills and engagement with virtual teams 

Desired Skills (bonus points)

• Demonstrated business acumen and ability to balance technical requirements with business needs
• Familiarity with software development in AWS, AZURE or a similar cloud and architecture concepts that dedicate those system designs and architecture
• Familiarity with cloud services for a Kubernetes software deployment and management solution, virtual machine management, object management, serverless function management, etc.
• Experience in software application deployment, virtualization, and containerization
• Experience with any of the following concepts:

• Satellite communication planning for both individual satellite scenarios and constellations
• SIGINT and GEOINT data processing
• Satellite command and control / C2
• Satellite tasking for GEOINT / SIGINT collection concepts
• Advanced mission planning for satellite base operations and payload operation / integration layers

The Stratagem Group, LLC is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

Employment with Stratagem is contingent upon satisfactory completion of several pre-employment requirements to include a credit check, background check, and drug screen.