Product Owner

The Product Owner will lead an Agile application team delivering mission software capabilities for DIA-NDOC priorities under the DTP contract. This role partners with Government leads and engineering leadership to translate roadmap direction into planned, delivered increments while managing dependencies and delivery risks.

Role Overview

Serve as the product owner and technical direction lead for research, development, integration, deployment, and sustainment of NDOC mission applications. Oversee backlog management and execution planning, including decomposition of roadmap requirements into sprint-ready work and facilitation of Agile ceremonies. Communicate priorities, status, risks, and delivered value to Government and contractor stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage, direct, coordinate, and provide technical direction for research, development, integration, deployment, and sustainment of NDOC mission applications.
• Plan and oversee implementation of tools supporting a high-throughput data pipeline focused on data enhancement and discoverability.
• Support requirements analysis, solution design, implementation planning, integration, test, documentation, deployment, sustainment, and system assessment.
• Own and prioritize the team’s product backlog and maintain relationships across applications and task-order teams.
• Decompose roadmap requirements into epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and sprint-ready work.
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily scrums, sprint reviews and demonstrations, and retrospectives.
• Manage delivery risks, escalate impediments, and coordinate dependencies across engineering, design, testing, security, operations, and project-management teams.
• Ensure sound engineering and testing practices are followed.
• Communicate priorities, status, risks, and delivered value to Government and contractor stakeholders.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across the team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field with eight or more years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with six or more years of relevant experience.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, with ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with CI polygraph.
• Experience as a Product Owner, Team Lead, Scrum Master, or similar leader on a software-development team.
• Demonstrated ability to break complex problems into actionable steps.
• Experience managing and prioritizing product backlogs.
• Strong understanding of Agile methods and experience using GitLab, Jira, and Confluence.
• Experience facilitating Agile team ceremonies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work across engineering, design, testing, and project-management teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage expectations and relationships with Government and contractor stakeholders.

Technology Stack

• GitLab, Jira, Confluence
• Java, Python, .NET
• Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins
• PostgreSQL, GraphQL
• Kafka, RabbitMQ, Keycloak

Desired Skills

• Development or scripting experience with Java, Python, or .NET.
• Experience developing microservices and deploying with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab or Jenkins.
• Strong automated-testing discipline.
• Knowledge of NDOC or former NMEC applications such as Storefront or Harmony.
• Experience with digital forensics, multimedia enrichment, image processing, or AI-driven processing systems.
• Experience managing technical debt and systemic process improvements.
• Knowledge of authentication, authorization, secrets management, and data protection.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Keycloak, or cloud infrastructure.

Work Location and Schedule

• Most work is performed onsite at the customer location in Bethesda, MD.
• A flexible schedule and occasional remote work may be available based on customer requirements and deliverables.

Security Clearance Required

An active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required, including the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with CI polygraph.

Compensation

• Salary range: USD 110,000 - 225,000 per yearly (anticipated).
• Salary is commensurate with education and years of experience.
• Additional factors include responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, security clearance, internal equity, applicable market data, contractual labor-category requirements, applicable bargaining agreements, and other applicable laws or requirements.

Benefits

• Generous PTO plus 11 Federal Holidays
• Retirement Planning: 401k Fully Vested with Match
• Annual Health and Wellness Allowance
• Career Development: Annual Funds for Education and Training, including AI subscriptions
• Volunteer Time Off: 8 hours annually to support a charity of choice
• Charitable Match: ABSC matches an employee’s donation to a qualifying charity
• Referral Program: pay for internal and external referrals
• LOV Awards: bonus awards throughout the year from the Living Our Values awards program

About ABSC

ABSC is a technology and services company combining the agility of a small business with proven processes refined over more than two decades. ABSC supports public sector clients in the Intelligence, Defense, Health, and Safety areas, and works to advance federal government innovation, agility, and security across mission areas.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ABSC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.