Senior Product Owner

Support mission software delivery for DIA-NDOC under the DTP contract as a TS/SCI-cleared Senior Product Owner responsible for translating roadmap priorities into executable engineering work.

Responsibilities

• Manage, direct, coordinate, and provide technical direction for research, development, integration, deployment, and sustainment of NDOC mission applications
• Own an assigned portion of the task order product portfolio, managing relationships and dependencies across applications and teams
• Lead end-to-end feature work: requirements analysis, solution design, implementation planning, integration, test, sustainment, documentation, deployment, and system assessment
• Develop, prioritize, and continually improve the Agile team backlog
• Translate complex mission requirements into actionable features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, demonstrations, retrospectives, and dependency discussions
• Manage delivery risks, escalate impediments, and maintain visibility into delivery commitments and stakeholder expectations
• Ensure engineering, security, testing, and DevOps practices are consistently followed
• Communicate technical and programmatic status to Government and contractor stakeholders
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers and support technical and professional growth

Requirements

• Master’s degree or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field
• Experience level: 10+ years with a master’s degree or 12+ years with a bachelor’s degree
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with CI polygraph
• Experience as a Technical Product Owner, Development Team Lead, Systems Engineer, or similar leadership role within an Agile software-development team
• Ability to break complex problems into actionable steps
• Experience managing and prioritizing product backlogs
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies
• Experience with GitLab, Jira, and Confluence
• Experience facilitating Agile team ceremonies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to lead cross-functional coordination among engineering, design, security, testing, operations, and project-management teams
• Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholder expectations and relationships

Technologies

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

Benefits

• Generous PTO plus 11 Federal Holidays
• Retirement Planning: 401k Fully Vested with match
• Annual Health and Wellness Allowance: buy an Apple Watch, a treadmill, or hit the gym on us
• Career Development: annual funds for education and training
• 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 through the Living Our Values awards program

Work Location and Schedule

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

Desired Skills

• Development or scripting experience with Java, Python, or .NET
• Experience developing microservices and deploying with Docker and Kubernetes
• CI/CD experience with 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 identifying technical debt and systemic improvement opportunities
• Knowledge of authentication, authorization, secrets management, and data protection
• Experience with PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Keycloak, or cloud infrastructure