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Senior Software Engineer - Agile Product Owner

Collins Aerospace Sterling, VA

Sterling, VA

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$96k - $182k/yr Full time Senior Product Management Product Owner

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Job Description

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Software Engineer and Agile Product Owner to support onsite product delivery in Sterling, Virginia. This role will help design and develop integrated simulation and training solutions while taking ownership of Agile execution, backlog refinement, and alignment to PI objectives.

Role Overview

In this position, you will serve as the Agile Product Owner for a software engineering team, focusing on refining and maintaining the team backlog and validating delivery against planned outcomes. The work involves integrating simulation and training capabilities and incorporating non-functional requirements such as security, performance, and compliance into actionable user stories.

Responsibilities

Own and refine the team backlog, writing actionable user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
Partner with Product Management to break down features and align team delivery with PI objectives.
Provide daily clarification to the team, make scope decisions, and validate completed work.
Ensure non-functional requirements including security, performance, and compliance are incorporated into stories.
Participate in PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt to support continuous improvement.
Use flow metrics and team performance data to improve predictability and value delivery.

Required Qualifications

Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CI/CD Pipelines.
Experience with tools including GitLab, Jira, Confluence, Coverity, Nexus, Artifactory, and Splunk.
Experience with automation frameworks such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, etc.
Experience with server-side scripting languages including Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
Experience with virtual environments such as VMware, Proxmox, etc.
Experience with continuous integration for real-time testing and diagnostics within a virtualized environment.
Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance required prior to start date.
Typically requires a STEM degree and minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
Agile Product Owner experience with a hands-on software engineering background and broad proficiency across modern development languages and tools.
Ability to guide Agile teams, manage team-level backlogs, and translate business needs into clear technical requirements.
U.S. citizenship required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years in software/product/technology roles, including 3+ years as a Product Owner in Agile environments.
Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum practices and backlog management.
Excellent communication skills to connect business goals with technical delivery.
Experience in application development and integration within one or more IaaS/PaaS environments (Red Hat OpenShift, VMware, OpenStack).
Experience refactoring legacy systems for cloud or virtual environments.
SAFe POPM certification.

Technologies

Ada, Java
CI/CD Pipelines, GitLab, Jira, Confluence, Coverity, Nexus, Artifactory, Splunk
Ansible, Terraform, Puppet
Python, Bash, PowerShell
VMware, Proxmox
PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt

Learning Focus

Working in a team environment
Experience working on disciplined engineering challenges and tasks
Developing Fire Support C2 software in Ada and Java
Leading people

Compensation

USD 95,500 - 181,700 per year

Location and Work Model

Onsite role based in Sterling, VA, United States of America (US-VA-STERLING-291 ~ 22640 Davis Dr ~ DAVIS). Onsite employees work primarily onsite, including production and maintenance employees essential to product development.

Security Clearance Requirements

Clearance type: Secret
Clearance status: Active and existing security clearance required on day 1
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance required prior to start date
U.S. citizenship required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
Generous 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
Tuition reimbursement program
Student Loan Repayment Program
Life insurance and disability coverage
Optional coverages you can buy including pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, and ID theft protection
Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits
Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
Adoption Assistance
Autism Benefit
Employee Assistance Plan including up to 10 free counseling sessions
Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
May be eligible for relocation

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