Job Description:
Igniters operate in the world’s most demanding environment. Igniters are self-motivated, mission-driven, and relentless in solving the Warfighters’ hardest problems. We move fast, think differently, and execute with precision to tackle high-stakes challenges across AI/ML, space and missile defense intelligence, EMSO, advanced analytics, and programmatic domains. As an employee-owned SDVOSB headquartered in Huntsville, AL, our team delivers mission-critical impact for the Army, Air Force, Space Force, MDA, NASA, DIA, and FBI.
Ignite exists to outpace the threat and deliver results that matter in the moments that count.
The Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Engagement Operations Team Product Owner (PO) will work as a member of
the Army Program Acquisition Executive Fires (PEO Fires) Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Project
Office. The PO will be responsible for the Prioritization and validation of the development software for the
Engagement team. The position will include reviewing and understanding Systems Engineering concepts, designs,
and algorithms and providing guidance to the development team. The product owner will work with Program
management in setting priorities for the capabilities and defects of the team for each product increment and sprint.
The position will include technical briefings and advisement to leadership on the status and recommended courses of
action, competing capabilities, performance, risks, and impacts on the IFMC mission.
Basic Qualifications:
The candidate must have a basic understanding of Engagement Operations (EO) concepts including engagement
planning/scheduling, threat evaluation, target selection, battlespace prediction, and sensor resource management. The
candidate must have the ability to provide oversight to an EO SW development team and verify the team's work based
on agreed-upon acceptance criteria, including attending code reviews. The candidate must be able to work directly
with the Agile software developers.
The candidate must:
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Be fluent in the Microsoft Office toolset
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Be a US citizen
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Have a bachelor’s degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering,
the sciences, or mathematics
- Have a minimum of 10 years combined Government/DoD experience in performing the essential duties listed
above
Other Qualifications:
An additional plus is knowledge in IBCS, PATRIOT, MEADS, THAAD, C2BMC, or AEGIS and familiarity with
current EO implementations in one or more of the DoD services. Prior Product Owner experience on a SCRUM team
is a plus.
Security Requirements:
Candidate must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance or higher.
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