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Senior Software Engineer, Sunflower Application Support Team Lead

The role involves providing expert technical advice on complex projects and leading business process improvement efforts across stakeholder organizations. You will also establish governance structures, performance metrics, and mentor technical staff while managing contractor teams to meet project milestones.

Maryland, United StatesonsiteFULL_TIME

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About the role

What will you do at ASM Research?

Provides technical advice on projects or tasks that are highly complex. Applies

expertise to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans.

Performs highly specialized technical tasks associated with cutting-edge

technologies. Known as a Subject Matter Expert in the technical field or area.

* Works with user groups to solve business problems with available technology

including hardware, software, databases, and peripherals.

* Develops and implements processes that enable agile teaming to maximize

talent utilization across the customer organization.

* In depth understanding of emerging IT technologies in order to create

directorate level business processes.

* Partners with various stakeholder organizations to lead planning and business

process improvement efforts.

* Establishes needed processes, governance structures, performance metrics and

reporting.

* Applies expert functional knowledge and experience to significant business

projects or processes.

* Maintains expertise by in-depth involvement in the state-of-the-art research

and technology development in the field.

* Monitors and/or participates in industry user forums, working groups in area

of expertise.

* As needed, identifies the most qualified internal resources and/or contractor

team to assist with tasks. Selects contractors, frames statements of work,

and directs the work of the team to assure technical and financial milestones

are met.

* May lead a small team of capable technical staff members and advises/mentors

developing technical staff, does not have direct management responsibility.

* Coaches and mentors internal staff in associated technical areas of

expertise.

Minimum Qualifications

  • * Bachelor’s Degree in a related field; Master’s Degree preferred
  • * Industry leading certification for technical expertise preferred
  • * 12+ years of experience in a technical field
  • Other Job Specific Skills
  • * Process oriented, conceptually driven and possess the ability to think
  • strategically and work collaboratively in a highly technical setting.
  • * Demonstrated success in developing strategic goals and leading complex
  • programs.
  • * Experience with project development lifecycle and systems operations.
  • * Proven ability to interact with customers, senior leadership and program
  • managers in a highly matrixed environment.
  • * Proven ability to develop and extend network of working level contacts to
  • facilitate behind the scenes coordination.
  • * Proven experience in designing, developing, and delivering executive level
  • communication on organization transformation and business process changes.
  • Ability to prepare presentations and to present information to senior
  • managers.
  • * Ability to work and apply creativity in a fast-paced environment.
  • * Utilize creative problem-solving and communication--oral and written--skills,
  • emphasizing the abilities to articulate, explain, and deliver technical
  • concepts and issues to non-technical business leadership.
  • * Recognized in field of expertise as an expert.

Compensation

Ranges

Compensation

ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple

factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education,

certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government

clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation

displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is

unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall

compensation and benefits package for employees.

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex,

disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be

considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to

these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is

done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All

decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above

are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully

perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties'

or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable

accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities,

who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature

and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not

designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all

duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to

this job.

Which skills does this role require?

Technical leadershipStrategic planningBusiness process improvementAgile teamingProject managementStakeholder managementExecutive communicationMentoringProblem solvingPerformance metricsGovernance structuresTechnical consultingIT infrastructureContractor managementSoftware EngineeringApplication SupportSubject Matter ExpertAgileIT TechnologiesBusiness Process ImprovementGovernancePerformance MetricsStrategic PlanningTechnical LeadershipContractor ManagementStakeholder ManagementExecutive CommunicationHardwareSoftwareDatabasesPeripherals

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