The Position: The Targeting and GeoIntelligence (T&G) Portfolio Deputy
Technical Lead is responsible for maintaining technical awareness of
product teams and for supporting the portfolio T&G Lead Engineer. You
are charged with guiding product teams on successful implementation of
the Wing Command & Control (WingC2, your branch) T&G technical strategy.
You will facilitate information sharing between leadership and product
teams and work with WingC2\'s T&G leadership to solve high-level
problems. The goal is to provide hands-on support to engineers as they
execute the WingC2\'s T&G strategy while also balancing code, platforms
and system health. We look to the Portfolio Engineers to provide
guidance to product teams, to direct technical advice, and empower
whenever possible. They advocate for team engineering staff concerns
with portfolio and WingC2\'s T&G leadership. A Portfolio Engineer should
have practical Agile and Lean software development and hardware
integration experience as well as a wealth of pragmatic experience with
industry best practices (e.g. Test Driven Development (TDD), eXtreme
Programming (XP), 12-factor principles, Model Based System Engineering
(MBSE), and Infrastructure as Code (IAC)). Ideally, this individual has
experience in facilitation and communication, and opts for simplicity.
They should value and be able to articulate the importance of focusing
on outcomes over outputs, from strategy to implementation. Who You Are:
You earned a Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or
similar. You have an overall strong technical foundation in software and
virtual environment development best practices and processes You have
strong technical and/or architectural experiences You have good written
and oral communication skills You have a strong desire to grow and
mentors others You are able to reflect on and empathize with others
perspectives You have demonstrated leadership abilities in current or
previous jobs and looking to expand your scope beyond a single team You
are a continuous learner You have strong technical skills with Object
Oriented Programing (OOP) and web development You are patient and
persistent in getting work done You actively participate in the
engineering community (online, in-person, cross-team, workshops, etc)
You can operate in ambiguity, but understand that others don\'t You are
able to reflect on and empathize with others perspectives You have
worked with 3rd party/contractor provided development capability
Exceptional time management and communication skills Experience
launching software at scale in a fast-paced product organization A
service mentality - you look to help others You value the mission of
Kessel Run and the U.S. Air Force You take extreme ownership of the
excellence of your work and performance You believe in creative,
integrated teamwork and diversity of thought You foster and practice
integrity and thought leadership You are a U.S. citizen and are eligible
to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance