Principal Systems Engineer (Product Owner) - NASA

INNOVIM is seeking a highly motivated Product Owner to support NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Evolution and Development 3 (EED-3) contract. INNOVIMs EED-3 team provides Earth scientists and others access to data from NASA’s Earth Science missions. Location: Remote, based out of Annapolis, MD with quarterly travel for PI Planning Clearance: National Agency Clearance with Inquires (NACI) screening U.S. Citizenship is required In this role, you will work with an amazing team of engineers, on the EED-3 program, that supports NASA Earth Science (ESDIS) in its mission to provide scientists and other users access to data from NASA’s Earth science missions. Specifically, you will be on the Data Access Services team, which develops and maintains a variety of geospatial data transformation services that allow users to transform and customize their data requests from NASA’s extensive archive of Earth Science data in the cloud. Responsibilities include: Oversee daily activities of the Data Access Services team to include triage and prioritization of user support requests, sustainment activities, and new development efforts. Identify opportunities to improve sustainability and scalability of service offerings and coordinate team members to develop operational solutions. Implement team processes to improve customer satisfaction, transparency, and accountability. Ensure accurate and timely completion of recurring system maintenance activities. Promote product goals and activities with the relevant user community (end user, developer, etc.) while also translating and prioritizing user requests into new features and functionality. Orchestrate feature development and operations team efforts through the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) sprint and agile processes, including coordination with other teams and release trains as needed. REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE: Energetic, self-motivated, team player that is comfortable using collaboration and open communications to build consensus around ideas and priorities. 5 years managing technical software development teams with demonstrated ability to effectively move features from ideas to production. Exceptional written and verbal communications with both technical end-users and business leadership communities. 5 years of hands-on experience with geospatial scientific datasets and open source tools for reading, visualizing and processing standards-based data formats (NetCDF, HDF, GeoTIFF, etc.). Demonstrated knowledge of AWS services and agile software development tools such as Git and Docker. DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE: Domain knowledge with one or more of the following: Cloud-optimized geospatial data formats and data access protocols. Scientific data analysis, data science, or research using remote sensing datasets. AWS Developer and/or Cloud Practitioner certification. SAFe POPM or Scrum Master Certification. REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Bachelor’s degree in technical majors such as Computer Science, Engineering, Geoscience or related technical field 10+ years of experience in software/systems engineering and/or team lead roles INNOVIM is committed to providing superior work in the fields of science, engineering, data analytics and technology to government agencies. We offer competitive compensation packages, including comprehensive nationwide Medical/Dental/Vision insurance programs, life insurance, matching 401k contribution and Educational/Training support.