Deputy Team Lead – NASA Lunar Gateway Data Services Web Software Development

Deputy Team Lead – NASA Lunar Gateway Data Services Web Software Development

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: None

Type of Travel: None

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The Opportunity:

CACI is looking for an experienced Web Software Team Lead to provide the Lunar Gateway Program at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) with expertise in technical management and software skills in the design, development, and testing of NASA’s Lunar Gateway Data Production Environment, including the Gateway Data Model and Gateway Data Services.  Lunar Gateway, a vital component of NASA’s Artemis Program, will serve as a multi-purpose outpost orbiting the Moon that provides essential support for long-term human return to the lunar surface, and serves as a staging point and technology incubator for deep space exploration. 

The candidate will help lead a team and contribute to the development of web and database applications for generating flight software data products to configure the data-driven Gateway flight software. The position also includes interacting with users, developing, and prioritizing new features based on customer needs, customer service, managing schedule, and supporting presentations and demonstrations.

This position requires a self-motivated, capable person with strong verbal and written communication skills. In addition to outstanding technical expertise, the individual must be very people savvy, have leadership experience and strong customer relationship skills, possess a positive team-player attitude, be flexible and willing to take on new assignments and responsibilities as they arise, and be an articulate speaker able to communicate complex technical ideas in a convincing manner. The individual must share our passion for our Nation's Space Program and share in the excitement of developing the next human-rated space vehicles.

This work takes place at NASA/JSC in Houston, TX, a highly stimulating and dynamic environment that is critical in human space flight and the space exploration initiative.

Responsibilities:

• Work with Team Lead to manage a 10+ member software development team, developing and prioritizing features based on customer needs, planning verification, and interacting with and providing support to users.
• Support team administrative duties, e.g., team member assignments, timesheet approval, performance feedback, recruiting activities, etc.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers and support team development and training.
• Support recruiting efforts.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to determine software release content.
• Set priority of software development.
• Develop and update system requirements.
• Perform release planning and sprint planning, aligning with stakeholder needs.
• Align developer skills, expertise, and individual development goals with task assignments.
• Coordinate and monitor development progress, tracking metrics and reporting status to management and stakeholders.
• Coordinate testing.
• Facilitate communication between multiple interdependent software and business operations teams.
• Develop Gateway Data Model and Gateway Data Services web and database applications and APIs.
• Develop new software features based on customer needs.
• Perform testing to ensure requirements are being met.
• Perform troubleshooting of Gateway Data Services discrepancies.
• Adhere to JSC standard software process practices.

Qualifications:

Required: 

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident to facilitate access to USG facilities.
• B.S. in Computer, Software, Aerospace, Electrical, or Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong problem identification and problem-solving skills.
• A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in technical leadership of software development teams - Agile experience is a big plus. Greater experience is highly valued.
• At least 5 years of full stack software development experience.
• Experience developing web applications and web services, including database back-end, middleware, and front-end.
• Experience with C#, XML, SQL.
• Must be flexible, open to new challenges in a dynamic environment, and possess strong technical expertise combined with strong verbal and written communication skills. 
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with little supervision. 
• Must be a highly responsible, team-oriented individual with strong work ethic.  
• Must have highly developed coordinat