Job Description

This role is for a portfolio engineer for the Kessel Run All-Domain Operations Suite (KRADOS) at Kessel Run. 

We are looking for a Portfolio Engineer. The Kessel Run All Domain Operations Suite (KRADOS) brings the Air Force into a world of Continuous Airpower by integrating and delivering over two dozen products. KRADOS will strangle out several decades of engrained-legacy systems and processes that our warfighters use today.

A KRADOS Portfolio Engineer works as part of a Portfolio Leadership team the Portfolio Lead, Product Lead, Design Lead, and other Portfolio Engineers) to provide technical perspectives and advocacy around the development, communication, and execution of the portfolio’s product suite.

The Portfolio Engineer is responsible for maintaining technical awareness of product teams and for supporting the engineers on those teams.  You are charged with guiding product teams on successful implementation of KRADOS and KRADOS technical strategy. You will facilitate information sharing between leadership and product teams and work with KRADOS leadership to solve high-level problems.

The goal is to provide hands on support to engineers as they execute the KRADOS strategy while also balancing code 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 KRADOS leadership.

So that they can be a trusted resource for the discipline, a Portfolio Engineer should have practical Agile and Lean software development experience as well as a wealth of pragmatic experience with Test Driven Development (TDD), eXtreme Programming (XP) and 12-factor principles.

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.

What you will do

• You will promote communication between KRADOS Leadership and Product Teams
• You will facilitate coordination between Engineering and Product at the team level to collectively problem solve
• You will pair with engineers to identify solutions to technical challenges
• You will collaborate with the Portfolio Leadership team on how best to achieve KRADOS OKRs and portfolio goals
• You will collaborate with KRADOS leadership to better understand our strengths and weaknesses as an organization
• You will tackle cross-cutting engineering concerns; fostering an environment for engineers across the organization to collaborate on solutions
• You will find opportunities for automation wherever possible and push teams to invest
• You will advocate for development and implementation of modern, improved technical approaches; fostering a continuous improvement mindset with our engineering staff

Who you are (Requirements)

• You have 2-5 years of experience as a Principal/Senior Engineer
• You have an overall strong foundation in technical, practices, and processes
• You have done 2-5 tech talks/workshops/events in the engineering community
• You have a good foundation on Kessel Run engineering practices: TDD, Pair Programming, Tech Stack, etc
• You have strong technical and/or architectural experiences
• You have strong technical skills with Spring, SpringBoot, React, and API design
• You have good domain context on existing team
• You have good written and oral communication skills
• You are patient and persistent in getting work done
• You actively participates in the engineering community (online, in-person, cross-team, workshops, etc)
• You have a strong desire to grow and mentors others
• You can operate in ambiguity, but understand that others don’t
• You are able to reflect on and empathize with others perspectives
• You have demonstrated leadership abilities in current or previous jobs
• You are a continuous learner
• You are a U.S. citizen and are eligible to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance (see eligibility requirements here)

This is a Federal civilian service position within the United States Air Force. We are hiring at the equivalent of a GS-13 up to GS-14 level for this position. This means you can expect a base salary of $79,468 to $122,077 multiplied by your locality rate, based on your experience. You can find your locality definition here and see the pay tables for the GS scale here. Our headquarters is located in Boston, MA; for a Boston-based employee, this would translate to a range from $102,601 to $157,614

We also provide paid time off, health, and retirement benefits. There are advancement opportunities to promote to more senior levels after hiring.

We understand that there is no such thing as the ideal candidate for any job and we believe in empowering people to learn and grow throughout their careers. We encourage any applicant who is interested in making an impact in the Department of Defense to apply to this position regardless of background and qualifications.

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Job Types: Full-Time.

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