Chief Software Engineer - job 2 of 3

Chief Software Engineer

Company:

Tapestry - G0G

Tapestry Solutions, A Boeing Company, comes with over 30 years of industry experience designing, implementing, training, and supporting logistics information systems. A career with the Tapestry Solutions team brings the best of both worlds: access to the incredible depth of resources and opportunities of Boeing while working in a company having a small business, family-oriented culture.

We have over 500 employees worldwide supporting our customers with high-quality, innovative, and cost-effective information technology and business intelligence solutions. Tapestry Solutions supports 85 defense, commercial and government customers from over 50 US locations and nine countries.

Tapestry Solutions, a part of Boeing Global Services BGS, is seeking a Chief Software Engineer in Maryland Heights, MO. The successful candidate for this position will support the requirements, development and verification of the Mobility Air Force (MAF) Global Mobility Special Mission (GM SM) Mission Planning Systems for the US Air Force Airspace Mission Planning Division.  The scope of the work for the GM SM contract covers all aspects of agile software development and sustainment, systems engineering services and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery services for JMPS, JOMS and other next generation modernization solutions as requested by the Government.  The scope of work includes support for full spectrum mission planning (pre-mission, in-flight, post-flight, mobile) across many DoD Aircraft platforms including but not limited to KC-135, HC-130J, C-17 and C-130H.  The objective is to transition software solutions into an Open Mission System Architecture leveraging Kubernetes/containerization. The software developed and sustained is critical for ensuring the US Navy, US Army, US Search and Rescue and our Foreign Militaries customers can quickly and efficiently plan, launch and execute missions against adversaries.  These Solutions will shape the way the DoD conducts mission planning for the next 30 years.

Position Responsibilities:

• Outward facing technical expert of the company to our customers; engaging in weekly technical meetings and interchanges with government and other industry partners
• Provides technical direction to a team of approximately 25 engineers in the development of mission planning software supporting GM/SM aircraft and JPADS support for US military and FMS customers
• Provides recommendations and guidance leveraging modern software frameworks and architectural patterns such as microservices, containerization, container orchestration, Single Page Application (SPA) architecture, and cloud deployments
• Oversees designs, develops, tests, and maintains software throughout the end-to-end lifecycle leveraging Agile software methodologies and operating in a CI/CD pipeline
• Responsive to customer product owners and stakeholders concerns and issues
• Oversees the review, analysis, and translation of customer requirements into initial design of software products
• Oversees the development, maintain, enhances and optimizes software products for systems integrations
• Oversees development, documentation and maintenance of architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces and designs for software products
• Oversees debugging and resolution of issues identified to ensure the reliability and efficiency of software products
• Oversees research and implementation of current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks and changes in regulations relevant to software development
• Leads development, establishment, monitoring and improvement of software processes, tools and key performance metrics that align projects with organizational goals and industry benchmarks

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 7+ years of experience with C#/.NET
• 10+ years of experience designing and developing software
• 5+ years of experience leading projects and/or individuals in software development lifecycle tasks
• 5+ years of experience developing presentations and briefing customers
• Experience with version control tools such as git, Bitbucket, etc.
• Experience with Software Development Patterns: microservice, REST, Mono Repo, Mono DB’s, SPA
• Experience working in large “team of teams” Agile environments

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience in all aspects of designing and implementing system architecture, requirements, software and software testing
• Experience with Typescript, ReactJS/Redux
• Experience with dependency management tools NPM and NuGet
• Experience with containers
• Experience with Testing Frameworks: xUnit, jUnit, Cyprus, Selenium
• Experience with DevSecOps Tools: Jenkins, Nexus, Fortify, SonarQube
• Experience with Mission Planning
• Experience with system level verification and validation

Drug Free Workplace:

We are a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Pay & Benefits:

We strive to deliver a total rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.  Elements of this package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities. 

We also provide eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.  

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location and date of hire.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary base pay range $165,000 - $184,000

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Export Control Requirement:

This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

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