What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Analyst/Agile Lead position at Pantex?
Location: Amarillo, TX
Job Title: IT Analyst/Agile Lead
Career Level From: Senior Associate
Career Level To: Specialist
Organization: Production Systems (50992241)
Job Specialty: System Development
Job Title: IT Analyst/Agile Lead
Career Level From: Senior Associate
Career Level To: Specialist
Organization: Production Systems (50992241)
Job Specialty: System Development
What You'll Do
A career at Pantex can offer you the opportunity to make a personal impact on our nation. We recognize that excellent employees are absolutely critical for mission success. We are seeking an experienced IT Analyst to help enhance and optimize our mission-critical systems. We are looking for a proven leader with demonstrated success in technical design, application development, and implementation of software solutions!
Specific Job Responsibilities
Primary duties include coordinating software development projects and leading agile teams. You will work closely with project shareholders to scope, estimate, design, and deliver high-quality software solutions. You will also help evaluate current-state systems and processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and collaborate with leadership to enact meaningful change.
Additional duties may include collaboration with external stakeholders across the Nuclear Security Enterprise, developing technical documentation and instructions.
Core Responsibilities include:
o Establish program and project-level milestones, provide status and deliver briefings to leadership.
o Develop and maintain multi-year project proposals and budgets.
o Ensure adherence to defined project management policies, change management guidelines, cyber security requirements and software quality assurance processes.
o Interface with IT project management to deliver solutions on schedule and within budget.
o Guide and develop technical and capability road maps.
o Represent technical and business interests at an Enterprise level.
o Monitor current and future trends in technology to the benefit of the organizational project and production systems service goals.
o Ensure that all meetings are positive, productive, stay on topic, and are kept within the timebox.
o Collaborate closely with the product owner to manage the backlog.
o Effectively manage user story estimation and forecasting.
o Champion and facilitate adoption of agile standards, tools, and best practices.
o Proactively identify and resolve impediments to team progress.
o Utilize team feedback and metrics (e.g., quality, delivery, cadence, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and work with team to continuously improve.
o Coach the team to improve collaboration and self-management, promoting healthy interactions both within the team and with external stakeholders.
o Support the team in using agile planning and development tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, JIRA, Confluence, Rally).
- Lead teams and technical projects through effective communication with peers, customers, and management.
o Establish program and project-level milestones, provide status and deliver briefings to leadership.
o Develop and maintain multi-year project proposals and budgets.
o Ensure adherence to defined project management policies, change management guidelines, cyber security requirements and software quality assurance processes.
o Interface with IT project management to deliver solutions on schedule and within budget.
- Demonstrate innovation when designing solutions to solve complex problems.
o Guide and develop technical and capability road maps.
o Represent technical and business interests at an Enterprise level.
o Monitor current and future trends in technology to the benefit of the organizational project and production systems service goals.
- Facilitate Agile Software Development Practices
o Ensure that all meetings are positive, productive, stay on topic, and are kept within the timebox.
o Collaborate closely with the product owner to manage the backlog.
o Effectively manage user story estimation and forecasting.
o Champion and facilitate adoption of agile standards, tools, and best practices.
o Proactively identify and resolve impediments to team progress.
o Utilize team feedback and metrics (e.g., quality, delivery, cadence, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and work with team to continuously improve.
o Coach the team to improve collaboration and self-management, promoting healthy interactions both within the team and with external stakeholders.
o Support the team in using agile planning and development tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, JIRA, Confluence, Rally).
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering/science discipline: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience. Typical engineering/science experience ranging from 3 to 7 years.
- OR Master's degree in engineering/science discipline.
- Ten or more years of relevant education, training and/or progressive experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years of experience for this posting.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Strong communication and team work.
o Able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
o Leading in a team environment.
o Able to relate to and establish strong working relationships with stakeholders outside of IT.
o Coaching skills and ability to motivate teams.
o Strong communication and presentation skills.
o Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience in Business Analysis and Project Management:
o Excellent people and project management skills.
o Solution design and alternative analysis.
o Scope planning and estimating (may be informal).
o Organizational Change Management / successfully implementing change.
o Process mapping / process design.
- Experience working with software development teams:
o Scrum master and/or product owner experience.
o Deep knowledge of agile practices, frameworks, and techniques.
o Experience with agile planning and development tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence, Rally).
- Broad knowledge of software development and related technologies/practices:
o Data: databases, database design, queries, and analytics.
o Programming: concepts, logic, DevOps.
o Software life cycle: Configuration/Change Management, Software Development Life Cycle, ITIL.
o Software quality: user acceptance testing, automated testing, etcetera.
- Agile, scrum, or project management certification preferred (e.g. CSM, CSP, PMP, SAFe)
- Background in Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Quality, and/or ERP
Why Pantex?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Pantex you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.
Pantex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
Pantex is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability or veteran status.
