Overview/ Job Responsibilities

Sev1Tech is looking for a Product Owner/Project Manager for the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Ordnance Information System (OIS) program to provide technical expertise on a mission-critical program whose purpose is to develop, modernize, enhance, operate, and maintain services for OIS mission critical systems.

 

This role will be a key leadership role for the OIS Platform Team, leading solutions for the OIS AWS GovCloud Environment and DevSecOps (DSO) Pipeline Team. Your primary goal will be to provide vision and guidance for keeping each team on task in fulfilling their day-to-day responsibilities and meeting short/long term OIS product improvement goals.

 

This role requires a strong mix of customer service skills and a detailed technical understanding of the domains supported by the team to define user stories, incorporate features into the backlog, and develop the roadmap in collaboration with the technical leads. This role must be able to effectively translate general business needs/ConOps defined by OIS stakeholders and customers into user stories that are well understood by the technical team.  

 

*This position can be performed remotely; however, travel to customer site in Mechanicsburg, PA, and other locations will be required occasionally (~10% travel).

 

Primary Responsibilities: As Product Owner/Project Manager, you will:

• Engage multiple roles and stakeholders in critical discussion, complex new product development discovery and building consensus
• Act as a product owner to maximize ROI and meet the organization objectives such as defining vision, managing product backlog, overseeing development stages, anticipating client's needs, evaluating product progress at each iteration, etc.
• Help identify and mitigate any external dependency risks in feature/product development
• Work with clients and end users to gather, understand, and define business requirements
• Develop user stories and to-be process flows to support the design and development of cloud and pipeline solutions
• Work collaboratively with team members to design, test, and verify solutions that will meet business requirements and fulfill user stories
• Participate in key meetings with clients including requirement sessions, system demos, user acceptance testing, and end user training
• Participate in sprint planning meetings and ongoing refinement of the product backlog.
• Leverage knowledge of assigned applications and customer needs to collaborate with the team to establish the portfolio backlog and roadmap.
• Act as the voice of the customer when the government product owner is unavailable to facilitate understanding of the user stories by the agile product teams.
• Coordinate with communication and training team members to ensure communication and training materials reflect the business needs being addressed by a change.
• Manage risks, issues, change control and decision logs for the OIS Platform team
• Communicate and manage project status to the executive level, to include resource allocation/needs and tracking against key milestones and timelines
• Leverage stakeholder relationships and technical expertise to enable or make key decisions
• Identify strategic milestones in concert with business and/or mission stakeholders and tie work packages to milestones.
• Work with OIS Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Scrum Master to gather, track, and incorporate into required documentation Agile team metrics from OIS’s work management tool, GitLab Ultimate.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must have DOD Secret level clearance to start; U.S. Citizen required only for Federal Clearance Requirement
• Bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years’ experience; without a degree 4 additional years of experience would be required
• 4+ years of experience as a Product Owner and/or Project Manager using SCRUM/KANBAN frameworks that follow agile principles, values, and practices, preferably within a SAFe organization
• 4+ years of experience leading and supporting technical teams in cloud‑centric environments, including hands‑on work with AWS, CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps practices, and the integration of these capabilities within Agile software development teams.
• Ability to juggle and prioritize multiple projects within a collaborative team environment
• Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and writing.
• Must be a self-starter, strong leader, and have the ability to work independently with little supervision. 

Desired Qualifications

• Desired Certifications: Security+; Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification and/or DAU Level III Project Management certification; Product Owner certification
• Navy IT Program experience
• Logistics experience, preferably DoD
• Experience managing large scale software development projects

About Us

Founded in 2010 and recently acquired by ERT in early 2026, Sev1Tech, an ERT Company provides IT, engineering, and program management solutions delivery to critical missions across Federal and Commercial Clients. With its acquisition by ERT, Sev1Tech expanded its ability to offer secure, mission-aligned digital solutions to support modernization, resilience and operational effectiveness for government customers operating in highly regulated mission environments. ERT and Sev1Tech together become a fully diversified engineering and federal technology solutions firm with broad reach into space, civilian, and defense markets.

 

Please apply directly at: https://careers-sev1tech.icims.com. For questions or to submit a referral, please contact: recruiting@sev1tech.com

 

Sev1Tech is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.