Systems Engineering Manager Job in Washington 20004, District Of Columbia US

I am seeking a rock-star systems engineering manager for a leader in the smart-grid and energy management software spaces to come in and hit the ground running.  The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the technical implementation and customization of our sophisticated n-tier software products. Working collaboratively with a team of project managers, business analysts, software developers and other systems engineers on system development, installation, integration and configuration activities.  If you are the rock-star that I am seeking, send your updated resume as a Word file to Andrew@ZanderGreen.com today!

Duties

·         Provide direct management, oversight and guidance to a team of Systems and Software Engineers.

·         Manage workload of team and ensure appropriate staffing across system implementations and escalated issues.

·         Work closely with customers and the Professional Services implementation teams (Project Managers, Business System Analysts) to deliver successful on-time implementations.

·         Coordinate/facilitate communication between customer and internal Engineering resources to balance shared expectations and minimize risk.

·         Act as first level of escalation for technical issues regarding project implementation and customer requirements.

·         Work with customers to explain and validate the overall systems/architecture in place to deliver our software products.

·         Provide a consolidated software delivery among multiple software groups (Systems Engineering, Engineering, and QA) and multiple customer implementations by ensuring consistency among deliverables, communication and approach.

·         Work with the Engineering teams to evaluate alternative approaches to product customizations and limitations.

·         Integrate our applications with client enterprise systems by managing the development of input and output interfaces.

·         Assist Software Solution Architects in establishing system architecture and security requirements to support our applications.

·         Manage the technical design, development, testing and delivery of system interfaces, custom reports and other features from a technical perspective and ensure quality results are delivered on-time and within budget.

·         Create and communicate status reports identifying consolidated software issues, risks and statuses.

·         Assist with gathering estimates to form pricing quotes around new technical features for customers.

·         Oversee technical documentation regarding the solutions both as internal and customer facing deliverables.

·         Develop strategies to ensure customer performance criteria are met.

·         Manage development schedules to ensure on-time delivery.

 

Requirements

·         Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline and 7 + years experience; OR a Master’s Degree with 5+ years of experience. Experience must be directly relevant to systems engineering/software implementation.

·         Experience managing and leading teams of both internal and customer facing systems and/or software engineers.

·         Experience implementing data-intensive software systems in an enterprise environment.

·         Demonstrated verbal, written, presentation skills and strong analytical skills.

·         Programming experience: PL/SQL, ASP.NET, VB.NET required. Experience in C#, XML, a plus.

·         Experience with Oracle 10g/11i necessary. Windows Server 2003/2008, IIS, SQL Server; UNIX a plus.

·         Familiarity with Meter Data Management systems and industry standard Meter Data Exchange methods a plus.

·         Client facing experience and relationship-building skills a must.

·         Utility/energy industry experience is a plus.

·         Willing and able to travel to customer sites and our offices up to 40%of the time.

If interested in this excellent opportunity, please send your resume in a word attachment to: Andrew@ZanderGreen.com

 

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