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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Agile Product Owner Level 3 or 4 (AHT) - **Company:** Northrop Grumman - **Location:** Aurora, CO, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $114,000.0 - $213,400.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, JIRA, Scrum Methodology, SAP (Applications), Software Engineering, Information Technology, Data Analytics - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=81f029c3d42d31a0 ## About the Role About the job: This requisition is sourcing a Product Owner that has a prior technical background in Java software development yet is now interested in a path via the Product Owner role to further senior technical leadership roles and potentially to project or program management. After starting with at least a Top Secret Clearance, the program will request the SCI then a program Special Access (SAP) for you which will then enable a full program briefing and full access to the mission and customers ideally within about 6 months of starting. If you thrive in this kind of environment, then please apply so we can consider you., * Principal (level 3): Bachelor's degree in Science with 5+ years of software development experience; 3+ years with a Master's; or 9+ years of experience in lieu of a degree * Sr. Principal (level 4): Bachelor's degree in Science with 8+ years of software development experience; 5+ years with a Master's; or 12+ years of experience in lieu of a degree * Must have active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility at time of application. Requiring TS to start. * Ability to pass a Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly) (but not required to start) * At least 3 years of Java Software Development experience * At least 1 year of Agile Software Team leadership experience * Experienced using Jira (as a developer, and in a team leadership capacity) * Experience working proposals and writing basis-of-estimates (BOEs) for software efforts, * Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar * Prior experience as a Product Owner * Prior experience working within an Agile Release Train (larger software development effort composed of multiple scrum teams working towards common goals over Program Increments) * Skill making Data-Driven decisions * Ability to motivate, lead, and drive work to successful completion on time * Desire to work as a technical leader on a fast-paced team * Ability to effectively communicate and present to program management and customers * Ability to effectively write technical documentation * Ability to travel (very limited, 1 to 4 short trips per year, less than 10%) ## Related Videos - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [The user in the eye of the Cargo1492 storm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/96-the-user-in-the-eye-of-the-cargo1492-storm) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [PySpark - Combining Machine Learning & Big Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/44-pyspark-combining-machine-learning-big-data) - [An introduction to Extreme Programming](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/709-an-introduction-to-extreme-programming) - [Collaboration Quantified: Lessons from Open Source Developer Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1422-collaboration-quantified-lessons-from-open-source-developer-networks) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Should senior developers refuse interview coding challenges?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/29-should-senior-developers-refuse-interview-coding-challenges)