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Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.

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Are you interested in joining a vibrant software technology organization that is expanding and emerging as a leader in the field of data visualization? Look no further…

The CATT Laboratory is the leading transportation information analysis, visualization, and user interface design laboratory in the country. Our products and services are used by thousands of public safety agencies, state and local departments of transportation, public officials, and consultants every day. We provide an integrated product suite of situational awareness tools for emergency managers, and also provide leading edge data analytics products for transportation planners and consultants. These products and services are rapidly changing the way governments do business and make important decisions.

We receive hundreds of gigabytes of transportation data every day ranging from traffic accident information to real-time traffic speed and flow information. Transportation data may describe how effective a road is during rush hour or the impact of a work zone on traffic congestion. Our clients use our software to analyze the transportation data in order to generate insights used in research, planning, and operations.

We’re passionate about transportation as much as we’re passionate about building great software. We care about building usable, stable, and secure software that can handle large amounts of concurrent users analyzing lots of data on a daily basis. We use cutting edge tech to build and maintain our software. We have a mature development process and use industry best practices to ensure that we build the best software possible. This is an agile environment, so we have stand-ups, retrospectives, sprint planning meetings, and Kanban boards. Our team is composed of program managers, technical leads, full-stack developers, scrum masters, testers, administrators, DBAs, interns, and customer support.

Our lab is located in College Park near the University of Maryland and it’s easily accessible by metro, bus, car, and bike.

So, you’ve made it this far. Great! If you’re interested in working with a diverse team that builds software used every day to help improve road networks and reduce congestion across the United States, you want to make an impact to the way people analyze and visualize traffic data, and you’re interested in working with people who are passionate about what they do, review the qualifications needed and apply now! We strive to cultivate a diverse teams working in inclusive environments, because we believe that different perspectives build better products., so we encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Serves as a Software Technical Program Manager for the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory. This position is a technical project lead overseeing multiple agile software development teams working on 5­-10 concurrent projects ranging from rapid turnaround hotfixes to major platform launches.

Primary responsibilities include leading development teams in our agile development culture, coordinating with clients, and creating and maintaining project plans. This position is also responsible for interviewing and hiring full-time and part-time staff.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to lead concurrent software development teams and projects
• Good people skills, working well with diverse teams
• Experience or coursework in Software Development, Engineering Management, Systems Engineering, or Software Project Management
• Experience designing, analyzing, and improving system architecture
• Minimum 5 years of technical software leadership experience
• Minimum 5 years of software development experience
• Strong verbal, presentation, writing, and client service abilities
• Strong organization and time management skills
• Strong analytical problem solving skills
• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another technical field

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• Experience with distributed computing and storage frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark, or BigQuery
• Strong SQL skills and familiarity with relational database design and operation
• Substantial Linux experience
• Experience with any of the following languages and programming models
oJava, Spring, Hibernate, JAXB, JMS, Logback
oWeb development – HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and frameworks such as React
oPython and Django
oHadoop, HBase, and MapReduce
oClient-Server architecture
• Experience with agile development methodologies
• Experience with government contracting
• Experience with 24/7 support and DevOps leadership
• Experience with transportation system management & operation (TSMO) performance measures for highways and transit

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The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.