JENNIFER AGARWAL
Gaithersburg,MD
Summary
Goal-oriented Software Development Manager successfully managing teams, planning meetings and project schedules. Talented developer with exceptional communication, problem-solving, and conflict-management abilities. Forward-thinking and focused with a solid attention to detail.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Development Sr. Manager
Leidos
Gaithersburg, MD
04.2022 - Current
- Manage EUS software team on the E-IDS FAA program
- Responsible for cost, schedule, workload and staffing of ~20 team members (direct reports and loaned in resources)
- Work closely with team Chief Designers and Team Leads to understand scope and schedule to meet project milestones
- Attend weekly SWCTR and ENGCTR meetings
- Prepare/Present SWCTR charts and ENGCTR charts at each meeting
- Run daily EUS PR Checkpoint meetings (Scrum)
- Run weekly technical team meetings to discuss SIG/PRED status, program plan / build plan, work-set updates, merge status and other program announcements
- Hold 1-on-1 meetings with direct reports
- Participate in various upskilling CAM training, AI/ML courses, EVMS training
- During 2023, nominated and completed “Intentional Leadership - Harvard Cohort for First Line Leaders”
- Participate in External College Recruiting fairs and internal Leidos Hiring Events
- Responsible for intern, CDP and EXPRO hiring for EUS team and other Transportation Solutions programs.
Software Development Manager
Leidos
Gaithersburg, MD
12.2019 - 04.2022
- Manage SMGT-XM and SMGT-IMC software teams on the ERAM FAA program
- Responsible for schedule, workload and staffing of 25+ team members (direct reports and loaned in resources)
- Work closely with team Chief Designers and Team Leads to understand scope and schedule to meet project milestones
- Strategize plans for working the PRs, and assign PRs based on monthly quota and available resources
- Work with team members to determine reasonable OLs for the PRs, and throughout the month worked with the developer to hold the OL, adapting and/or pulling in additional resources as necessary
- Run daily Checkpoint meetings (Scrum)
- Run weekly technical team meetings to discuss Drop development status, program plan / build plan, work-set updates, merge status and other program announcements
- Hold 1-on-1 meetings with direct reports
- During 2020, participated in the first Agile Cohort at Leidos
- Completed the Scum Master path and the Leidos Scrum Master Certification
- Member of the Agile Working group during Winter 2021
- Participated in various upskilling CAM training, AI/ML courses, EVMS training
- Participate in External College Recruiting fairs and internal Leidos Hiring Events over the past two years
- Supporting FENS pre-award – part of a small leadership team responsible for staffing, training coordinator, EV Metrics planning, technical program, and process planning
- Attend weekly meetings to discuss topics and action items.
Senior Software Engineer
Leidos
Gaithersburg, MD
08.2019 - 11.2019
- Joined Leidos as a full-time employee
- Software Developer for the SMGT-XM team
- Worked SIG/PRED development and PR/Defects
- Participated in the ES3 prototyping for EAF100
- Specific tasks included the Distribution threads for OPS Channel, NAP Channel and EWAS Processors
- Worked with a small cross-CSCI team
- Ran weekly status meetings to coordinate prototyping efforts
- Responsible for updating the DataComm Find-Fix-Verify (FFV) curve spreadsheets and SWCTR charts weekly
- Presented in SWCTR as needed.
Senior Software Engineer (Contractor) – ERAM Software
Aerotek (Supporting Leidos)
Gaithersburg, MD
04.2017 - 07.2019
- Developer on ERAM SW SMGT-XM team
- Worked SIG/PRED development and PR/Defects
- Participated in the ES3 prototyping for EAF100
- Specific tasks included the Distribution threads for OPS Channel, NAP Channel and EWAS Processors
- Worked with a small cross-CSCI team
- Ran weekly status meetings to coordinate prototyping efforts.
Director of Technical Support Operations
Owen Software Development Corporation
Rockville, MD
03.2016 - 04.2017
- Led development of the business requirements and the design of all Web site enhancements
- Maintained tools and processes required to effectively implement and manage delivery of the Web Content
- Managed Web content quality assurance efforts throughout the entire site
- Coordinated with external recruiter to hire web developers, content managers and system testers.
Senior Systems Engineer
LJT & Associates, Inc.
Columbia, MD
11.2010 - 08.2015
- Provided ground station systems engineering and software development support to the LJT & Associates, Inc
- Team members in support of various NOAA and NASA projects
- Systems engineering, requirements analysis, software design, software development, integration and testing, and documentation of an Autonomous Flight Termination Unit for the DARPA ALASA program
- Coding in C++ for VxWorks.
Chief Engineer (Self Employed)
Exquisite Software Solutions, LLC
Gaithersburg, MD
11.2010 - 12.2012
- Client - Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc
- (SGT)
- Provided NASA ground station systems engineering support to the SGT, Inc
- Team members in support of the Space Network (SN) Service Enhancement project and the User Services Subsystem Component Replacement (USS-CR) project
- Requirements analysis, design, implementation and integration of Monitor and Control Software for the NASA USS-CR project.
Senior Software Engineer (Contractor)
Exquisite Software Solutions, LLC
Gaithersburg, MD
01.2008 - 06.2010
- Client - Patton Electronics, Inc
- Requirements analysis, design, implementation, and integration of the IPsec protocol on client networking equipment
- Coded in C, C++, CORBA, and Python for various Linux platforms
- SVN use for version control
- Testing and Verification performed using VMware Workstation for virtual machines
- FIPS-140 protocol research for client
- Worked with client to determine road map to FIPS-140 certification.
Senior Systems Engineer (Contractor)
LJT & Associates, Inc.
Columbia, MD
08.2003 - 06.2008
- Client - NOAA
- Complete CCSDS ground station engineering support to the NOAA Polar Ground Segment (NPGS) JASON-2/OSTM team; supported the Systems Requirement Document (SRD), the Interface Requirements Documents (IRDs), the Interface Description Documents (IDDs), the Concept of Operations (CONOPS), Verification and Validation Plan and the overall JASON-2/OSTM system architecture
- Performed requirements decomposition, and allocation using the SRD, IRDs, IDDs, and Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
- Educated the NPGS JASON-2/OSTM team on CCSDS
- Client - NASA
- Design, develop, implement, and document Program Tracking Software as part of the Transportable TDRSS User Ground Terminal (TTGT) program on the NENS contract with the RFSOC at NASA GSFC
- Coded in C++ for Windows
- Provide embedded programs engineering support to the LJT & Associates, Inc
- Team members as requested.
Education
MS in Computer Science -
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
05.1997
BS in Computer Science -
Saint Michael’s College
05.1993
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Resource Allocation
- Partnership Development
- Talent Development
- Reporting Oversight
- Cross-Functional Communication
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Influencing and Negotiating
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Organizational Improvement
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Software development experience
- Software development processes
- Agile Software Development
- Leading software development teams
Accomplishments
- Advanced Transportation Leadership Program graduate '2023
Certification
- Scrum Master Certification - Leidos (2021)
Work Availability
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Quote
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Steve Jobs
Timeline
Software Development Sr. Manager
Leidos
04.2022 - Current
Software Development Manager
Leidos
12.2019 - 04.2022
Senior Software Engineer
Leidos
08.2019 - 11.2019
Senior Software Engineer (Contractor) – ERAM Software
Aerotek (Supporting Leidos)
04.2017 - 07.2019
Director of Technical Support Operations
Owen Software Development Corporation
03.2016 - 04.2017
Senior Systems Engineer
LJT & Associates, Inc.
11.2010 - 08.2015
Chief Engineer (Self Employed)
Exquisite Software Solutions, LLC
11.2010 - 12.2012
Senior Software Engineer (Contractor)
Exquisite Software Solutions, LLC
01.2008 - 06.2010
Senior Systems Engineer (Contractor)
LJT & Associates, Inc.
08.2003 - 06.2008
MS in Computer Science -
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
BS in Computer Science -
Saint Michael’s College