Agile Systems Engineer: COTS/GOTS & UAT Lead

Freedom Technology Solutions Group; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k matching

Medical coverage

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Company events

Job summary

Freedom Technology Solutions Group is seeking a Systems Engineer to support eight products enabling and supporting I&L mission operations. This role blends systems engineering with hands-on technical and operational engineering, requiring strong requirements discipline and practical technical understanding.

You will collaborate with a Tech Lead and cross-functional stakeholders to plan, define, document, and implement solutions across multiple products, including COTS and GOTS.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Systems Engineer in an Agile or hybrid Agile environment.
• Strong background in requirements analysis, documentation, and lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting COTS and GOTS products.
• Technical fluency sufficient to collaborate deeply with developers and architects (APIs, integrations, environments, etc).
• Experience working across multiple products or systems simultaneously.
• Hands‑on experience with JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience defining and supporting UAT and testing processes.
• Comfortable working in environments with evolving scope, new development, and immature processes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary Systems Engineering partner to the Tech Lead and Agile team across multiple products.
• Lead requirements analysis, decomposition, and documentation, translating business and operational needs into clear, testable requirements.
• Establish and maintain systems documentation using Confluence, including system views, workflows, interfaces, and architectural decision records.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and stakeholders to support new product development and enhancements.
• Help define and implement team‑level processes, including requirements management, change control, and traceability.
• Support integration and operational use of COTS and GOTS products, including evaluation, configuration, and sustainment considerations.
• Create and manage UAT processes, including test planning, acceptance criteria, and coordination with stakeholders.
• Participate in system and integration testing to ensure requirements are validated end‑to‑end.
• Use JIRA to manage requirements, stories, dependencies, and acceptance criteria within Agile workflows.
• Leverage GitLab for collaboration with development teams, including understanding pipelines, versioning, and release workflows.
• Act as a bridge between business, technical, and operational perspectives to ensure scalable, sustainable solutions.

Skills

Systems Engineer

Agile

JIRA

Confluence

GitLab

UAT testing

Requirements analysis

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

GitLab

Job description

Freedom Technology Solutions Group is seeking a Systems Engineer to support eight products enabling and supporting I&L mission operations. This role blends systems engineering with hands-on technical and operational engineering, requiring strong requirements discipline and practical technical understanding.

You will collaborate with a Tech Lead and cross-functional stakeholders to plan, define, document, and implement solutions across multiple products, including COTS and GOTS.