Junior Systems Engineer - Agile Govt Dev with Remote Day

Booker DiMaio, LLC

New York (NY)

Hybrid

USD 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Booker DiMaio, LLC is seeking a Junior Systems Engineer to support planning, design, and implementation of mission-critical software capabilities. You will work with customers, systems engineers, developers, and the UX team to ensure features are defined, built, tested, and delivered in alignment with mission objectives.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams, active participation in Agile delivery, and close engagement with stakeholders to ensure high-quality software outcomes.

Qualifications

  • Elicit and document functional requirements from government customers and stakeholders.
  • Translate requirements into Jira user stories and epics for development teams.
  • Conduct functional/manual testing of application features.
  • Familiarity with Agile software development and collaboration tools (Jira/Confluence).
  • Strong written and verbal communication; present technical work to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with Java or JavaScript frameworks and RESTful microservices.

Responsibilities

  • Requirements Gathering & Decomposition: Elicit and document functional requirements from the government customer and stakeholders, decomposing them into detailed technical requirements.
  • User Story Development: Translate technical requirements into well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria for the development team.
  • Sprint Curation: Curate and groom the sprint backlog, ensuring stories are appropriately sized and sequenced so each developer has sufficient, well-scoped work.
  • Developer Support: Serve as a point of contact for developers, addressing implementation questions and helping remove blockers throughout the sprint.
  • Initial Testing: Conduct initial functional testing of new development to validate features against requirements before broader QA and customer review.
  • Customer Presentation: Present new development and completed features to the government customer, gathering feedback for future iterations.
  • UX Collaboration: Partner with the UX team on new designs, ensuring requirements and user stories reflect usability and design considerations.
  • Agile Ceremonies: Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, demos, retrospectives) and support the broader development lifecycle.

Skills

Requirements gathering
Jira
Agile methodologies
Communication
User stories
Functional testing
Confluence
Technical writing
RESTful concepts

Tools

Jira
Confluence

Job description

Booker DiMaio, LLC is seeking a Junior Systems Engineer to support planning, design, and implementation of mission-critical software capabilities. You will work with customers, systems engineers, developers, and the UX team to ensure features are defined, built, tested, and delivered in alignment with mission objectives.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams, active participation in Agile delivery, and close engagement with stakeholders to ensure high-quality software outcomes.

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