Junior Systems Engineer | Agile, Mission-Critical Ops

gdit

Maryland

Hybrid

USD 98,000 - 132,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

GDIT is seeking a Junior Systems Engineer to support mission-critical software development on government projects. You will collaborate with customers, systems engineers, developers, and the UX team to define, refine, and deliver features in an Agile setting, ensuring alignment with user needs and security requirements.

Role requires 2+ years of experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and Top Secret/SCI with Poly eligibility.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required.
Minimum 2+ years of related experience.
US citizenship required; Top Secret/SCI with Poly clearance may be required.

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.
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 and support the broader development lifecycle.