Junior Systems Engineer: Build Mission-Critical Systems

Captivation-Software; Maryland; On-site; USD 130,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual salary: $130,000 - $270,000 (DX

401k contribution up to 20%

Above-market hourly rates

HSA contribution

Company-paid medical/dental/vision/Dis

Job summary

Captivation Software is seeking a Junior Systems Engineer to support mission-critical software development. You will work with customers, systems engineers, developers, and the UX team to define, build, test, and deliver features in an Agile environment.

The role emphasizes gathering requirements, creating user stories in Jira, grooming backlogs, and enabling developers by removing blockers while collaborating with stakeholders and delivering high-quality solutions for the government mission.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Master’s degree can be substituted for two (2) years experience
• Ability to work directly with customers and stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document functional requirements
• Ability to translate requirements into actionable Jira user stories and epics for development teams
• Experience conducting functional/manual testing of application features
• Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical work to non-technical stakeholders

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 elicitation

Jira stories

Functional testing

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree substitution

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Captivation Software is seeking a Junior Systems Engineer to support mission-critical software development. You will work with customers, systems engineers, developers, and the UX team to define, build, test, and deliver features in an Agile environment.

The role emphasizes gathering requirements, creating user stories in Jira, grooming backlogs, and enabling developers by removing blockers while collaborating with stakeholders and delivering high-quality solutions for the government mission.