Junior Systems Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance, 1 Remote Day/Week

bookerdimaio; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

bookerdimaio is seeking a Junior Systems Engineer for a role that combines onsite work in Annapolis Junction, MD with one remote day per week. The candidate will help plan, design, and implement mission-critical software capabilities while collaborating with customers, systems engineers, developers, and the UX team to define, build, test, and deliver features.

The position requires strong communication, hands-on experience with Agile delivery, and the ability to translate requirements into

Qualifications

• Elicit and document functional requirements from government customer 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 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.
• Familiarity with software development concepts (e.g., Java or JavaScript frameworks, RESTful microservices) sufficient to communicate effectively with developers.

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 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

Customer collaboration

Jira user stories

Functional testing

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Software concepts (Java/JavaScript, AP

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

bookerdimaio is seeking a Junior Systems Engineer for a role that combines onsite work in Annapolis Junction, MD with one remote day per week. The candidate will help plan, design, and implement mission-critical software capabilities while collaborating with customers, systems engineers, developers, and the UX team to define, build, test, and deliver features.

The position requires strong communication, hands-on experience with Agile delivery, and the ability to translate requirements into