Junior Systems Engineer - TS/SCI w/ Poly, Agile RAD Support

Shield Consulting Solutions; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO 25 days

401(k) match

Job summary

Shield Consulting Solutions is seeking a Junior Systems Engineer to support TO-005, RAD, and assist with planning, design, and implementation of a mission-critical system. You will work directly with customers, systems engineers, developers, and the UX team to define, build, test, and deliver mission-driven software capabilities.

You will participate in Agile ceremonies, curate sprint backlogs, and help remove blockers while ensuring features meet requirements.

Qualifications

• Ability to elicit and document functional requirements from stakeholders.
• Translate requirements into Jira user stories and epics for development teams.
• Experience validating features through functional/manual testing.
• Familiarity with Agile software development and collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Requirements gathering and decomposition from government customers and stakeholders.
• Translate requirements into well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Curate and groom sprint backlog ensuring appropriate sizing and sequencing.
• Serve as a point of contact for developers and remove blockers during sprints.
• Conduct initial functional testing to validate features against requirements.
• Present new developments to government customers and gather feedback.
• Partner with UX on designs, ensuring usability considerations in requirements.
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (planning, demos, retrospectives).

Skills

Requirements elicitation

User story development

Agile methodology

Jira/Confluence

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Shield Consulting Solutions is seeking a Junior Systems Engineer to support TO-005, RAD, and assist with planning, design, and implementation of a mission-critical system. You will work directly with customers, systems engineers, developers, and the UX team to define, build, test, and deliver mission-driven software capabilities.

You will participate in Agile ceremonies, curate sprint backlogs, and help remove blockers while ensuring features meet requirements.