Senior Systems Engineer & Product Owner - Cloud & SAFe

Piper Companies; Gaithersburg (MD); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer / Product Owner to support a government customer focusing on modernizing mission-critical air traffic management systems. The role acts as Product Owner for an Agile development team, prioritizing backlogs and translating requirements into deliverables, including cloud-based software.

This hybrid position requires 3 days onsite and 2 days remote, with locations in Gaithersburg, MD; Eagan, MN; or Egg Harbor Township, NJ.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 6+ years with a Master's degree.
• Hands-on Agile Product Owner experience with backlogs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Strong knowledge of Agile/SAFe methodologies, PI Planning, and cross-functional development teams.
• Experience translating complex technical requirements into actionable software deliverables.
• Background in systems engineering, software development, scripting, or cloud-based system design.
• Experience working with customers and technical stakeholders to define solutions.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Agile Product Owner, managing and prioritizing team backlogs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Translate complex system requirements into actionable Agile features and testable user stories.
• Lead backlog refinement, PI Planning, sprint planning, and coordination across ARTs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, systems engineers, architects, and DevSecOps teams to align solutions with objectives.
• Maintain requirements traceability, technical documentation, and verification evidence for compliance.
• Support the design and implementation of cloud-based, microservices-driven software solutions.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies, integration milestones, testing, and release readiness.
• Engage customer stakeholders to define operational requirements, validate solutions, and drive improvement.

Skills

Agile Product Owner

Backlog management

User stories

Acceptance criteria

SAFe methodologies

PI Planning

Cross-functional teams

Cloud-based software

DevSecOps

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Java

Python

React

Microservices

Hybrid cloud architectures

DevSecOps

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer / Product Owner to support a government customer focusing on modernizing mission-critical air traffic management systems. The role acts as Product Owner for an Agile development team, prioritizing backlogs and translating requirements into deliverables, including cloud-based software.

This hybrid position requires 3 days onsite and 2 days remote, with locations in Gaithersburg, MD; Eagan, MN; or Egg Harbor Township, NJ.