Senior Systems Engineer & Product Owner - Hybrid SAFe Cloud

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

PTO

Holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer / Product Owner to support a government customer focused on modernizing mission-critical air traffic management systems. You will serve as the Product Owner for an Agile development team, translate complex requirements into deliverables, and support cloud-based software solutions.

The role requires 8+ years of experience (or 6+ with a Master's) and expertise in Agile/SAFe, PI Planning, and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Agile Product Owner, managing and prioritizing backlogs, 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, engineers, architects, and DevSecOps to align solutions with objectives.
• Maintain requirements traceability and technical documentation to support compliance.
• Support 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 and support continuous improvement.

Skills

Agile Product Owner

Backlog management

User stories

Acceptance criteria

SAFe

Cross-functional teams

Regulatory compliance

Cloud-based microservices

8+ years experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer / Product Owner to support a government customer focused on modernizing mission-critical air traffic management systems. You will serve as the Product Owner for an Agile development team, translate complex requirements into deliverables, and support cloud-based software solutions.

The role requires 8+ years of experience (or 6+ with a Master's) and expertise in Agile/SAFe, PI Planning, and cross-functional teams.