Junior Systems Engineer (Hybrid) - Jira/Confluence/Agile/Java/JavaScript
Captivation · Annapolis Junction, MD
About this role
**Build to something to be proud of.** Captivation has a reputation for delivering customers exactly what they need—on time. We’re looking for a **Junior Systems Engineer** to support a **mission-critical system** by helping oversee planning, design, and implementation, while collaborating closely with customers, engineers, developers, and UX in an **Agile** environment. --- ## Responsibilities - **Requirements gathering & decomposition:** Elicit and document functional requirements from government customers and stakeholders; break them into detailed technical requirements. - **User story development:** Translate technical requirements into clear user stories and acceptance criteria. - **Sprint curation:** Groom the sprint backlog to ensure stories are properly sized and sequenced. - **Developer support:** Help developers with implementation questions and remove sprint blockers. - **Initial testing:** Perform initial functional/manual testing to validate features against requirements. - **Customer presentation:** Present new development and completed features; gather feedback for future iterations. - **UX collaboration:** Partner with UX to ensure requirements and user stories reflect usability and design considerations. - **Agile ceremonies:** Participate in sprint planning, demos, retrospectives, and support the broader development lifecycle. --- ## Requirements ### Security Clearance - Must currently hold a **Top Secret/SCI** U.S. Government security clearance with a **favorable Polygraph** (therefore candidates must be **U.S. citizens**). ### Minimum Qualifications - **Bachelor’s degree** from an accredited college or university. - **Master’s degree** may be substituted for **two (2) years** of experience. ### Required Skills - Ability to work with customers/stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document functional requirements. - Ability to translate requirements into **Jira** user stories and epics. - Experience conducting **functional/manual testing**. - Familiarity with **Agile** methodologies and collaboration tools such as **Jira** and **Confluence**. - Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to present technical work to non-technical stakeholders. - Familiarity with software development concepts (e.g., **Java** or **JavaScript frameworks**, **RESTful microservices**) sufficient to communicate with developers. ### Desired Skills - Familiarity with **cloud-based architecture/deployment** (e.g., **AWS**). - Exposure to UX/design collaboration or wireframing tools. - Familiarity with government agency reporting and dissemination policy domain knowledge. --- **Note:** This position is open for **direct hires only**. We will not consider candidates from **third-party staffing/recruiting firms**. --- ## Benefits - **Annual Salary:** $130,000 – $270,000 (depends on years of experience) - **Up to 20% 401(k) contribution** (no matching required; vested from day 1) - Above market hourly rates - **$3,600 HSA contribution** - **6 weeks paid time off** - Company-paid medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short-term & long-term disability, and AD&D
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