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We have an immediate need for a Junior Systems Engineer to support TO-005, Report Authoring and Dissemination (RAD) and assist with overseeing the planning, design, and implementation of a mission-critical system. Candidates should be passionate about collaboratively solving challenging problems and have a track record of delivering high-quality solutions. Work directly with customers, systems engineers, developers, and the UX team to ensure mission-driven software capabilities are accurately defined, built, tested, and delivered. Engage tactically with the development team, maintain close collaboration with stakeholders, and actively participate in Agile delivery throughout the development lifecycle.\nResponsibilities:\nRequirements Gathering & Decomposition: Elicit and document functional requirements from the government customer and stakeholders, decomposing them into detailed technical requirements.\nUser Story Development: Translate technical requirements into well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria for the development team.\nSprint Curation: Curate and groom the sprint backlog, ensuring stories are appropriately sized and sequenced so each developer has sufficient, well-scoped work.\nDeveloper Support: Serve as a point of contact for developers, addressing implementation questions and helping remove blockers throughout the sprint.\nInitial Testing: Conduct initial functional testing of new development to validate features against requirements before broader QA and customer review.\nCustomer Presentation: Present new development and completed features to the government customer, gathering feedback for future iterations.\nUX Collaboration: Partner with the UX team on new designs, ensuring requirements and user stories reflect usability and design considerations.\nAgile Ceremonies: Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, demos, retrospectives) and support the broader development lifecycle.\nCandidates should have the following qualifications and experience:\nTS/SCI Clearance with polygraph\nBachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. \nFour (4) years of additional SE or related experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.\nAbility to work directly with customers and stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document functional requirements\nAbility to translate requirements into actionable Jira user stories and epics for development teams\nExperience conducting functional/manual testing of application features\nFamiliarity with Agile software development methodologies and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical work to non-technical stakeholders\nFamiliarity with software development concepts (e.g., Java or Java Script frameworks, RESTful microservices) sufficient to communicate effectively with developers.\nCandidates are desired to have the following skills and experience:\nFamiliarity with Cloud-based architecture and deployment (Amazon Web Services)\nExposure to UX/design collaboration or wireframing tools.\nFamiliarity with domain knowledge surrounding government agency reporting and dissemination policies.\nPerks and Benefits:\n8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program \n10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one \n$5,000 annual training/tuition \nStudent Loan Repayment Program \n100% company-funded HSA \nRich medical coverage (100% coinsurance) \nDental coverage including orthodontia \nUp to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company funded \nAmazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes \nPet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more! \nAt Belay, we are committed to creating an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally. We believe in transparency and fairness in compensation. Several factors influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, education, specific skills and competencies and certifications. Belay offers a competitive total compensation package that includes benefits and perks, a flexible work-life balance, and career development.\nSalary Range: $105,000 to $200,000\nBelay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland (Baltimore/Washington area). Belay Technologies specializes in systems automation and full stack development. Belay Technologies provides leading technology and engineering solutions to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products. We hire software engineers, web designers, test engineers, systems engineers, systems administrators, database engineers and other tech services. 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