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Senior Systems Engineer
Senior systems engineer on an Agile team supporting a suite of government applications built on the Pega low-code platform: analyzing and documenting requirements, writing user stories in Jira, coordinating releases/migrations, and partnering with cybersecurity and infrastructure teams. Requires an active TS/SCI with polygraph; based in Annapolis Junction, MD.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Annapolis Junction, MD
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field and 14 years of demonstrable experience (5 additional years of similar technical experience may substitute for the degree)
- Proficiency with Confluence, Jira, and Jira Advanced Roadmaps
Nice to have
- Experience working in AWS environments; familiarity with cloud-based application architectures, services, integrations, and deployment
Full description
**Reflexive Concepts is seeking a skilled Systems Engineer II to join our team!
Required: **
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field from an accredited college or university and fourteen (14) years of demonstrable experience is required. Five (5) years of additional technical experience on projects with similar hardware/software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
Description:
- Join an established, collaborative team supporting a suite of applications built on Pega Platform, a leading low-code enterprise platform used by major government agencies and Fortune 500 organizations to automate business processes, manage complex workflows, modernize legacy systems and deliver engaging customer experiences.
- Contribute to an Agile development environment by participating in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and iterative development cycles that promote continuous delivery and rapid feedback.
- Collaborate with cross-functional technical and mission teams in a fast-paced environment where initiative, adaptability, sound judgement, and a willingness to take on complex challenges are highly valued.
- Partner directly with development teams and Government leadership to establish priorities, analyze requirements, define and document business and technical processes, develop systems engineering documentation, and support customer engagement and user acceptance testing.
- Analyze existing applications to derive and document requirements that enable development teams to design and build modernized replacement capabilities; develop user stories in Jira and establish clear, detailed acceptance criteria to support successful delivery.
- Support the planning and coordination of application releases, deployments, and migrations across environments, identifying dependencies, risks, readiness considerations, and potential operational impacts to help enable successful transitions.
- Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and engineering teams to address compliance requirements, resolve vulnerabilities, remediate active security findings, and maintain the security and operational integrity of applications and supporting environments.
- Troubleshoot complex application and system issues, identify root causes, and implement solutions that improve system reliability, performance, maintainability, and overall operational stability.
- Develop and maintain clear technical documentation covering system configurations, operational procedures, troubleshooting approaches, engineering decisions, and technical solutions to support effective knowledge sharing and long-term system sustainment.