Software Systems Engineer

About This Role

Serve as a Software Systems Engineer to bridge the gap between software engineers and U.S. government geospatial analytic workforce users, ensuring solutions are user-centric and support effective use of geospatial tools. This role involves understanding mission requirements, translating them into software use cases, and supporting user adoption of geospatial solutions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between software engineers and end users, gathering and translating user requirements into software use cases.
• Facilitate and lead testing, training, documentation, and ongoing support to ensure effective user adoption of geospatial solutions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve workflows, incorporating user feedback into solution design, validation, and deployment.
• Monitor user engagement and identify opportunities to enhance usability and impact of custom geospatial capabilities.
• Capture requirements from testing outcomes into the backlog and collaborate with development team to prioritize within the SAFe Agile Framework.

Requirements

• U.S. citizen with an active TS/SCI with CI poly
• Experience developing and implementing software test plans and procedures to ensure usability, reliability, and mission readiness for production-level software systems
• Skilled in developing clear, user-friendly documentation and training materials, and delivering training sessions to support user transition to new technologies
• Experience with planning for the full Software Development Lifecycle via SAFe Agile Framework as a development team member
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical teams and user communities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a related field
• 4+ years of professional experience (additional experience may substitute for degree)

Nice to Have

• 5+ years of experience as a software test engineer in the IC and DoD
• Experience with leading planning for the full Software Development Lifecycle via SAFe Agile Framework as an agile lead such as Product Owner or Scrum Master
• Experience working with commercial geospatial technologies such as Esri Enterprise
• Experience with open-source tools like QGIS or GDAL

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits