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TAD PGS, Inc. · 3 weeks ago

NGA Support-TS/SCI - RTM Systems Engineer (Jira Admin /Developer)

Springfield, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

4+ years exp

TAD PGS, Inc. is seeking an RTM Systems Engineer (Jira Admin /Developer) to combine systems engineering discipline with hands-on expertise in JIRA and Confluence. The role involves ensuring accurate taxonomy, traceability, and synchronization across complex development efforts while coordinating with multiple programs and stakeholders.

ConsultingHuman ResourcesStaffing Agency

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Hiring Manager

Sojal Palekar

Responsibilities

Ensures all elements of this taxonomy are linked correctly in parent-child relationships and that all dependencies are reflected in the appropriate JIRA fields, along with the correct Tags and Labels for each record

Ensures that all team members operate on a set of common principles: a fixed schedule, an increment every two weeks, a common PI length, a known velocity using SAFe Core Values, face-to-face PI planning, a demonstrated capability at the end of each development segment, a well understood and consistent cadence and monitoring of all testing schedules

Creates and maintains documentation detailing all dependencies and inter-relationships between development activities/release trains and other-than release trains. Maintaining awareness, tracking, and coordination of these inter-dependencies and required capabilities is critical to overall success

Ensure associated risks and opportunities are entered and tracked in the Office/Contract’s Board that tracks risk and opportunities of the overall office

Coordinates with Product Owners and Feature Support Engineers and schedule/conduct RTM meetings and review/approval boards for each development cycle including Sprints and Program Increments. These boards will be required for preparing and orchestrating features for future execution and demonstrating capability for those features that have already been accomplished and need Government approval prior to the next step in fielding new capability

Coordinates with other Agency’s capabilities and offices where we are leveraging their existing services and adding capability to their baseline. To this end, the Contractor shall support all management activities to synchronize development activity with the other Agency’s Program Office and monitor the status of capability backlogs, prioritization, and successful uploads of RTM capabilities to the Agency’s operational instance

Ensures all architecture and other system documentation is captured in a standardized and available format for supported release trains

Works at the RTM level to support all Engineering requirements for that particular RTM scope

Works with other system engineers under other Release Trains and vendor engineers, along with Government Mission and Product owners to ensure accurate translation of requirements into Program Epics and Features

Qualification

JIRAConfluenceSAFe AgileTS/SCI clearanceRequirements managementTeam trainingCommunication skillsDocumentation skills

Required

Hold an active TS/SCI security clearance

Bachelor's degree plus four years of experience, or Masters plus two years of experience in Government Program and Information Technology or a related field

Experience drafting detailed application program coding specifications

Experience working to integrate development efforts across multiple systems/segments

Preferred

Experience in leading tasks for modifying complex applications programs from specifications and Discrepancy Reports

Possess deep experience configuring and governing JIRA/Confluence records, enforcing parent-child relationships, applying standardized tags/labels, and ensuring end-to-end traceability

Demonstrate skill in translating requirements into Solution/Program Epics and Features, with well-defined acceptance criteria and alignment to SAFe/RTM practices

Have experience tracking dependencies and risks across release trains, using JIRA linkages, dependency boards, and regular reviews to resolve issues before they impact delivery

Be adept at synchronizing documentation across trains and systems using Confluence templates, macros, and standardized workflows to maintain a single source of truth

Support architecture and system reviews by developing and maintaining ADRs, interface specifications, and non-functional requirements documentation

Understand cross-program and external system coordination, ensuring requirements and dependencies are aligned with other Agency programs and partners

Apply automation, reporting, and auditing techniques to monitor compliance, enforce taxonomy rules, and ensure data integrity across systems

Be experienced in training and coaching teams—providing guides, standards, and workflow checks to drive consistent, compliant recordkeeping and requirements management

Demonstrated understanding of SAFe Agile constructs (Solution Epics, Capabilities, Features, etc.) to support Release Train Management alignment

Excellent communication skills to support enterprise-wide synchronization, status reporting, and collaboration with leadership and stakeholders

Experience supporting the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency