Junior Systems Engineer

Job Title: Junior Systems Engineer Who is Saliense? Salienseis a growing Management and Technology Consulting Solutions provider based out of Mclean, VA. We work to solve our clients toughest challenges within the Defense, Civilian, Financial, and Healthcare industries. Our diverse employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. For more information, visitWhy Saliense? In addition to providing a fun, energetic environment that promotes innovation and personal growth, we offer excellent compensation packages with plenty of opportunities for advancement. We pay 100% of the premiums for employee Healthcare, including medical, dental, and vision. We offer 401K match, and all company contributions are 100% vested immediately. Since we believe in work life balance so much, we offer 20 days of paid leave per year. Use it as you need it or use it all at once and go travel for a month! We are proud to offer parental leave. There are many more - connect with us to get a preview of the full benefits package. Who will I support? The program you will be supporting has a mission to provide support to Defense Health Agency (DHA) with a focus on development, operations, and improvement of the Paper Record Tracking (PRT) software. The team utilizes open-source technologies, agile project management practices, and engineering to support active-duty members of the Department of Defense (DoD) and product users in the Defense Health Agency (DHA). ResponsibilitiesTrack product improvements, issues, and bugs using Jira while clearly communicating them to stakeholders and developers in an Agile environment.Facilitate and contribute to Agile events including demos, retrospectives, planning, backlog refinement, and daily standup meetings on a 3-week sprint cycle.Collaborate closely with all team members including developers, testing engineers, and project managers, to shepherd product backlog items from inception through production deploymentOwn and develop relationship with stakeholders, product users, and product developer; working with them to optimize and enhance the productAssist product users with technical issues, including account creation, troubleshooting, or user identification of product issues Qualifications:Must be a US citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD Public Trust ClearanceProven experience in eliciting requirements from customers/clients/stakeholders.Desired experience working in an Agile development environmentAbility to create clearly worded user stories, bugs, and tasks using Jira, as well as verbally communicate functional requirements clearly to various audiences ranging in technical and business knowledgeStrong leadership, teamwork, interpersonal, and presentation skills; must be comfortable serving as the voice of the development team/presenting in large virtual meetingsDesire to take ownership, be creative with problem solving, and proactively secure the objectives of the team and program missionExcellent written and verbal communications skillsA positive attitude, with the ability to adapt and overcome challenges as a team, and willingness to grow Years of Experience: 3 years of relevant experience Education: Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management, or related field. Location: Currently fully remote due to COVID-19, with potential to transition to a hybrid environment (3 days in Falls Church, VA office, 2 remote) *Saliense Consulting LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Created: 2025-10-04