Job Title: RTM Systems Engineer Position Type: Full-time Onsite Location: Springfield, VA Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI
Waypoint’s client is seeking an RTM Systems Engineer who combines systems engineering discipline with hands-on expertise in JIRA and Confluence to ensure accurate taxonomy, traceability, and synchronization across complex development efforts. This role sits at the intersection of governance, technical rigor, and cross-program coordination, ensuring consistent recordkeeping and alignment to SAFe Release Train Management (RTM) practices.
The RTM Systems Engineer will be responsible for creating and maintaining accurate records in JIRA/Confluence across Solution Epics, Program Epics, and Features, while ensuring traceability, dependencies, and documentation are properly managed to support enterprise development efforts.
Responsibilities
Ensure all taxonomy elements (Solution Epics, Program Epics, Features) are linked correctly with dependencies, tags, and labels in JIRA.
Enforce adherence to SAFe Core Values, including fixed schedules, common PI length, known velocity, face-to-face PI planning, and consistent cadence.
Create and maintain documentation of dependencies and interrelationships across development activities and release trains.
Track associated risks and opportunities within RTM risk boards.
Coordinate with Product Owners, Feature Support Engineers, and RTM boards to prepare features for execution and demonstrate capability accomplishments for Government approval.
Synchronize development activity with other Agency Program Offices where services are leveraged or capabilities integrated.
Capture architecture and system documentation in standardized formats for release trains.
Translate requirements into Program Epics and Features in collaboration with engineers, Product Owners, and mission stakeholders.
Support cross-train and enterprise synchronization by ensuring accurate requirements translation and system documentation.
Required
Active TS/SCI clearance.
Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 2+ years of relevant experience.
Experience drafting detailed application program coding specifications.
Experience integrating development efforts across multiple systems/segments.
Desired
Experience leading tasks for modifying complex application programs from specifications and Discrepancy Reports.
Deep expertise configuring and governing JIRA/Confluence records, and ensuring traceability.
Experience translating requirements into Solution/Program Epics and Features with acceptance criteria aligned to SAFe/RTM practices.
Familiarity with dependency tracking in JIRA, including use of linkages, boards, and reviews to resolve issues.
Experience using Confluence templates, macros, and workflows to maintain enterprise documentation.
Understanding of architecture documentation (ADRs, interface specifications, non-functional requirements).
Knowledge of SAFe Agile constructs (Solution Epics, Capabilities, Features) to support Release Train Management alignment.
Strong communication skills for enterprise-wide collaboration, synchronization, and reporting.
Experience supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).