Ignite IT - Innovation & Technology

Requirements Engineer

Ignite IT - Innovation & Technology

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Maryland • United States

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudPostgres

About the role

  • Support a large-scale government agency initiative to modernize a complex, interdependent system of systems migrating from legacy on-premises platforms to AWS Cloud Native architectures.
  • Conduct structured discovery sessions to understand legacy on-prem systems, workflows, data dependencies, and integration points.
  • Document current-state (As-Is) and target-state (To-Be) capabilities supporting AWS Cloud Native migration.
  • Support development of phased migration plans (e.g., refactor vs. lift-and-shift decisions).
  • Identify cross-system dependencies that must be sequenced to prevent downstream rework or hybrid thrashing.
  • Collaborate with architects to ensure requirements align to target cloud-native design principles.
  • Develop modernization EPICs aligned to cloud-native re-architecture, data ingestion modernization, integration redesign, automation of manual workflow gates, DevSecOps enablement.
  • Decompose EPICs into features and refined user stories with clear acceptance criteria, testable outcomes, and defined dependencies.
  • Establish initial product backlog in collaboration with Product Owners.
  • Ensure traceability from high-level modernization objectives to sprint-ready user stories.
  • Collaborate with Requirements Engineers in other workstreams to coordinate interdependent user stories, align sequencing of integration capabilities, prevent duplication of effort, and manage shared components.
  • Maintain visibility of system-of-systems impacts when new requirements are introduced.
  • Support integrated release planning across workstreams.
  • Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Daily Standups, Reviews & Retrospectives).
  • Work closely with Product Owners to prioritize backlog items, groom stories for sprint readiness, and ensure stories meet INVEST principles.
  • Define and document Definition of Done (DoD) criteria including code complete, automated tests implemented, documentation updated, security checks passed.
  • Support incremental delivery aligned to modernization milestones.
  • Develop requirements artifacts supporting architecture review board submissions, interface control documentation, security authorization processes.
  • Maintain end-to-end Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), ensuring requirements are testable and align with validation frameworks.
  • Define requirements for high-volume data processing systems, event-driven and serverless architectures, API-based integration patterns, and database modernization (e.g., Postgres/Aurora migration).

Requirements

  • No specific requirements listed.
Benefits
  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development assistance
  • Referral program
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Vision insurance
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Hard Skills & Tools
AWS Cloud NativeDevSecOpsAgile ScrumRequirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)API-based integrationPostgresAuroradata ingestion modernizationintegration redesignhigh-volume data processing
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationorganizationalproblem-solvingprioritizationdocumentationstakeholder engagementfacilitationcritical thinkingadaptability