Senior System Engineer
$168,000–$240,000 year
On-siteAnnapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Integrate externally developed and internally developed ICAM capabilities into a unified Zero Trust solution while supporting development, configuration, and testing of identity, access management, and policy decision services. Conduct system integration, validation, and troubleshooting across diverse mission environments, including Kubernetes-based deployment support and software supply chain security activities. Lead requirements analysis, architecture development, and technical assessments to ensure delivered solutions align with Zero Trust principles and operational objectives. Collaborate with product teams, developers, and system integrators to establish capabilities that satisfy mission and security requirements within federal and DoD environments.
Required Qualifications
- TS/SCI with polygraph
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in computer engineering or in a field related to the computer engineering or computer science disciplines
- 10 years of System Engineering experience
- Experience supporting systems engineering activities within federal, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, or similarly regulated environments
- Understanding of Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) concepts and Zero Trust Architecture principles
- Experience supporting system integration, configuration, testing, validation, or deployment activities
- Experience developing technical documentation including architecture products, design documents, deployment guides, implementation procedures, SOPs, or engineering plans
- Knowledge of authentication, authorization, identity federation, access control, and policy enforcement concepts
- Experience supporting requirements analysis, system design, architecture development, or engineering assessments
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting Zero Trust implementation initiatives
- Experience with OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, federation services, or Single Sign-On technologies
- Experience with Identity Providers (IdP), Policy Administration Points (PAP), Policy Decision Points (PDP), Policy Enforcement Points (PEP), or related ICAM technologies
- Familiarity with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), certificate lifecycle management, and credential management solutions
- Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, containerized applications, or cloud-native deployment architectures
- Experience supporting deployment package development and release management activities
- Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or other cloud environments supporting government workloads
- Experience with REST APIs, JSON, XML, and system-to-system integrations
- Experience with software supply chain security practices including vulnerability management, artifact validation, SBOMs, dependency analysis, container security, or release integrity verification
- Experience with vulnerability assessment tools, security testing, STIG compliance reviews, or remediation tracking
- Experience supporting Assessment and Authorization (A&A) activities, SSP development, POA&M management, or NIST 800-53 compliance efforts
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies, Jira, and Confluence
- Experience developing architecture diagrams, trust boundary diagrams, implementation roadmaps, or technical briefings
- Knowledge of scalability, resiliency, and high-availability deployment architectures
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