Systems Engineer 1

Purpose and Impact:

Amentum is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our team of passionate individuals in Ft. Meade, MD. In this role you will support challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the Nation’s security and intelligence mission.

Work Schedule: M-F, 8 hours a day

Essential Responsibilities:

Provide Systems Engineering and Technical Support to the Identity Credential and Access Management (ICAM) for Zero Trust Implementation. The candidate must have the ability to understand and work with technologies including REST, Oracle/MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, JSON, XML, Docker, AWS, Nifi, Single Sign-On (OAuth and SAML) and Kubernetes. The candidate is expected to provide technical expertise in industry, federal, and DoD standards/policies as well as create and maintain ICAM for Zero Trust documentation to include release notes, installation and user guides, frameworks, SOPs, and plans in accordance with Zero Trust mandates. Other duties include research of technical topics, identification of improvement areas, hands-on understanding of how to configure system components and generating advisory documentation to support ICAM installation and planning. The candidate will also work with existing ICAM capability teams to develop architecture and design documentation, perform technology assessments, develop or contribute to strategy and planning documents and support risk mitigation assessments. 

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands:

Must be able to work in a collaborative environment.  Must be able to work with minimal supervision.

Other Responsibilities:

Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant work environment, Amentum is a drug-free workplace and requires all personnel to comply with company drug and alcohol policies as a condition of employment.  Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the drug screening process.  Please note that this may include pre-hire screening for marijuana, as well as other federally controlled substances due to Amentum’s role as a federal contractor and trusted partner to the US Government.  

Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):

• Ability to solve complex system/integration problems
• Strong technical acumen and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with PKI
• Understanding of scalability and high-availability strategies with deployments across multiple service centers (e.g., availability zones)
• Experience with SW development methodologies
• Knowledge of application and security testing, vulnerability management and tracking
• Understanding of Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Demonstrated engineering experience on programs with requirements, functional analysis, and allocation, conducting system requirement reviews, developing CONOPS and system architectures
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in working with Software Development, Test Engineers, and System Administration teams to establish capabilities that meet requirements
• Ability to facilitate meetings and brief technical concepts to technical and non-technical personnel
• Experience with developing program review materials
• Must be able to work in a collaborative environment. Must be able to work with minimum supervision and be customer focused
• Experience with Confluence and JIRA
• Analyzes user requirements, the concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.
• Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities.
• Guides users in formulating requirements, advises alternative approaches and conducts feasibility studies.
• Provides technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology. Incorporates new plans, designs, and systems into ongoing operations. Develops technical documentation. Develops system Architecture and system design documentation.
• Guides system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans.
• Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and associated problems, issues, or conflicts.
• Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed, and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility.
• Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives.

Clearance Required:

• TS/SCI with poly

Minimum Education:  

• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. 5 years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree for a total of 12 years.

Minimum Years of Experience:  

• 7+ years of System Engineering experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
   

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