Gaithersburg, MD

R-00085650 Description Job Description: Job Description: We have an IMMEDIATE NEED for a Systems Engineer on our large, multi-year contract for the development, integration, deployment and sustainment of a mission critical enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) system. The work being performed on this Leidos-led, prime contract is extremely important to the government and offers its team members the opportunity to work autonomously and explore new technologies. You will join a tremendous technical team solving hard problems with true mission relevance on emerging technologies. ***This position can be located in either the Chantilly, VA or Gaithersburg, MD Leidos locations. This is a hybrid position where the work can be done a couple days remotely*** Primary Responsibilities: * Technical support, coordination, and execution of systems engineering activities such as feature/requirements analysis, design, implementation planning, integration and test, sustainment, documentation, deployment, and system assessment * Establish a design framework that can be utilized to capture the key information for all existing, new, and enhanced features of our services and capabilities * Identify solution options and perform and document analyses of alternatives associated with technical solutions for needs, requirements, or use cases
* Perform systems engineering tasks within time-boxed (e.g. agile) sprints and releases. Support sprint and release planning activities as well as the creation of and/or input to work tickets (e.g. JIRA) as well as program/system documentation through the use of collaboration software (e.g. Confluence) * Collaborate with Test Team on the development and modification of requirements and the development or modification of test procedures * Collaborate with technical leadership on strategies and implementation of automated tests in support of use cases and requirements. * Enhance existing / produce new documents such as System CONOP, service detailed designs, system administration guides, and user guides Core Qualifications: * Bachelors of Science and 4- 8 years of prior relevant experience or a Master of Science degree with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience
* Experience with decomposing need statements, requirements, and use cases into technical solutions
* Experience with identifying open standards software solutions and components and their associated interfaces and networking, infrastructure, database, and platform specifications (cloud or on-premise) for the delivery of software components
* Experience producing technical documentation such as CONOP, detailed designs, whitepapers, administrator and / or user guides
* Understanding of the DODAF and its associated views
* Demonstrated ability to work successfully in a team and independently
* Proactive, self-motivated, innovative thinker
* Strong attention to detail; highly organized
* Understanding of how to architect a system for high availability and fault tolerance
* Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to tailor your messaging to difference audiences, both technical and non-technical
* Proficiency with MS Office Products (Word, Excel, Visio, & PowerPoint).
* Local to DC/Maryland/Virginia
* Active Top Secret (eligible for SCI) clearance*
* All candidates must be US CITIZENS to be considered for the position Preferred Qualifications: * Experience working on an enterprise-level project or system with high availability and accountability requirements
* Knowledge of or experience with solutions incorporating one or more of the following Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) standards or concepts:
* Attribute and Identity Federation
* Identity provisioning / de-provisioning
* OAuth 2.0
* OpenID Connect (OIDC)
* SAML
* SCIM
* Multi-factor Authentication solutions (AAL2 and AAL3)
* Single Sign On
* Entitlement Management
* Familiarity or previous experience with multiple of the following technologies:
* Rest, XML, and JSON
* Cloud infrastructure platforms (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure)
* API Gateways
* Familiarity with one or more of the following:
* Database setup and integration, both relational and NoSQL (Oracle DB, MySQL, CouchDB)
* DevOps automation tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
* Source control and Agile development tools (Git, Maven, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence)
* Analytics and search engines (Elasticsearch, Splunk, Apache Solr)
* Web application proxies

Clearance Requirements* Requires an active Top Secret security clearance upon hire and must meet SCI eligibility. Must be willing and able to obtain a polygraph within the customer’s timeline after hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required. This is a fully funded position and contingent on clearance crossover Pay Range: Pay Range $74,750.00 - $115,000.00 - $155,250.00