Lead Systems Engineer - IdAM/ICAM, Cloud, Flexible Schedules

RCT Systems; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life

Immediate 401k vesting

Generous PTO & flexible schedules

$500 annual technology allowance

Job summary

RCT Systems seeks an experienced Systems Engineering Technical Lead to steer a 200+ person program delivering enterprise IdAM/ICAM, authentication, authorization, and digital policy management solutions. You will translate stakeholder needs into Agile plans, guide system integration and testing, and oversee cloud-based services deployment and maintenance.

Lead multidisciplinary teams, ensure security accreditation readiness, and drive technical excellence across enterprise platforms.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree with 16+ years of relevant experience or Master's degree with 10-13 years.
• Extensive experience with IdAM/ICAM, authentication, authorization, entitlement management, and digital policy management.
• Systems engineering experience supporting enterprise-scale development, requirements analysis, and interface control documentation.
• Experience with AWS/cloud technologies and security accreditation processes.
• Hands-on experience with customer A&A processes.
• Ability to translate stakeholder requirements into Agile user stories, sprint plans, and acceptance criteria.
• Strong communication and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate stakeholder requirements into actionable Agile development plans.
• Oversee system integration and testing.
• Support cloud-based solutions and deployment/maintenance of enterprise services.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver on program milestones.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across the team.

Skills

TS/SCI with Polygraph

Agile Leadership

User Story Writing

Systems Engineering

IdAM/ICAM experience

Education

Bachelor's degree (16+ yrs) or Master's (10-13 yrs)

Tools

AWS

A&A processes

XACTA

Job description

RCT Systems seeks an experienced Systems Engineering Technical Lead to steer a 200+ person program delivering enterprise IdAM/ICAM, authentication, authorization, and digital policy management solutions. You will translate stakeholder needs into Agile plans, guide system integration and testing, and oversee cloud-based services deployment and maintenance.

Lead multidisciplinary teams, ensure security accreditation readiness, and drive technical excellence across enterprise platforms.