SME - Systems Engineer with Security Clearance

VTG; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG seeks a Systems Engineer for a technical development program supporting Entitlement Programs and IdAM/ICAM, Authentication, Authorization, Attributes and Digital Policy Management. You will join a large team of developers, software engineers and data engineers to build, test and monitor systems.

Key tasks include requirements decomposition, ensuring designs align with architecture, automating processes, and supporting RMF/NIST security accreditation.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.
• Experience with AWS cloud and SQL.
• Familiarity with RMF/NIST security accreditation.
• Proven Linux administration background.

Responsibilities

• Build outs, testing, maintenance, and monitoring of systems.
• Requirements decomposition and translation to hardware/software specs.
• Ensure designs align with architecture and allocated requirements.
• Automate and improve existing systems; review capabilities, workflow, and scheduling constraints.
• Perform system analyses (functional, timeline, cost), allocate requirements.
• Identify system integrity issues across full system life cycles; propose solutions.
• Integrate systems and services and communicate results.
• Provide Release Management for deployment readiness; potential late-night deployments.

Skills

TS/SCI with Polygraph

Cloud/AWS experience

SQL

Agile/Jira/Confluence/ServiceNow

Linux administration

RMF/NIST security accreditation

Vulnerability scanning

Release management

Tools

Xacta

GreenLight

POAM tracking

Job description

Overview VTG is seeking a Systems Engineer for a technical development program supporting the Sponsor's Entitlement Programs as well as IdAM /ICAM, Authentication, Authorization, Attributes and Digital Policy Management. The Systems Engineer will work with a large team of developers, software engineers and data engineers. Primary Responsibilities List daily duties and/or specific job responsibilities. What will you do?

• Build outs, testing, maintenance, and monitoring of systems
• Requirements Decomposition
• Ensure designs are compatible with the architecture and allocated requirements to segments
• Address user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate and improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, cost estimation, requirements allocation, and interfaced definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
• Identify system integrity issues and solutions for the full system life cycles from concept to disposal
• Integrate systems and services as well as summarize and communicate results
• Support the development, documentation, and execution of system policies Required Qualifications
• Support the ATO / Accreditation effort for customer systems and applications Do you have what it takes? * Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Experience with the Cloud / Amazon Web Services
• Experience with SQL
• Agile Methodology / Jira, Confluence; ServiceNow (ESP)
• Experience providing Linux Administration
• Must be familiar with security accreditation process (Experience with Security Tools and Processes; RMF, NIST, Accreditation Apps (Xacta; GreenLight), System Scanning, Vulnerability Scanning; Plan of Action & Milestone (POAM) trackin
• Excellent customer support and attention to detail - Tier 3 and Tier 4 level support to team and customer base.
• Provide Release Management for deployment readiness, coordination and activities (**will require some late-night activities; typically, once or twice a month - 5pm - 9pm)