Sr. Systems Engineer - ELM (TS/SCI w/ CI Poly required)

amtechnologies; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

amtechnologies in Sterling, VA seeks a highly experienced cybersecurity engineer with active TS/SCI w/ CI Poly to join our on-site team. Candidates must meet DoDD 8140 Security+ CE and possess deep expertise in IAM, CI/CD, and cloud-based Enterprise Lifecycle Management.

The role emphasizes hands-on configuration, deployment, and maintenance of applications as AaC, with strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills essential for success and collaboration with cross-functional

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
• DoDD 8140 Security+ CE certification required.
• Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining AaC via CI/CD in cloud environments.
• Proven ability to document, test plans, and troubleshoot complex systems.
• Familiarity with IDAM technologies (AD, SAML, OAuth, OIDC).
• Experience with databases (Cassandra, MySQL, MongoDB).

Skills

Security mindset

Excellent communication

Engineering rigor

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in STEM

Tools

IBM Enterprise Lifecycle Management

CI/CD pipelines

ServiceNow integration

Active Directory

SAML/OpenID/OAuth

GitLab/Jenkins/Terraform/Ansible

Python/PowerShell/Groovy

Kubernetes/Rancher

Grafana/Splunk

Tableau/SharePoint

Job description

Active TS/SCI w/ CI Poly required. On-site position. Must have Sec+ or better.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

We are actively seeking candidates with a minimum of 10 years' relevant experience. Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a STEM field is required. Specific skills include the following:

• At a minimum, meet DoDD 8140 requirements (Security+ CE Certification)
• Configure, deploy and maintain IBM Enterprise Lifecycle Management (as AaC using CI/CD pipeline in a cloud-based environment)
• Expertise configuring, deploying, and maintaining applications as AaC through Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
• Ability to demonstrate solid engineering rigor
• Expert troubleshooting and solutioning skills
• Experience working with relational and/or non-relational databases (e.g. Cassandra, MySQL, MongoDB)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to clearly and succinctly describe complex issues
• Experience integrating applications with workflow, case or ticketing, or automation platforms such as ServiceNow or custom-built systems
• Knowledge of IDAM requirements and technologies including Active Directory, SAML, OpenLDAP, OAuth 2.0, and/or OIDC
• Demonstrated experience with building comprehensive test plans for unit and user system testing and validation
• Strong documentation skills
• Developing integration interfaces using Python, PowerShell, and Groovy
• Experience and comfort with basic DevOps Tooling (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab)

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Experience with Cloud solution optimization
• Experience configuring and instrumenting visualization tools (Grafana, Splunk) to work with applications
• Experience with ServiceNow
• Integration of virtualized applications and application streaming or layering techniques
• Assist with leading and overseeing a total system perspective including technical understanding of relationships, dependencies and requirements of cloud services, infrastructure and security domains
• Experience configuring, deploying and maintaining COTS applications/tools systems engineering experience (configuring/deploying AaC using CI/CD pipeline in a cloud-based environment)
• Experience configuring, deploying and maintaining TeamWork Cloud and Cameo (and associated tools like Cassandra DB) as AaC using CI/CD pipeline in a cloud-based environment
• Experience configuring, deploying and maintaining SharePoint as AaC using CI/CD pipeline in a cloud-based environment
• Experience configuring, deploying and maintaining Tableau as AaC using CI/CD pipeline in a cloud-based environment
• Experience with maintaining API Gateways, catalogs in a cloud-based environment
• Experience developing cross domain capabilities
• Other Cloud experience (Azure, Google, Oracle, IBM)
• Familiarity with Containerized Development environments (Rancher, Kubernetes)

Pay & Benefits Highlights

Compensation

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Employee referral bonuses of up to $10,000 for eligible hires.
• Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth.

Health & Wellness

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
• Deductible reimbursement of up to $1,000 for employee-only coverage and up to $2,000 for family coverage upon meeting plan deductibles.

Income Protection

• 100% company-paid short-term disability insurance.
• 100% company-paid long-term disability insurance.
• 100% company-paid accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
• Company-paid life insurance coverage up to $150,000.

Retirement

• 401(k) plan with immediate vesting upon eligibility. Employees become eligible after six months of service.
• Pre-tax and Roth contribution options available.
• Company Match:A&M provides a dollar-for-dollar match on employee contributions up to 6% of eligible compensation.
• Non-Elective Contribution (NEC):A&M provides an additional 6% company contribution to all eligible participants, regardless of employee contributions.

Paid Time Off

• Up to 18 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
• Additional PTO awarded based on years of service: +2 days after 3 years, +4 days after 6 years, and +7 days after 10 years.
• 10 paid holidays annually, including up to four floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work schedules, based on contract and project requirements.