Systems Engineer Technical Lead - $202K

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 is seeking an experienced Systems Engineering Technical Lead to lead a 200+ person technical development program supporting enterprise entitlement, Identity and Access Management (IdAM/ICAM), authentication, authorization, and digital policy management solutions.

In this leadership role, you will guide multidisciplinary engineering teams in supporting existing systems and developing next-generation enterprise technologies. Responsibilities include translating stakeholder requirements into actionable Agile development plans, overseeing system integration and testing, supporting cloud-based solutions, and leading the deployment and maintenance of enterprise services.

Required 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 Assessment & Authorization (A&A) processes.
• Ability to translate stakeholder requirements into Agile user stories, sprint plans, and acceptance criteria.
• Strong communication and technical leadership skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience managing requirements across multiple customers.
• Scrum Master experience.
• Familiarity with the XACTA security accreditation tool.

RCT Systems Offers

• Competitive benefits package (medical, dental, vision, life insurance)
• Immediate 401k vesting
• Generous PTO and flexible schedules
• $500.00 annual technology allowance

RCT Systems is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex (to include pregnancy and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other federally protected class.