Systems Engineer

Your Impact:

Are you interested in using your skills to help shape the Cyber, Security, & Intel space? If so, look no further. Amentum is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our team of passionate individuals in Fort Meade, MD
. In this role you will support challenging, mission‑critical projects that make a direct impact on the Nation’s security and intelligence mission.

Provide Systems Engineering and Technical Support to the Identity Credential and Access Management (ICAM) for Zero Trust Implementation. The candidate must have the ability to understand and work with technologies including REST, Oracle/MySQL, Mongo

DB, Postgre

SQL, JSON, XML, Docker, AWS, NiFi, Single Sign‑On (OAuth and SAML) and Kubernetes. The candidate is expected to provide technical expertise in industry, federal, and DoD standards/policies as well as create and maintain ICAM for Zero Trust documentation to include release notes, installation and user guides, frameworks, SOPs, and plans in accordance with Zero Trust mandates. Other duties include research of technical topics, identification of improvement areas, hands‑on understanding of how to configure system components and generating advisory documentation to support ICAM installation and planning.

The candidate will also work with existing ICAM capability teams to develop architecture and design documentation, perform technology assessments, develop or contribute to strategy and planning documents and support risk mitigation assessments.

• Analyzes user requirements, the concept of operations documents, and high‑level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.
• Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities. Guides users in formulating requirements, advises alternative approaches and conducts feasibility studies.
• Provides technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology. Incorporates new plans, designs, and systems into ongoing operations.
• Develops technical documentation. Develops system architecture and system design documentation.
• Guides system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans.
• Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and associated problems, issues, or conflicts.
• Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed, and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility.
• Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives.

• Ability to solve complex system/integration problems
• Strong technical acumen and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with PKI
• Understanding of scalability and high‑availability strategies with deployments across multiple service centers (e.g., availability zones)
• Experience with SW development methodologies
• Knowledge of application and security testing, vulnerability management and tracking
• Understanding of Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Demonstrated engineering experience on programs with requirements, functional analysis, and allocation, conducting system requirement reviews, developing CONOPS and system architectures
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in working with Software Development, Test Engineers, and System Administration teams to establish capabilities that meet requirements
• Ability to facilitate meetings and brief technical concepts to technical and non‑technical personnel
• Experience with developing program review materials
• Must be able to work in a collaborative environment. Must be able to work with minimum supervision and be customer focused
• Experience with Confluence and JIRA
• Must be able to work in a fast‑paced environment where multiple applications are being developed and deployed simultaneously.
• Must be able to adapt quickly to change and react to unexpected results.
• Must be self‑motivated and be able to work well within a team environment, be organized, and multi‑task.

• Top Secret/SCI with polygraph

Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer…