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Systems Engineer

aqua IT
Chantilly, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/28/2026

Overview: As the Systems Engineer, you will apply technical knowledge in supporting multiple concurrent client integrations with our Enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) services. You’ll use your technical skills to troubleshoot user issues and better the integration process with program services. You’ll get customer facetime and grow both your technical and soft skillsets. This position is an opportunity for a junior engineer to grow into a technical leader.


Responsibilities:

  • Perform software testing or validation procedures, improving the procedures as needed
  • Perform system integration and experience integrating services from different systems
  • Debug software issues, investigate root causes, and recommend fixes
  • Perform Authentication (AuthN), Authorization (AuthZ), Digital Policy Management (DPM), Entitlement Management (EM), and Authoritative Attributes (AuthA)Leverage project management skills to manage a client’s integration with our services
  • Perform Linux server administration
  • Implement, evolve, and support authentication, Single Sign On (SSO), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), federation, and cloud infrastructure
  • Deploy and operate secure authentication, access management, and Identity as a Service (IDaaS) technologies
  • Implement methods, standards, and approaches for describing, analyzing, and documenting an organization's enterprise IT architecture
  • Navigate Linux or Windows operating systems using command line interface


Requirements/Qualifications:

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and extensive experience working with external
  • Experience with one or more of the following:System integration or software development, and experience integrating services from different systemsTroubleshooting software issues, investigating root causes, and recommending fixesPerforming software testing or validation
  • Navigate Linux or Windows operating systems using command line interface
  • Perform software testing or validation procedures, improving the procedures as needed
  • Demonstrated ability to document processes/ procedures
  • Ability to troubleshoot software issues, investigate root causes, and recommend fixes
  • Active TS clearance required to start; SCI with CI Poly eligible
  • SEC certification or DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification, or ability to attain certification within 60 days of start
  • Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of relevant work experience, will consider work experience in lieu of a degree


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Active TS SCI clearance with CI Polygraph
  • System administration skills in support of RHEL, SE Linux, Solaris, Windows, Apache, IIS
  • Knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC), Scrum, and Agile processes
  • Knowledge of Oracle Identity and Access Management (IdAM) suite, including OAM, OID, OVD, OHS
  • Knowledge of authentication standards using OAuth, SAML, or PKI
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