System Engineer II

Reflexive Concepts•Hanover, MD

About The Position

Reflexive Concepts is seeking a System Engineer II to join our growing team! Reflexive Concepts is looking for a talented professional to provide systems engineering, integration, testing, and deployment support for Department of Defense Zero Trust initiatives, helping integrate identity, policy-decision, and access-control capabilities into a cohesive, Kubernetes-deployable ICAM solution.

Requirements

Ten (10)+ years of relevant experience
Bachelor's Degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
Experience supporting systems engineering activities within federal, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, or similarly regulated environments.
Understanding of Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) concepts and Zero Trust Architecture principles.
Experience supporting system integration, configuration, testing, validation, or deployment activities.
Experience developing technical documentation including architecture products, design documents, deployment guides, implementation procedures, SOPs, or engineering plans.
Knowledge of authentication, authorization, identity federation, access control, and policy enforcement concepts.
Experience supporting requirements analysis, system design, architecture development, or engineering assessments.
Understanding of Risk Management Framework (RMF) and NIST cybersecurity principles.
Ability to troubleshoot complex system integration and interoperability issues.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Experience working collaboratively with software developers, cybersecurity engineers, test engineers, and system administrators.
Ability to work independently and effectively in a fast-paced engineering environment.

Nice To Haves

An additional five (5) years of experience may be substituted for the degree, for a total of fifteen (15) years
Must be able to work in a collaborative environment, with minimal supervision
Experience supporting Zero Trust implementation initiatives.
Experience with OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, federation services, or Single Sign-On technologies.
Experience with Identity Providers (IdP), Policy Administration Points (PAP), Policy Decision Points (PDP), Policy Enforcement Points (PEP), or related ICAM technologies.
Familiarity with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), certificate lifecycle management, and credential management solutions.
Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, containerized applications, or cloud-native deployment architectures.
Experience supporting deployment package development and release management activities.
Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or other cloud environments supporting government workloads.
Experience with REST APIs, JSON, XML, and system-to-system integrations.
Experience with software supply chain security practices including vulnerability management, artifact validation, SBOMs, dependency analysis, container security, or release integrity verification.
Experience with vulnerability assessment tools, security testing, STIG compliance reviews, or remediation tracking.
Experience supporting Assessment and Authorization (A&A) activities, SSP development, POA&M management, or NIST 800-53 compliance efforts.
Familiarity with Agile development methodologies, Jira, and Confluence.
Experience developing architecture diagrams, trust boundary diagrams, implementation roadmaps, or technical briefings.
Knowledge of scalability, resiliency, and high-availability deployment architectures.

Responsibilities

Provide systems engineering, integration, testing, and deployment support for Department of Defense Zero Trust initiatives.
Integrate identity, policy-decision, and access-control capabilities into a cohesive, Kubernetes-deployable ICAM solution.
Support systems engineering activities within federal, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, or similarly regulated environments.
Support system integration, configuration, testing, validation, or deployment activities.
Develop technical documentation including architecture products, design documents, deployment guides, implementation procedures, SOPs, or engineering plans.
Support requirements analysis, system design, architecture development, or engineering assessments.
Troubleshoot complex system integration and interoperability issues.
Work collaboratively with software developers, cybersecurity engineers, test engineers, and system administrators.
Work independently and effectively in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Support Zero Trust implementation initiatives.
Support deployment package development and release management activities.
Support Assessment and Authorization (A&A) activities, SSP development, POA&M management, or NIST 800-53 compliance efforts.