Chief System Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)

***This job requires active TS/SCI clearance.  Please apply only if you have an active TS/SCI clearance. ***

North Point Technology is looking for a TS/SCI Cleared Chief System Engineer to support a critical system out of Chantilly, VA.

The system provides Identity, Credential and Access Management to enterprise web applications as to enterprise software APIs across three domains.

The contract runs through 2031

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with Program Leadership Team to establish and refine an overall technical roadmap for program initiatives. Outlines and proposes changes to the system architecture to address stakeholder needs with respect to program initiatives ensuring best practices and open standards are enforced at the system design level.
• Leads requirement gathering sessions with internal and external stakeholders to identify system changes necessary to ensure program success. Refines requirements to ensure changes: satisfy mission needs; are testable; maximize system stability; are deliverable within realistic timeframes. 
• Leads technical exchange meetings to ensure both current and future system designs are well understood by key stakeholders. Defines and documents limitations of operational systems and communicates the risk of those limitations to all affected stakeholders.
• Reviews epics and features created and delivered to ensure: requirements are met in accordance with the Performance Work Statement; initiatives are being completed incrementally within the timeframes provided to stakeholders; operational system limitations are being accounted for throughout the design, implementation, deployment, and execution.

Applicants should be technically proficient with modern IT architectures and be self-motivated, fast-paced, curious problem solvers with a BS in Engineering or related field, plus the following skills/experience:

Required:

• STEM Bachelor’s degree plus fifteen (15) years of experience, and/or Master’s degree plus eight (8) years of experience in systems engineering in government Information Technology
• Demonstrated leadership experience in presenting and communicating technological solutions and complex delivery plans to internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated expertise and experience designing, documenting, and delivering Enterprise-class ICAM services (or other complex information technology systems / solutions)
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of IC ICAM standards as well as IC ICAM roadmap architecture and implementation guidance
• Demonstrated experience in agile continuous integration, continuous development, test-based development, and refactoring
• Have hands-on experience in defining and implementing requirements from mission and functional objectives
• Have familiarity with AWS cloud infrastructure and cloud access management.
• Have experience in test-based development, continuous integration, knowledge of JAVA Services and Microsoft SharePoint 2016 or higher
• Local to DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia) with ability to be physically present at the team’s work location in Chantilly
• Active SCI clearance or active Top Secret (eligible for SCI) clearance*

Preferred:

• Well-rounded background in networking, on-premise and cloud compute and storage, firewall, load balancing, routing, database, and web server technologies and solutions
• Familiarity with Oracle Identity Management Suite
• Familiarity with open-standards including SAML, OAuth, OIDC, LDAP, Rest, XACML, FIDO2, PKI, WS-Trust
• Understanding of DevSecOps solutions for configuration management, containerization, automated deployment, and automated testing