Job Description

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.

Qualifications:

• Ten (10)+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
  • An additional five (5) years of experience may be substituted for the degree, for a total of fifteen (15) years

Required:

• 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.

Desired Skills:

• 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.