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# SME - Systems Engineer

- **Company:** VTG LLC
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Xacta, Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, User Authentication, Cloud Computing, Monitoring of Systems, Linux System Administration, Release Management, Standard Sql, 3-tier Architectures, Servicenow, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9116208/sme-systems-engineer

## About the Role

* Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
 * Experience with the Cloud / Amazon Web Services
 * Experience with SQL
 * Agile Methodology / Jira, Confluence; ServiceNow (ESP)
 * Experience providing Linux Administration
 * Must be familiar with security accreditation process (Experience with Security Tools and Processes; RMF, NIST, Accreditation Apps (Xacta; GreenLight), System Scanning, Vulnerability Scanning; Plan of Action & Milestone (POAM) trackin
 * Excellent customer support and attention to detail - Tier 3 and Tier 4 level support to team and customer base.
 * Provide Release Management for deployment readiness, coordination and activities (**will require some late-night activities; typically, once or twice a month - 5pm - 9pm)

## Description

VTG is seeking a Systems Engineer for a technical development program supporting the Sponsor's Entitlement Programs as well as IdAM /ICAM, Authentication, Authorization, Attributes and Digital Policy Management.
The Systems Engineer will work with a large team of developers, software engineers and data engineers. Primary Responsibilities List daily duties and/or specific job responsibilities.

What will you do?

 * Build outs, testing, maintenance, and monitoring of systems
 * Requirements Decomposition
 * Ensure designs are compatible with the architecture and allocated requirements to segments
 * Address user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate and improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations
 * Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, cost estimation, requirements allocation, and interfaced definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
 * Identify system integrity issues and solutions for the full system life cycles from concept to disposal
 * Integrate systems and services as well as summarize and communicate results
 * Support the development, documentation, and execution of system policies Required Qualifications
 * Support the ATO / Accreditation effort for customer systems and applications


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