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Junior Systems Engineer

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Herndon, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/23/2025

Responsibilities:

Your Day If You Join Us:

  • Configuring Service Provider (SP) connections from start to finish, ensuring they are completed accurately and on time.
  • Collaborating with internal teams and customers to troubleshoot technical issues and guide configuration changes.
  • Supporting repeatable processes for SP connections to minimize errors and misconfigurations.
  • Providing technical support during federation integrations, including conducting SAML/Network traces to resolve issues.
  • Engaging internal resources and stakeholders to address competing priorities and knowledge gaps.
  • Transferring knowledge to improve team capabilities.
  • Supporting tasks related to MAG SP, SAM EAG, MAG EAG connections, ProviderPass implementations, and API integrations.
  • Managed Access Gateway (MAG): Exostar’s Identity & Access Management platform for Aerospace and Defense (SAML-based federation).
  • Secure Access Manager (SAM): Exostar’s Identity & Access Management platform for Life Sciences/Healthcare (SAML and OAuth/OIDC-based federation).
  • Enterprise Access Gateway (EAG): Allows organizations to federate with Exostar using their federation service (setting up organization as an RIDP).
  • ProviderPass: Exostar’s API-driven process to support the prescribing and e-signing of controlled substances.
  • Applying scalable solutions for customers by leveraging your technical knowledge and understanding of their business needs.

 

Basic Qualifications:

You Meet Our "Must Haves" for This Role If:

  • Experience in Federation Protocols: Basic understanding of SAML and OAuth/OIDC.
  • Federation Integrations: Familiarity with MS Azure/Entra B2B and B2C federation integrations, including basic knowledge of Policy XML files, Ping Federate (setting up SP profiles, exporting metadata, etc.), and Okta.
  • End-to-End Process Knowledge: Awareness of the complete configuration processes for SP, MAG SP, SAM EAG, MAG EAG, and ProviderPass, including common points of failure.
  • Troubleshooting Skills: Ability to perform basic SAML and network traces, identifying and resolving straightforward issues.
  • Customer-Facing Skills: Comfortable participating in technical discussions with customer teams to troubleshoot and guide configuration changes under supervision.
  • Proactive Engagement: Willingness to involve appropriate internal resources and resolve technical challenges effectively with guidance.
  • System Access & Visibility: Equipped to access and work within the necessary systems and databases required to complete tasks successfully with some supervision.
  • API Expertise: Basic knowledge of Exostar’s API process and supported .wsdl and API calls, with some experience using tools like Postman, SOAPUI, and SailPoint.
  • Solutions Architecture: Developing a solutions architect mindset, with the ability to contribute to designing scalable, customer-centric solutions that address technical and business challenges under guidance.
  • Due to customer requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.  Ability to gain and maintain Trusted Role is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

You Are Exactly Who We Are Looking for If:

  • You bring innovative ideas to establish a repeatable and scalable process for SP and EAG connections.
  • You thrive in a collaborative environment, ensuring alignment across competing priorities.
  • You are detail-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership and commitment to service delivery excellence.
  • You are passionate about empowering customers and internal teams with the technical knowledge and resources they need to succeed.

Education:

  • You have 3 years of related work experience and a bachelor's degree, or 9 years of related work experience in lieu of a degree.

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