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Position: Junior Systems Engineer
Job Type: Full-Time, REMOTE
Location(s): REMOTE to local candidates in Vienna, VA
2 years (1 year of Cybersecurity and Cloud Security experience at a Government agency similar in size/scope to DoD or VA).
Compensation
A salary commensurate with background and experience will be offered.
Benefits
SteerBridge Strategies is committed to equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. SteerBridge Strategies will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
Job Type: Full-Time, REMOTE
Location(s): REMOTE to local candidates in Vienna, VA
POSITION OVERVIEW
SteerBridge seeks a Systems Engineer - Junior to support the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The Junior Systems Engineer role focuses on integrating cybersecurity engineering requirements and authorization processes, including FedRAMP and RMF, into systems and applications. Responsibilities include contributing to the design, development, security, and implementation of IT and cloud solutions, with experience in large-scale cloud environments across federal and commercial sectors. The role also involves supporting Federal Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) and Authorization to Operate (ATO) activities, ensuring compliance with Federal policies, processes, and standards.
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The Junior Systems Engineer role focuses on integrating cybersecurity engineering requirements and authorization processes, including FedRAMP and RMF, into systems and applications. Responsibilities include contributing to the design, development, security, and implementation of IT and cloud solutions, with experience in large-scale cloud environments across federal and commercial sectors. The role also involves supporting Federal Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) and Authorization to Operate (ATO) activities, ensuring compliance with Federal policies, processes, and standards.
Required
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
- Must be eligible and able to pass a federal background check, as well as complete the necessary processes to receive a VA Personal Identity Verification (PIV) badge.
- Must provide at a minimum, three (3) examples of projects that reflect the same, similar, or exceed the scale and difficulty of the Project.
- Bachelor’s Degree or Associate’s degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Assurance, Information Security, Information Resource Management, or related fields.
- Experience in cybersecurity engineering requirements and authorizations (FedRAMP/RMF) into systems and applications.
- Experience in IT and Cloud design, security, development, systems engineering, and implementation efforts.
- Experience in large-scale Cloud solutions in both federal and/or commercial industry.
- Experience with Federal A&A and ATO activities.
- Experience in Federal policies, processes, and standards.
- One or more of the following: IAT I, IAM I or IASAE I certifications.
2 years (1 year of Cybersecurity and Cloud Security experience at a Government agency similar in size/scope to DoD or VA).
Compensation
A salary commensurate with background and experience will be offered.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with matching
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
SteerBridge Strategies is committed to equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. SteerBridge Strategies will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
