Systems Engineer (se1) (government)

AT&T AT&T · Telecom · Columbia, MD

Systems Engineer (Identity Management Specialist) to support Public Sector Solutions, focusing on maintaining, upgrading, and securing Windows Server and Red Hat Linux systems for identity services. Responsibilities include security patching, IAVA compliance, troubleshooting authentication/federation issues, supporting identity service deployments, and developing technical documentation. Requires scripting/programming skills for automation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Maintain, upgrade, and secure Windows Server and Red Hat Linux systems supporting identity services, including security patching and IAVA compliance.
  2. Partner with stakeholders to understand application requirements, support application implementations, and perform operating system optimization for identity-related applications.
  3. Troubleshoot and resolve issues by analyzing logs/data, identifying root-cause, and implementing durable fixes.
  4. Support identity/federation service deployments and configurations, including installation, configuration, and validation activities.
  5. Develop and maintain technical documentation (runbooks, installation guides, configuration standards, and solution designs) that clearly outlines implementations and operational procedures.

Skills

Required

  • Windows Server
  • Red Hat Linux
  • System maintenance and upgrades
  • Security patching
  • IAVA compliance activities
  • scripting and/or programming languages such as Perl, Java, and Python
  • translate application requirements into effective implementations and OS-level tuning/optimization
  • analyze technical data to determine and apply appropriate solutions
  • create high-quality technical documentation

Nice to have

  • TLS protocol behavior and cipher configurations
  • Client certificate authentication (PKI)
  • OCSP, trust stores, and certificate chain validation
  • PingFederate, Oracle OIF, Keycloak, or Microsoft AD FS
  • Active Directory and/or LDAP
  • SAML and OAuth/OIDC

What the JD emphasized

  • office presence a minimum of 5 days per week
  • TS/SCI with polygraph