Systems Engineers

Novel Applications of Vital Information

• $110K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • U.S. Citizenship required.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance with FS polygraph mandatory.
  • Minimum 8-10 years of relevant Systems Integration experience in the Intelligence Community.
  • Experience with automation-heavy workflows in IC environments.
  • Proficiency in ServiceNow's Flow Designer and Integration Hub.

Responsibilities

  • Build and implement automation workflows and user experience solutions.
  • Develop and extend catalog items for IT support and service requests.
  • Configure and support Project Portfolio Management (PPM) modules.
  • Create reusable sub-flows for automated approval processes.
  • Facilitate process mapping and future-state design for project lifecycles.

Benefits

  • Travel reimbursement within a 50-mile radius of the worksite.
  • Comprehensive company benefits package.
  • Full-time, daytime schedule with 100% onsite work.
Full Job Description
Residency Status: ALL CANDIDATES MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN

Security Clearance: ALL Candidates MUST currently Possess an Active TS/SCI w/FS polygraph for consideration of this position. No clearance sponsorships for this position.

Time Type: Full-Time, Daytime Schedule • 100% onsite

Travel Reimbursement: Yes (within a 50-mile radius to the worksite)

Company Benefits: Yes

Position Location: WMA - Northern, VA

Close Date: Thursday, October 1, 2026

Job Description

NAOVI is seeking a Systems Engineer for the following task:

Required Skills
  • All candidates must be U.S. Citizens. Required
  • All candidates will need to currently possess an Active TSSCI w/FS polygraph for consideration of this position. Required
  • Currently our company Does Not offer clearance sponsorships for any of our positions.
  • Demonstrated experience building automation-heavy workflows and front door experiences in IC environments.
  • Demonstrated experience with implementation of Flow Designer and Integration Hub patterns (approvals, routing, notifications, and orchestration).
  • Demonstrated experience building and extending catalog items, such as for IT support and service requests, new business requirements intake (demand-style), or visit or access requests.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting PPM module configuration buildout (forms, flows, and templates).
  • Demonstrated experience creating reusable sub-flows (approval chains, task pack generation, SLA timers, and escalations).
  • Demonstrated experience with the CAM (Continuous Authorization Monitoring) module in relation to A&A processes or RMF tasks or evidence requests.
  • Demonstrated experience leading process mapping and future-state design for various types of processes.
  • Demonstrated experience with writing user stories, documenting user acceptance criteria.
  • Demonstrated experience managing VAT testing.
  • Demonstrated experience training ServiceNow users.
  • Demonstrated experience with facilitating workshops with ISSO/ISSM, system owners, or PMOs.
  • Demonstrated experience creating SOPs and quick reference guides.

Education and Experience:
  • 8+ to 10+ years of relevant SI experience within the Intelligence Community (IC) and a IT Bachelor's degree. A college degree can be substituted for years of experience.

Desired Technologies/Tools:
  • Demonstrated experience providing change management support for thousands of users
  • Demonstrated experience with increasing adoption of ServiceNow tools
  • Demonstrated experience with implementing form validation and conditional logic to enforce "vetting."
  • Demonstrated experience building integrations with; identity or group lookups; evidence storage links (SharePoint/Confluence/file store) with access control; or eMASS or other RMF systems (even if only one-way status sync).
  • Demonstrated experience with optimizing a Virtual Agent or chat-to-ticket functions.
  • Demonstrated experience with building role-based training in ServiceNow for:
  • end users (submit/track)
  • fulfillment teams
  • RMF practitioners (ISSO, assessors)
  • project managers"
  • Demonstrated experience with running UAT cycles and managing defect triage.
  • Demonstrated experience with the government agency CAM module.
  • Demonstrated experience with the government agency A&A process.

Other Relevant Technologies/Tools:
  • Experience building automation-heavy workflows and front door experiences for ServiceNow.
  • Experience implementing Flow Designer and Integration Hub patterns to include approvals, routing, notifications, and orchestration.
  • Experience building and extending catalog items for IT support and service requests; new business requirements intake (demand-style); and security processing requirements (visit requests, access requests, or similar).
  • Experience supporting the government agency A&A processes; building or extending catalog items for Authorization and Assessment (A&A) tasks; Risk Management Framework (RMF) tasks; or for evidence requests.
  • Experience supporting PPM configuration buildouts such as forms, flows, templates.
  • Experience creating reusable sub-flows such as approval chains, task pack generation, SLA timers, or escalations.
  • Experience leading process mapping and future-state design for enterprise intake and vetting, demanding which support the project lifecycle, RMF A&A lifecycle aligned to Research Development Support Activity (RDSA) RMF SOPs, and security paperwork (visit requests) lifecycle and approval chain.
  • Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria and managing User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
  • Experience providing training on ServiceNow custom workflows.
  • Experience helping users adjust to changes related to the implementation or enhancement of a ServiceNow instance with 2.5k users.
  • Experience providing ServiceNow training, writing knowledge base articles, and helping to market ServiceNow internally to program resources, with a goal of increased adoption of the tool.
  • Experience facilitating workshops with government agency Security (ISSO or ISSM), system owners, AO reps, or PMO.
  • Experience creating SOPs and quick reference guides.

Relevant Certifications (not necessary for this position but accepted):
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional - (CISSP)
  • Software Engineering Master Certification (SEMC)

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