ECS

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ECS is seeking an Integration Engineer – CSAM to work in our Bethesda, MD office.   POSITION SUMMARY: ECS Federal is seeking an Integration Engineer to design and operate high-quality data flows for the Federal Agency’s Cybersecurity Assessment and Management (CSAM) platform. This full-time role focuses on building and maintaining integrations from asset management tools, CMDBs, discovery tools, and governance systems; normalizing schemas; and automating tagging to enable continuous monitoring and Ongoing Authorization (OA). The engineer will also support OSCAL as a required skill to produce machine-readable compliance outputs (JSON/XML/YAML). POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: * Design, build, and maintain pipelines that feed data into CSAM from asset management tools, CMDBs, discovery tools, and governance systems. * Develop and operate API/ETL integrations, ensuring schema translation, normalization, and resilient error handling. * Automate tagging so systems inherit attributes needed for compliance and reporting. * Troubleshoot integration failures and coordinate with ICOs when data gaps or mapping issues occur. * Validate the quality, completeness, and accuracy of all data flowing into CSAM; implement QA checks and reconciliation routines. * Apply and enforce naming conventions, metadata standards, and attribute requirements across incoming data sources. * Support OSCAL pilots by outputting data in JSON/XML/YAML and aligning exported structures to required models. * Help reconcile ICO data structures into standardized OSCAL-aligned definitions and CSAM target schemas. Salary Range: $115,000 - $135,000 General Description of Benefits [https://ecstech.com/careers/benefits] Qualifications * Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to brief stakeholders and collaborate with technical teams. * Hands-on experience building API and ETL integrations (e.g., REST-based pipelines, message queues, scheduled jobs) with robust error handling and monitoring. * Experience integrating asset, software, and configuration data sources into a GRC or enterprise system and performing schema translation and normalization. * Demonstrated ability to automate tagging so systems inherit compliance attributes consistently across data feeds. * Experience administering or working closely with teams operating Linux and Windows Server environments that host integration components. * Ability to troubleshoot integration failures end-to-end and coordinate with Information/Integration Coordinators (ICOs) to resolve data gaps. * Experience validating data quality, completeness, and accuracy; applying QA gates, reconciliation checks, and exception handling. * Familiarity with NIST RMF / SP 800-53 data elements used for ISCM, POA&M, and OA reporting (as applied within integration pipelines and metadata). * Required skill: familiarity with OSCAL to support generation of machine-readable SSP/assessment/POA&M outputs in JSON, XML, or YAML. CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES: * Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS/IT, Engineering, Business/Econ, Information Security/IA, or related field (minimum). * Public Trust Tier 2S (moderate-risk) eligibility and ability to obtain/maintain HSPD-12 credentials, per client requirements.