Description

SAIC has an opportunity for a Ground Systems Engineer to work on an exciting, fast-paced program. This position provides subject matter expertise to customer’s R&D ground system design, architecture development, cloud application integration/deployment, and system integration. This position will provide technical assessments to system design and integration challenges and recommend mitigation approaches, to include: hardware solutions, software solutions, and modification of architectural design. The successful applicant will work to provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex and technically challenging work.

• Build relationships between key stakeholders such as vendors, cloud infrastructure providers, and the customer

• Strong analytical and collaboration skills

• Review system architectures, analyze requirements and system design, propose verification methodologies, and help integrate complex ground systems

• Review software development contractor’s documents and procedures, requirements, verification methodologies, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and test plans to ensure program success

• Provide support to acquisitions, source selection and programmatic processes

• Provide technical evaluation of proposals submitted by contractors

• Update Statements of Work (SOW) to support any Engineering Change Proposal (ECP)

• Coordinate and facilitate technical exchange meetings between various organizations

• Monitor software testing to ensure system requirements are properly addressed

• Cloud Computing

• Experience migrating and integrating systems into a cloud environment

• Experience integrating cloud services and tools

• Experience planning and engineering of an organization’s cloud computing infrastructure and applications

• Familiarity with various cloud technologies such as Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

• Support the customers migration to a cloud computing environment

• Ability to ensure that all systems requirements and service-level agreements are met

• Oversee the implementation of a complex blended architecture that includes bare metal and virtualized components as well as cloud-based applications

• Software Integration

• Knowledge of various programming languages including Python, PHP, Java, and Ruby on Rails

• Understanding of the software design implications required to maximize cloud computing environments

• Experience integrating complex software systems into a cloud environment

• Participate in independent integration testing on the system software or hardware to determine the system’s compliance with specified requirements

• Manage and monitor vendor's software development processes and activities

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with poly

• BS or MS degree in Engineering or Information Technology

• 15+ years’ relevant experience with 5 years cloud computing experience

• Experience with acquisition SETA support

• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and energetic environment

• Experience with software integration to include cloud computing environment

• Experience in operational readiness, rehearsals, and system testing

• Experience across multiple engineering disciplines to include: systems engineering, software development, and integration and test

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2414981

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability