Messaging Systems Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Messaging Systems Engineer to support SAIC’s Prime Program, Landmark AOS in Chantilly, VA.  Landmark AOS is a large SETA program, supporting the NRO’s Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED), responsible for the acquisition of systems over the complete end-to-end life cycle.

The Messaging Systems Engineer will provide SETA support for the acquisition of intelligence community (IC) national intelligence ground R&D systems (hardware and software), cooperatively with government, FFRDC, and other SETA contractors. In this role you will actively support GED’s Enterprise Data and Platform (EDAP) transformation.

The Messaging Systems Engineer will support n team that focuses on a diverse set of systems that directly support the customer’s overhead missions across GEOINT and SIGINT constellations.

Resiliency in this space is imperative, so the Messaging Systems Engineer will need to understand mitigation strategy for critical GED capabilities through implementation of multi-site and multi-zone cloud migration, and application containerization and re-factoring solutions. 

Responsibilities to Include:

• Provide expertise in understanding, supporting, and advising the government regarding their diverse set of systems that directly support the overhead missions across GEOINT and SIGINT constellations.
• Knowledge in the understanding and/or supporting of the messaging systems that are used to distribute the health, safety, or performance of customer systems overhead and on the ground.
• Contributing on a team of high performing Subject Matter Experts responsible for analyzing contractor data, developing, and executing ECP’s, and providing technical analysis.
• Exercising your working knowledge and thorough understanding of requirements management for NRO and NRO programs
• Provide support to the Program Office in the execution of mission critical systems
• Represent the government at developer lead release and sprint planning events; ensuring that the government and stakeholder needs are prioritized
• Provide recommendations against solutions to assist in prioritizing developer backlogs in alignment with capability deliveries and Operations
• Mentor software development projects through all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) process
• Provide analysis of program data to ensure that accurate status of cost, schedule, and performance of development contracts in support of monitoring and controlling the program
• Proactively engage with Agile Development teams to assess execution

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience
  
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph
• 7+ years in support of Intelligence Community’s (IC) Mission Services and/or Messaging systems and capability development
• Understanding of overhead collection, processing architecture, and systems
• Experience developing or supporting the development of processing capabilities for ground systems
• Knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies
• Demonstrated understanding of cloud computing technologies
• Experience documenting requirements, user stories, and use cases
• Knowledge of cloud software development
• Knowledge of software licensing, enterprise licenses and commercial support
• Experience with government program management, readiness, program control and budgeting
• Strong communications and coordination skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.9 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.