Cyber Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking Cyber Engineers to support the Space Development Agency (SDA) Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI) program. This position requires an active Top Secret security clearance and is hybrid remote with occasional work at local SAIC sites (1-3 times weekly) and travel to customer sites. Desired physical location is in the Reston, VA or Huntsville, AL area.

SAIC will be developing, deploying, operating and maintaining a common, enduring, ground infrastructure to support multiple SDA space vehicle demonstration and experimentation programs.  The ground infrastructure consists of worldwide Ground Entry Points (GEPs, which are ground antennas), cloud infrastructure, Demonstration Operations Center (DOC), monitoring and control software, and a global network to tie it all together.  Consistent with the SDA’s approach, the program will be fast-paced, dynamic, highly exciting and uniquely rewarding for the right candidate.

The Cyber Engineer responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Apply engineering knowledge of security solutions to design, develop and/or implement solutions to ensure programs are consistent with enterprise architecture security requirements and the DoD Risk Management Framework and support full spectrum military cyberspace operations
• Support various systems architecting and engineering activities such as system requirements definition, design, interface management, data architecture development, verification and validation, systems integration, performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis & estimation, decision analysis, and technical performance assessments
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Perform engineering analysis and develops technical requirements and designs for ground systems, ground antennas, ground software, cloud infrastructure, global networks and mission operations centers
• Support development of system engineering items such as CONOPs, requirements definitions (or features, themes, epics), system testing, algorithm document review, and interfaces to other application development efforts
• Work with external organizations, agencies, and offices to develop strategies in support of Department of Defense (DoD) architectures, defines future capability and interoperability needs, develops system architectures, conducts system level trades, and assesses the performance of current and future architecture concepts

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• Active TS Clearance - TS/SCI is preferred 
• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering or equivalent technical discipline and 9 years or more experience or 4 additional years of relevant cybersecurity experience may be used in lieu of degree
  
  • Additional professional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree

• Experience with cybersecurity integration with major ground, space or weapons systems and defensive cyber operations
• Experience working across customer, partner and subcontractor organizations to coordinate and identify system requirements that ensure end-to-end mission performance requirements are met

Desired Qualifications:

• SCI eligibility
• Cyber Workforce Management Program (DoD 8140.01 and DoD 8570.01-m) Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level III and/or Information Assurance System Architect and Engineer (IASAE) Level II certification

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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.

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

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 $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.