Deputy ISS Lead
Job ID: 2504566
Location: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, United States
Date Posted: Apr 15, 2025
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: Hybrid
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Job Description
Description
SAIC seeks a highly experienced and energetic Deputy Upgraded Early Warning (UEWR) Incremental Sustainment Services Lead in Colorado Springs, Colorado to support the US Space Force, Space Systems Command, in performing operational maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radars critical to US and Allied strategic missile surveillance, warning, defense, and space surveillance missions. This position pertains to the AN/FPS-132, UEWR Radars and supporting systems. In support of the government program office, the Deputy is the responsible for assisting the lead, responding to direction and managing the integration and completion of all project activities. Leads a multi-functional team of mission, hardware and software engineering, sustainment, training, logistics, security (including cyber) and support specialists responsible for overall system operational availability.
Job Duties:
- Managing large-scale operational sustainment projects, to include cost estimating and management, schedule development, performance monitoring and reporting.
- Delivering logistics support services for geographically and internationally dispersed operations.
- Managing large-scale Agile or DevSecOps teams/projects, to include support to backlog grooming, cost estimating, baseline and risk management, schedule development, performance monitoring and reporting.
- Leading waterfall to agile transformations, designed to deliver Minimum Viable Products in a consistent cadence.
- Managing Digital and Model-based Systems Engineering efforts.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in related field of study with 14+ years’ relevant experience.
- Active Secret Clearance.
- Ability to collaborate with and lead 10+ member, multi-disciplinary teams on a wide range of projects.
- Experience managing teams/projects acquiring, maintaining, and sustaining integrated solutions for space surveillance or other national security space mission systems.
- Knowledge of Agile and its processes, to include Jira and Confluence.
- Experience in national security space operations and joint operations.
Desired Qualifications:
- Jira admin experience.
- Experience being a Product Owner, scum master, RTE.
- SW Design Experience.
- Experience creating and updating processes.
Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. 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. 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.
