Ground Systems Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC’s National Security and Space Sector (NSS) is seeking a Ground Systems Engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services and Subject Matter Expertise addressing an Intelligence Community (IC) customer’s R&D ground system design, architecture development, cloud application integration/deployment, and system integration. The successful candidate will provide technical assessments to system design and integration challenges and recommendations for mitigation approaches to include:  hardware solutions, software solutions, and modification of architectural design.

Responsibilities include:

• Building relationships between key stakeholders such as vendors, cloud infrastructure providers, and the customer
• Reviewing system architectures, analyzing requirements and system design, proposing verification methodologies, and helping integrate complex ground systems
• Reviewing 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
• Providing support to acquisitions, source selection and programmatic processes
• Providing technical evaluation of proposals submitted by contractors
• Updating Statements of Work (SOW) to support any Engineering Change Proposal (ECP)
• Coordinating and facilitating technical exchange meetings between various organizations
• Monitoring software testing to ensure system requirements are properly addressed
• Supporting the customers migration to a cloud computing environment 
• Overseeing the implementation of a complex blended architecture that includes bare metal and virtualized components as well as cloud-based applications
• Participating in independent integration testing on the system software or hardware to determine the system’s compliance with specified requirements
• Managing and monitoring 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
• Strong analytical and collaboration skills
• 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)
• Ability to ensure all systems requirements and service-level agreements are met 
• Knowledge of various programming languages including Python, PHP, Java, and Ruby on Rails
• Understanding of software design implications required to maximize cloud computing environments
• Experience integrating complex software systems into a cloud environment
• 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

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 more than 26,500 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a respectful work culture based on diversity, equity, and inclusion that values all contributors. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.