Digital Systems Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Digital Systems Engineer to fill a critical position on the 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.

As a Digital Systems Engineeryou will help identify and plan new capabilities to support mission operations. The Digital Systems Engineer should have expertise across the digital engineering spectrum including modeling, strategic planning, system integration and “system-of-systems" user-centric design.

Job duties to include:

• Provides technical leadership in applying Digital Engineering concepts, processes and tools to help the government plan and define capabilities needed to better support mission operations (e.g., automation, situational awareness, etc.)
• Supports digital engineering strategy and governance development and implementation roadmap planning across contractor and government teams.
• Analyzes user needs, concept of operations, and high-level systems architectures to develop system requirements.
• Identifies and communicates system engineering risks, issues, opportunities, assumptions, mitigations, and dependencies.
• Provides technical support to government points of contact.
• Collaborates with SETA team members, development contractors, and in customer forums.
• Effectively communicates and interfaces with engineers from various contractors and government organizations.
• Develops assessments and briefings for a variety of audiences, conveying system engineering concepts and decision logic concisely and accurately.
• Applies one or more common EA frameworks, particularly DoDAF and UAF, as well as common architecture tools in developing and communicating the EA

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or similar STEM field and seven (7) years or more experience; OR Masters and five (5) years or more experience; OR PhD and 3 years related experience.  Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly
• Experience with Digital Engineering and tools.
• Experience with systems development methodologies (e.g., Agile, DevSecOps)
• Knowledge of Cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Experience with CONOPS requirements development, interface control documentation, technical specification review, architecture development.
• Program lifecycle experience from concept development and design to deployment, operations, and maintenance, and decommissioning.
• Self-starter proactively addresses customer requirements with limited supervision; excels at defining solutions for broad, abstract topics.
• Ability to provide technical and programmatic recommendations on the development, integration, and use of digital engineering/model-based engineering and model-based Systems Engineering concepts and structures.
• Polished communicator (written/verbal); impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment.
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), MS Outlook, MS Project, Confluence, Jira
• Familiarity with Architecture modeling tools, UAF, and SysML (proficiency strongly desired)

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.