Cloud Engineer

SAIC is seeking Cloud Engineer to support SAIC’s Prime Program, Aretuza in Chantilly, VA. Aretuza is a SETA program, supporting the NRO’s Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED)., * Provide Acquisition Support & SME as primary CPOC Lead to program manager(s) and manage development contracts - Cost/Schedule/Performance

• Develop, review, and refine RFPs, SOWs, SOOs, CLINs, ROMs, ECPs, and related acquisition artifacts.
• Support industry engagement, vendor coordination, and technical transition activities for new and ongoing acquisitions.
• Deliver technical COAs, spend-plan inputs, and acquisition recommendations to government leadership.
• Manage daily Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) with contractors and advocate for government priorities during COTR tag-ups, PMRs, and BMRs.
• Review and disposition RFCs, support assigned TIER actions, and coordinate RITM/CHG ticket activity.
• Support multi-tenant integration efforts, ensuring alignment across mission stakeholders and resolving cross-team technical issues.
• Provide Platform Cloud Operations expertise and maintain the TIER collection of future cloud-environment requirements.
• Serve as ALT ISSE for ATO8/program office assets, ensuring continuous GPMO coverage.
• Participate in security review preparation and execution; ensure contractors and tenants adhere to security policies and procedures.
• Review, verify, and recommend updates to O&S procedures, deployments, and mission-support workflows.
• Create and deliver cost, schedule, and technical briefings to government leadership.
• Conduct detailed technical analysis supporting acquisition decisions, cloud-environment planning, and mission-system integration.
• Facilitate issue resolution between ATO8 and partner teams, ensuring consistent communication and technical alignment.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.
• CompTIA Security+ CE; AWS Certified Developer/Solutions Architect - Associate/Professional; and AWS Security Specialty
• 7+ years of experience in IT and cloud development, supporting modern enterprise environments.
• 4+ years of hands-on AWS engineering experience within regulated or government environments.
• Candidates must demonstrate proficiency with EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS/DynamoDB, VPC, and API Gateway.
• Experience building and managing cloud infrastructure using CloudFormation or Terraform.
• experienced with Python, Java, and .NET.
• Capable of designing and supporting serverless and microservices-based systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as CodePipeline and Jenkins.
• Familiar with AWS data tools including Glue and Athena.
• Understand IAM, KMS, and CloudWatch and have experience applying government security frameworks comparable to ISM/IRAP.
• Demonstrate strong Agile collaboration, clear communication and documentation abilities, and effective analytical problem-solving, AWS Lambda, Agile Programming Methodologies, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analysis Skills, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, CompTIA Security+, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Contract Management, Documentation, Emerging Technology, Engineering, Environmental Regulations, Government, Government Acquisitions, Information Systems Security Engineering (ISSE), Information Technology & Information Systems, Java, Jenkins, Leadership, Microservices, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Exchange Server, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Problem Solving Skills, Professional Services, Project/Program Management, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Software Engineering, System Integration (SI), Technical Analysis, Technical Delivery, Technical Leadership, Technical Presentation, Technical Support, Top Secret Clearance, Work

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 is a premier mission 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, intelligence, and civilian 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 23,000 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 $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom., SAIC is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation’s digital transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, IT modernization, 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 a team of 26,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.

Company Size: 10,000 employees or more

Industry: Computer/IT Services