Agile Systems Engineer

Science Applications International Corporation
Chantilly, VA, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
$160,001.0 - $200,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Systems Engineering Software as a Service Configuration Management Scrum Methodology Requirements Management Requirements Traceability Verification and Validation (Software)

Job description

SAIC is seeking a Agile Systems Engineer to fill a critical position on the LANDMARK AOS program in Chantilly, VA. LANDMARK AOS is SAIC’s large Prime Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contract, supporting the customer’s Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED), responsible for the acquisition of systems over the complete end-to-end life cycle.

In this role, you will provide enterprise-level systems engineering expertise across cloud-based software development activities, ensuring architectures, requirements, schedules, and technical decisions align with mission needs. You will help shape system capabilities, identify risks and opportunities, and guide engineering rigor across a diverse portfolio of Significant Ground Capabilities (SGCs)., * Develop and deliver authoritative systems engineering products, including integration plans, verification and validation approaches, test processes, requirements traceability, and enterprise schedules/roadmaps.

  • Execute enterprise-level systems engineering activities, supporting readiness events, stakeholder coordination, and senior-leadership decision forums.
  • Translate stakeholder needs into actionable technical and operational requirements, and coordinate requirements management activities with acquisition offices.
  • Analyze system and functional requirements, decompose documentation, and maintain system architectures that accurately capture mission needs and identify risks.
  • Guide risk, issue, and opportunity management, ensuring impacts to enterprise-level decisions are clearly communicated and understood.
  • Support development of cross-program systems engineering standards within the Enterprise Management Framework.
  • Integrate across mission teams, providing systems engineering insight to mission integrators, capability managers, and cross-functional partners.
  • Review and evaluate key systems engineering artifacts, offering objective technical assessments and recommendations.
  • Prepare and deliver technical assessments, briefings, and documentation for senior leadership and major enterprise reviews.
  • Coordinate and support execution of major systems engineering reviews, ensuring alignment with enterprise processes and mission priorities.

Requirements

  • 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.
  • Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance with Polygraph.
  • Experience supporting a Systems Engineering organization, with an understanding of Systems Engineering and acquisition processes.
  • Demonstrated expertise in risk and opportunity management, requirements management, configuration management, and cross-program integration.
  • Experience supporting Agile software development (Scrum, SAFe).
  • Background in Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V).
  • Working knowledge of SE documentation, including CONOPS, SRDs, ICDs, and verification/test artifacts.
  • Experience with process improvement and metrics development.
  • Prior support to the Intelligence Community or DoD.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to coordinate across government, SETA, FFRDC, and contractor teams in a high-tempo environment.

Benefits & conditions

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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