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# Cloud Computer Engineer Senior Principal

- **Company:** Science Applications International Corporation
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $160,001.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Unix, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, CompTIA Security+, Data Migration, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Microsoft Office, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Microsoft PowerPoint, Cloud Services, Microsoft SharePoint, Cloud Platform System, Jupyter
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/CAA59176B88344EC808F67AEDDFB632C/job/

## About the Role

* Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly
 * Must have bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, or math discipline with minimum of 14 years of relevant work experience or 11 years with master's degree
 * Experience with two or more cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, Google, etc.)
 * DoD 8140 certification required to get privileged user access (Security+, CISSP, CISM, or GSEC)
 * Working knowledge of networks, compute, storage, virtualization, design and architecture across multiple fabrics (classification levels)
 * Proven experience with UNIX and Windows operating systems and commands
 * Experience with applications used in research such as Python and Jupyter Lab
 * Proven self-starter and customer focused, * Ability to describe complex cloud computing architecture concepts and configurations to non-technical audiences
 * Proficient skills using Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
 * Critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills
 * Interpersonal and communication skills for written reports, group discussion, and oral presentations
 * Working experience in the IC or DoD

## Description

SAIC seeks a SeniorCloud Computing Engineer to join our team of professionals providing technical and program services to the U.S. Government (USG). SAIC provides research, engineering, design, analysis, acquisition, development, integration, test, and operations support USG Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) customers. We support development and delivery of next generation and generation after next national security systems based on land, at sea, in air, and in space.

The Senior Cloud Computing Engineer sought here serves a USG Program Office leading Research & Development (R&D) of evolutionary, revolutionary, and transformational cloud-based architectures. This position provides Systems Engineering & Technical Advisory (SETA) support services.

Your responsibilities include some or all of the following depending on your personal desires and capabilities:

 * Expertise with commercially available cloud computing services such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) and emerging cloud services.
 * Expertise with cloud computing services and architectures
 * Expertise architecting and designing cloud computing environments.
 * Knowledge of the security considerations, best practices, and implementation associated with cloud computing services and architectures
 * Expertise setting up, managing, and optimizing cloud architectures
 * Provide recommendations for cloud development strategies, adoption of commercial cloud services, solution architecture, and application and data migration
 * Active member of enterprise R&D, learning, and innovation environment creating, gathering, and sharing knowledge to grow organizational competency and capability
 * Support researchers and users on using cloud computing, integration of application and libraries, and problem resolution
 * Understanding of current artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) offerings and research