Job ID: 2505219
Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US
Date Posted: 2025-04-30
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC is seeking a Collection Orchestration Engineer to provide Systems Engineer Technical Advisor (SETA) services for a critical position on 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 the Collection Orchestration Engineer, you will provide specialized engineering expertise supporting a government program office to acquire and demonstrate multi-intelligence (multi-INT) collection orchestration applications. SAIC’s client is tasked with leading the integration of mission focused tools to foster increased efficiency, automation and information sharing.

Job Responsibilities to include:

• Oversee technical and programmatic interchanges; identify and resolve issues; and provide engineering and technical advice to the customer to achieve innovative capabilities for collection orchestration
• Provide Systems engineering and technical support to the Government customer to evolve collection orchestration programs; develop and evaluate system trades and interfaces throughout the program life-cycle
• Apply systems analysis and design methodology assessments to identify technical debt, architectural runway and efficiency trade-offs against current and proposed/desired cloud-based software system design
• Provide software system design and requirements expertise to support the planning of future systems and architectures, and oversight of development contractors
• Develop briefings and documentation material for Program / Project Manager’s engagements, including developing technical roadmaps and the acquisition strategies/documentation to implement them.
• Will work side-by-side with the other LANDMARK AOS staff comprised of world class System Engineers, Acquisition Engineers and Domain Experts to lead the customer in acquiring modern processing applications.

Qualifications

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.
• Active Top Secret Clearance with Polygraph
• Strong engineering background with knowledge of software architectures, spacecraft ground systems and intelligence collection tasking
• Demonstrated experience in supporting software development program technical and schedule performance and internal/external interfaces
• Domain knowledge in Agile software development practices and Cloud computing architectures
• Experience supporting system architecture, design or development in an AWS/C2E cloud environment
• Demonstrated capability and success working in team environments
• Strong oral and written communications to support interaction with government, SETA, FFRDC, external stakeholders, and development contractors at all levels on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between all organizations within a high-tempo environment
• Good working knowledge of MS Office applications

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

• Oversee technical and programmatic interchanges; identify and resolve issues; and provide engineering and technical advice to the customer to achieve innovative capabilities for collection orchestration
• Provide Systems engineering and technical support to the Government customer to evolve collection orchestration programs; develop and evaluate system trades and interfaces throughout the program life-cycle
• Apply systems analysis and design methodology assessments to identify technical debt, architectural runway and efficiency trade-offs against current and proposed/desired cloud-based software system design
• Provide software system design and requirements expertise to support the planning of future systems and architectures, and oversight of development contractors
• Develop briefings and documentation material for Program / Project Manager’s engagements, including developing technical roadmaps and the acquisition strategies/documentation to implement them.
• Will work side-by-side with the other LANDMARK AOS staff comprised of world class System Engineers, Acquisition Engineers and Domain Experts to lead the customer in acquiring modern processing applications