Systems Engineer Principal

About the role

SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior-Level Systems Engineer to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA. This position is hybrid-remote and requires 2 days on-site in Ashburn, VA.

Responsibilities

• Managing the day-to-day planning, scheduling, prioritizing, tracking and reporting for mission critical software development projects using Java and cloud technologies.
• Coordinating the delivery of projects and managing all dependencies with other project teams within the organization.
• Leading remote software development teams.
• Facilitating critical conversations between stakeholders that may include shifting or competing priorities, conflict resolution and de-escalation.
• Working knowledge of SELC and associated documentation (project plans, charters, business cases, requirements documents, test plans, reports, etc.).
• In-depth knowledge and prior experience working in software development environments using an Agile methodology.
• Working closely with business and solution resources to define, analyze and document requirements/user stories.
• Working with senior executives, clients and business analysts to gather requirements; interpret and translate the captured technical and functional requirements into technical documentation for project management and development teams.
• In-depth knowledge and prior experience managing and implementing business processes in a data centric, mission critical environment.
• Contribute to project scoping, including requirement assessment, best practices, application design and development, and process methodologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 9+ years of relevant experience.
• 9+ years in agile development projects – a strong working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• 5+ years of demonstrated data analysis, requirements management and design experience; oversee work milestones (end to end), may require coordinating & writing technical documents and business process flows.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Familiarity with Java services.
• Prior experience working with developers and data analysts.
• Experience with developing SELC documents.
• Proficiency with Jira/Confluence.
• Skills and knowledge utilizing Windows, Microsoft Office Suite and the Atlassian suite of tools.
• Strong attention to detail, highly organized and able to thrive in a busy, deadline driven atmosphere.
• Ability to adapt quickly, work in a challenging and fast paced environment with a team, as well as individually.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills and organizational skills.
• Commitment to learn, think creatively, and facilitate collaboration across teams.

Skills

• Experience in the design/development process of cloud native systems.
• Familiarity with AI/ML is a plus.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification a plus.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification a plus.
• Familiar with SQL and NoSQL database types.
• Familiar with Application frameworks (JavaScript, jQuery, Spring Boot).
• Data loading/ingestion (ETL is a plus).
• Automation Testing (UI, Unit, Service Layer, Code Coverage).
• AWS Cloud (Cloud Concepts).
• Familiarity with service-oriented applications.
• Familiarity with UI frameworks (JavaScript, Angular, jQuery, React, Spring Boot).
• Customer Requirements Clearance – Ability to obtain and hold a public trust position and favorable suitability based on a CBP Background Investigation.
• Citizenship – Must be a US Citizen.
• Location – Hybrid with on-site in Ashburn, VA 2 days per week and if a mission need; all candidates must be within the GWA/commutable area.

Pay

Target salary range $120,001 - $160,000.

Schedule

Full-Time, Day shift; hybrid-remote with 2 days on-site required in Ashburn, VA (potential for remote work ORA_HYBRID).