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  • SAIC
  • Chantilly, VA
  • Full-Time
  • 22 days ago
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Systems Engineer.

Business Analysis & Systems Analysis Full-Time

Systems Engineer: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for a systems engineer supporting a government SETA program for the NRO’s Ground Enterprise Directorate.
  • The Person:The person will define system requirements, support capability planning, document architecture and trade-offs, work across government and contractor teams, and prepare assessments and briefings.
  • Requirements:The role requires active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph and experience with schedule management, requirements, configuration management, readiness, verification and validation, capability thread management, IT integration and risk management.

About the role

SAIC is seeking a Systems Engineer to fill to their large SETA program supporting the NRO’s Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED) in Chantilly, VA.

The successful applicant will exhibit flexibility in task execution, provide technical/professional expertise on a variety of Systems Engineering topics (e.g., schedule management, requirements, configuration management, readiness, verification and validation, etc.), and advise the government on program activities. The work will initially focus on capability thread management, IT integration and risk management support to enable end-to-end closure for programs with available growth of scope and responsibility. 

All candidates must have an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

Job Responsibilities to include:

On the Job Training will be provided in the customer’s specific knowledge domain, but the successful candidate must be able to:

  • Contribute to planning capabilities needed to better support mission operations (e.g. automation, situational awareness, etc.) 
  • Work with government and contractor points of contact across multiple Directorates and Offices to refine future ground system capability needs
  • Capture user needs, concept of operations, and high-level systems architectures to define capability needs and develop system requirements
  • Derive enterprise, system, functional, performance, and interface level requirements and work with the team to develop the corresponding documentation
  • Document and communicate key architecture and system level trades, system engineering risks, issues, opportunities, and dependencies
  • Support integration of architectures with other components of the technical baseline
  • Collaborate with SETA team members, engineers from various contractor and government organizations, and mission users
  • Develop assessments and briefings for a variety of audiences to convey information in crisp, articulate manner
  • Support agile process evolution across Government teams, development contractors, user engagement teams, and stakeholders

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Published August 20, 2026
Location Chantilly, VA
Job Type Full-Time