SAIC · Reston, Virginia, US, US
Join SAIC as a Ground Architecture Systems Engineer to shape the future of mission-critical ground systems for the U.S. government. You’ll lead architectural evolution across major system acquisitions, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and delivering advanced capabilities to support national security missions.
About the Role
SAIC is seeking a Ground Architecture Systems Engineer to support the LANDMARK AOS program, a large SETA contract supporting the customer's Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED) and its end-to-end system acquisition mission. This role sits within the Chief Architect's Office, where you will help guide the evolution of the customer's ground architecture and ensure major system acquisitions deliver against mission needs. You will track deliveries, performance requirements, and integration activities across three major system acquisitions spanning five system program offices, providing the technical and acquisition insight needed to keep complex efforts aligned with enterprise-level architectural direction.
What You Will Do
Define, develop, and implement ground system architectures that enable advanced mission capabilities.
Analyze system requirements, shape technical solutions, and deliver clear architectural recommendations to government stakeholders.
Assess mission needs, transition paths, and future-state architectural options to guide enterprise evolution.
Partner with government technical and contracting teams to craft acquisition strategies and documentation that drive effective program execution.
Develop and review acquisition artifacts, including SOWs, Justifications for Approval, and Government Cost Estimates.
Support prototype acquisition planning, solicitations, evaluations, and awards across mechanisms such as IDIQ task orders.
Coordinate with System Program Office Thread Leads and program managers to maintain alignment across acquisition and engineering activities.
Participate in Agile teams and provide technical direction on engineering tools, processes, and digital solutions.
Offer informed feedback on GED Agile, Digital Engineering, and DevSecOps policies to improve governance suitability and consistency of adoption.
Inform internal and external partners on upcoming ground deliveries, architectural changes, and impacts to existing capabilities.
Communicate technical acquisition plans, program status, and key decisions to senior government leaders and executives.
Apply expertise in a major intelligence discipline (e.g., SIGINT, GEOINT) to shape and evaluate program requirements for mission success.
What We Are Looking For
Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics) or equivalent; 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 CI Poly
Experience with system engineering processes and demonstrable expertise developing ground architectures for mission-critical systems.
Background supporting or leveraging GEOINT or SIGINT intelligence discipline.
Experience with Digital Engineering principles, including model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approaches and tools.
Practical understanding of Agile practices within system acquisition environments.
Demonstrated expertise in government acquisition strategies, documentation development, and full lifecycle program management.
Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to brief government stakeholders at all levels.
If you are passionate about architecture, innovation, and mission impact, this role is for you. Apply today to be part of a team that is redefining ingenuity for national security.