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Principal Systems Engineer-February 2024
Owings Mills
Feb 10, 2026
About Principal Systems Engineer

  Description

  SAIC’s Defense System Group is currently hiring engineering positions supporting the transformation of the US Army. SAIC is a strong company providing opportunities for energetic individuals with a strong desire to expand their knowledge while increasing their responsibilities. SAIC has an opening for a motivated, career, and customer-oriented Principal Systems Engineer to provide Systems Engineering technical services support onsite with several Army Futures Command (AFC) Cross-Functional Teams (CFTs) located in:

  Fort Moore, GA – Soldier Lethality (SL) CFT

  Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD – Network CFT

  This work establishes the transformation of future systems. We are supporting the enterprise architecting, analysis, and systems engineering solutions at the Enterprise level for multiple signature modernization efforts.

  JOB DUTIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

  Working in collaboration with CFT personnel to achieve approval of engineering products through engineering reviews and engineering milestone events

  Working across multiple Offices and Organizations to identify and define needs

  Identifying and defining future capability and interoperability needs

  Identifying key architecture and system level trades

  Developing strategies in support of Department of Defense (DoD) architectures

  Assessing the performance of current and future architecture concepts

  Providing technical and programmatic guidance to the architecture and system level requirements process

  Prepare briefings for senior decision makers

  Provide technical leadership in applying Digital Engineering concepts, processes, and tools in helping the government plan and define capabilities needed to better support mission operations (e.g., automation, situational awareness, etc.) in support of a mission system.

  Analyze user needs, concept of operations, and high-level systems architectures to develop system requirements.

  Integrate operations models with acquisition models within the digital engineering ecosystem.

  Provide technical support to government points of contacts.

  Collaborate with SETA team members, development contractors, and customer forums.

  Effectively communicate and interface with engineers from various contractors and government organizations.

  Develop assessments and briefings to a variety of audiences; conveys information in crisp, articulate manner.

  Qualifications

  REQUIRED EDUCATION:

  Bachelors degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline and nine (9) years or more experience; Four (4) years' additional experience can be accepted in lieu of degree.REQUIRED SKILLS:

  Expert-level proficiency with use of architecting to support senior level enterprise decision making

  Experience with architecture tools

  Experience with Zero Trust and cyber security protocols

  Architecture domain understanding from a holistic enterprise perspective

  Ability to recommend enterprise architecture tradeoffs, impacts, and advancement

  Proven experience in development and use of modeling for architecture solutions

  Expert-level understanding of core systems engineering and analysis disciplines and processes

  Experience with lifecycle readiness from System Requirements Review through system decommissioning

  Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and energetic environment

  Strong oral and written communication skills

  Customer focused and capable of representing the customer in community forums

  DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  Proven experience with technical fundamentals in existing Army program (e.g. ground vehicles, air, missile defense, soldier systems)

  Working knowledge of the Request for Change (RFC) process and the Engineering Review Board process

  Certified Architect (e.g. DoDAF, TOGAF, UAF, MODAF, Zachman)

  Knowledge of Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)

  Knowledge of Unified Architecture Framework (UAF)

  Experience in Cameo EA/MagicDraw or similar Enterprise Architecture Tool set

  Prior experience in support of the US Army

  Experience with the Army Capabilities Integration and Development System (ACIDS)/ Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)

  REQUIRED CLEARANCE:

  Must have an Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearanceCovid 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.REQNUMBER: 2400038-OWINGS_MILLS-MD

  SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation’s most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

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