The Role
Designs, implements, and oversees multi-cloud architectures supporting mission-critical NRO systems. Responsibilities include cloud provisioning, security and compliance, reliability optimization, requirements management, process automation, acquisition support, and technical oversight of Agile development teams. The engineer advises government stakeholders and contractors while ensuring cloud solutions meet enterprise, performance, and mission objectives.
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We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
SAIC is seeking a highly skilled Multi Cloud Engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) support to a mission critical program based in Chantilly, VA. In this role, you will directly support the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED)—the organization responsible for architecting, acquiring, and sustaining the nation’s most advanced space and ground systems across their full lifecycle.
You will serve as a trusted technical advisor guiding the development, integration, and deployment of modern, scalable multi cloud solutions. Working closely with government leadership, FFRDC partners, SETA teammates, and development contractors, you will help drive enterprise cloud modernization and ensure mission critical systems are delivered with security, reliability, and performance. Your work will play a key role in GED’s Enterprise Data, Applications, and Platform (EDAP) transformation.
Key Responsibilities to include:
- Design and plan multi cloud solution architectures across multiple fabrics, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and mission objectives.
- Oversee cloud infrastructure provisioning, ensuring environments are built, configured, and maintained to support high availability mission systems.
- Collaborate on cloud security and compliance designs, ensuring solutions meet NRO, IC, and federal security requirements.
- Analyze and optimize technical and business processes, identifying opportunities to streamline workflows and improve cloud adoption efficiency.
- Manage cloud architecture implementations, ensuring solutions are delivered on schedule and aligned with technical baselines.
- Ensure operational reliability by developing strategies for monitoring, maintenance, and performance optimization across cloud environments.
- Apply deep knowledge of NRO requirements management, ensuring cloud solutions meet enterprise, system, functional, and performance needs.
- Support the Program Office in the execution of mission critical systems, providing technical insight and acquisition support.
- Represent the government during developer led release planning, sprint reviews, and Agile ceremonies—ensuring government and stakeholder priorities are understood and implemented.
- Engage proactively with Agile development teams to assess execution, identify risks, and ensure alignment with mission objectives.
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/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
- Strong Multi-Cloud experience with a focus on designing and implementing cloud architectures.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise computing and operating systems (OS) and cloud computing platforms, such as Linux, Windows, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Proficiency in popular programming languages like Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, and Ruby on Rails.
- Knowledge of cloud security principles to protect cloud data from unauthorized users and malicious hackers.
- Knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies.
- Skilled in documenting requirements, user stories, and use cases.
- Proficient in integrating and automating IT system processes, including legacy systems.
- Strong project management and collaboration skills for diverse aspects of cloud architecture.
- Effective communicator, engaging stakeholders across all levels, from entry-level to executives.
- Thrives in fast-paced, dynamic team environments.
- Experience supporting C2E a PLUS!
We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree with at least 9 years of relevant experience, or master’s degree with at least 7 years, or PhD/JD with at least 4 years; relevant experience may substitute for a degree.
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph.
- Strong experience designing and implementing multi-cloud architectures.
- Knowledge of enterprise computing, operating systems, and cloud platforms including Linux, Windows, Microsoft Azure, and AWS.
- Proficiency in Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, and Ruby on Rails.
- Knowledge of cloud security principles.
- Knowledge of Agile project management methodologies.
- Experience documenting requirements, user stories, and use cases.
- Experience integrating and automating IT system processes, including legacy systems.
- Strong project management and collaboration skills.
- Effective communication skills with stakeholders at all organizational levels.
- Experience supporting C2E.
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