Ground Software System Engineer Job Listing at SAIC in Chantilly, VA (Job ID 2414492)

Description

Description

Join a winning team!! SAIC's National Security and Space (NSS) Sector is currently hiring to advance space capabilities supporting our Department of Defense (DOD) and Intelligence Community customers. 

This position is for a Ground Agile Software System Engineer for a large, multi-year contract supporting a cutting-edge and innovative space program. The Ground Agile Software System Engineer oversees developer software development progress and provides support to the customer's execution of the Program with responsibilities that may include, but are not limited to the following:

Role Responsibilities:

• Represent the Program Office at developer Agile events; ensuring that the customer and stakeholder needs are prioritized.
• Engage with Agile Development teams to assess implementation and execution.
• Track and report Agile software development progress using metrics, trend analysis, and capacity estimating validation.  Compare progress metrics with program schedule, financial and EVM reports.
• Assess developer test approaches and serve as Customer Witness to integration, verification, and validation tests.  Report results to the Program Office team.
• Provide technical and cost assessment of vendor proposals, review technical reports, design artifacts and program plans.
• Identify and promote best practices to improve effectiveness of Program Office processes.

Qualifications

• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Experience with the Intelligence Community and/or the Department of Defense Program Office best practices.
• Bachelor's degree and 9 years of relevant experience; OR Master's degree and 7 years of relevant experience. 
• At least 3 years experience working on a Government or Commercial satellite program.
• Effective interpersonal skills (across multiple groups, offices, and organizations) and strong briefing and writing skills.
• Ability to communicate to a diverse audience of senior decision makers with varying levels of programmatic and technical expertise.
• Effective communication, coordination, and customer engagement skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment with no supervision.

Desired Qualifications:

• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification or similar.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices and technologies.
• Satellite command and telemetry (C&T) or Command and Control (C2) experience.
• Software test experience.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid 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.

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