Hardware Engineer Principal Job Listing at SAIC in San Diego, CA (Job ID 2504335)

Description

Description

SAIC is the premier Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) integrator with expertise in transforming legacy command and control systems into a modern hybrid cloud environment to accelerate decision making and increase mission success. This new program is part of a broader effort to provide a tactical operational picture aligned with the JADC2 and Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) to adapt to new and emerging threats. This next generation approach shall employ the latest advancements across the technology spectrum and distributed architectures to deliver a cutting-edge approach.

SAIC is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer in support of our United States Air Force customer.  The ideal candidate will provide senior level engineering design and architecture support to provide enterprise-level solutions using physical and virtual networking technologies, server hosting, and storage solutions.  Provide white papers for technical systems solutions and incremental roadmaps. Design new or modifies existing products, develops technical specifications for production, analyzes hardware configuration and processing solutions, and tests hardware conformance to specifications.

Responsibilities include:

• Design, implement, and maintain multi-vendor network infrastructure including routers, switches, firewalls, and VPNs in both connected and air-gapped environments.
• Provision, configure, and automate bare metal servers using PXE/iPXE, BMC interfaces (e.g., iDRAC/iLO), and tools like Ansible or custom scripts.
• Deploy and scale Hyper-Converged Infrastructure platforms (e.g., OpenShift, RKE2, Harvester) on bare metal systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Integrate, configure, and maintain core infrastructure services such as DNS, NTP, Certificate Authorities, Identity Management (IdM/AD), and internal registries.
• Perform system integration, testing, and validation of complex communications systems, supporting lab and field environments.
• Execute trade space analysis for COTS hardware/software solutions to meet SWaP-C (Size, Weight, Power, and Cost) constraints.
• Troubleshoot hardware, network, and OS-level issues across diverse platforms and participate in root cause analysis and remediation.
• Support and maintain multi-level security (MLS/MILS) environments and contribute to cross-domain and security-hardened system configurations.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and AutoCAD drawings to support system builds and upgrades.
• Collaborate with software, security, and cloud teams to ensure seamless infrastructure integration, system uptime, and mission readiness.

Qualifications

• TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree and nine (9) years or more experience; Master's degree and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.
• U.S. Citizenship and a DOD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI

Proven background working in on-prem and cloud based environments with specific experience and knowledge in one or more of the following areas: 

•      Knowledge and experience in multi-vendor network/system engineering and security, routers, switches, and VPNs.
•      Experience with global network operations, network/system integration, and network/system hardware.
•      Ability to support system integration, test, development, and execution of various types of complex communications systems.
•      Experience with automation of provisioning BareMetal commodity hardware (e.g. PXE/iPXE).
•      Experience in installation, scaling, and maintenance of Hyper-Converged Infrastructure on BareMetal in both a connected and air-gapped environment (e.g. RKE2, OpenShift, Harvester).
•      Experience scripting in Linux shells (zsh, bash, etc) and PowerShell.
•      Monitoring tools (e.g. Splunk, Nagios).
•      Experience with setting up and maintenance of core infrastructure tools (e.g. DNS/NTP/CA/IdM/AD/Registries).
•      Provide lab and site integration, test, and maintenance support.
•      Ability to perform trade space for Commercial of the Shelf (COTs) products for SWaP-C analysis.
•      Participate in troubleshooting systems to resolve complex issues, interact, and coordinate with engineers responsible for sustaining sub-systems.
•     Knowledge of Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) concepts and principles.
•     Experience in deriving hardware requirements.
•     Experience in developing drawings using AutoCAD.
•     Systems Engineering background with understanding of Cloud Computing Reference Architecture.
•      Experience in subsystem integration is preferred.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
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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