Systems Engineer Principal

Job ID: 2616717
Location: Chantilly, VA, US
Date Posted: 2026-09-11
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
?SAIC is looking for a Systems Administrator/Network Engineer/Spacecraft Command/Control Scheduler. Duties will include coordinating and managing end to end architecture by scheduling assets, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting networking equipment, servers and processing systems. End-to-end events will support testing, development, training, exercises, and real-world operations. This position is a direct interface with all users and sister agencies tabulating requirements, spotting trends, and developing usage metrics as needed by customers for mission execution.

• Plan and execute space and ground segment schedules coordinating with other intelligence organizations
• Monitor signal processor product generation ensuring flow of time critical data
• Monitor and update all components of computer network software including software licenses, software version updates and anti-virus software as required
• Configure and maintain firewalls, switches and servers in an operational environment
• Troubleshoot network hardware issues
• Responsible for network administration, fault detection and fault isolation services, network traffic monitoring and minimizing potential security threats
• Troubleshoot hardware and software, run diagnostics, document network problems, outages and solutions, prioritizing fixes, and assess current and future impact of issues
• Monitor and generate data analytics focused on improving network throughput performance
• Communicate scheduling and networking issues to internal team, as well as Government Lead
• Provide documentation and technical specifications to leadership for planning and implementing updates to end-to-end scheduling and networking software/hardware
• Support development organization with the integration of network hardware, software, cybersecurity upgrades and recap efforts for networks and systems operating at various classification levels
• Training and educating new users
• Rotational shift work that may include nights, weekends, and holidays
• Occasional travel required
• Must have excellent speaking, listening and written communication skills
• Team oriented and customer focused attitude is critical due to multiple networking locations and varied U.S. Government end users

Qualifications

• 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 years of experience in CS/IT field may be substituted in lieu of degree
• Must have a TS/SCI security clearance with an active Polygraph
• Database, network administration, or system administration experience is preferred
• Ability to solve problems and think critically, sometimes independent of significant experience or documentation of the problem area
• DOD 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II certification is desired
  • If candidate does not have IAT Level II certification, they must obtain IAT Level II certification within 3 months of hire
  • Examples of IAT cert: CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+, CND, or SSCPy
• Working knowledge of Linux Redhat Enterprise, Microsoft Server network protocols, Palo Alto Firewalls and Dell Server Configuration are desired
• Must work well within team environment but accomplish tasks independently with little to no impact on other teammates' tasks
• Document best practices, troubleshooting guides, and maintenance activities
• Project management skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal/briefing skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs?

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .