Information Technology Systems Engineer (SETA)

Quick Facts

• Role: Information Technology Systems Engineer (SETA)

• Supports: Intelligence Community (IC) customer

• Location: Chantilly, VA (on-site; travel ~10%)

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required

• Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000

Description

SAIC is seeking an IT-based Systems Engineer (SETA) to support an Intelligence Community customer. The role emphasizes systems engineering expertise across requirements, configuration management, readiness, and verification and validation, along with advising government stakeholders on IT infrastructure provisioning. You will deliver thorough, practicable, consistent recommendations and deliverables aligned to program objectives.

Responsibilities

• Operate proactively and lead/execute project engagements without direct leadership oversight

• Serve as the primary customer interface; coordinate cross-functional technical and relationship management to ensure mission success and service adoption

• Facilitate meetings with engineers, mission partners, customers, and users

• Act as an organized change agent to support quality assurance and standardized IT service delivery

• Use project management expertise to support government oversight of Desktop Engineering (without hands-on Desktop Engineering tasks)

• Translate product requirements into total systems solutions considering technical, schedule, and cost constraints

• Coordinate functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition to produce hardware/software or engineering specifications

• Apply knowledge of network architecture and desktop backend infrastructure (servers, storage, applications, security configurations) to inform recommendations

• Educate stakeholders on IT service deliveries, changes, and impacts

• Align delivery schedules to IT service roadmaps

• Advise on service requirement gaps to support mission architecture

• Provide detailed guidance on selection, implementation techniques, tools, and capacity requirements

• Develop governance/process documents and respond to requests for information

Requirements

• Maintain an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph

• Bachelor’s degree or higher; 5+ years of related experience (or Master’s with 3+ years relevant experience)

• Experience supporting post-award contract execution and program management in construction or facilities environments

• Experience managing task order-based contracts

• Experience processing Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) in a construction context

• Prior data center construction, retrofit, or modernization experience is a plus