Senior SIGINT Mission Engineering Lead

SAIC • Chantilly, VA

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About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Senior SIGINT Mission Engineering Lead to support a SAIC Prime NRO program in Chantilly, Virginia, focused on advancing the adoption of next-generation space and intelligence capabilities. This highly visible SETA leadership role provides technical, architectural, acquisition, and mission engineering expertise across the lifecycle of SIGINT ground hosting, mission processing, and enabling capabilities.

The position serves as a trusted advisor to Government leadership, helping shape SIGINT ground architectures, cloud modernization initiatives, mission integrations, and enterprise technology strategies. The role leads a team of SETA engineers and partners with Government, FFRDC, and industry stakeholders to deliver innovative, scalable, mission-focused solutions across the Ground Enterprise. An active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and 14 or more years of experience; or a master’s degree and 12 or more years of experience; or a PhD or JD and 9 or more years of experience. Relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Experience with SIGINT ground systems, hosting environments, mission processing, mission management, or related intelligence capabilities.
• Knowledge of modern cloud and hybrid-cloud architectures, including cybersecurity, Zero Trust, cloud engineering, DevSecOps, CI/CD, Kubernetes/CNCF technologies, and commercial cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Experience supporting system integration, cloud migrations, tenant onboarding, capability transitions, and deployment activities.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Knowledge of mission readiness processes, control gates, and associated entry/exit criteria.
• Experience supporting Government acquisition, systems engineering, technical assessments, requirements development, and risk management activities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills, with the ability to brief and influence senior Government and contractor stakeholders.
• Proven leadership, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced mission environment.
• Familiarity with NRO, DoD, or IC space, intelligence, and national security acquisition programs.
• Ability to support CONUS and OCONUS travel (10%-20%).

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to Government leadership on SIGINT ground architectures, mission integration, and hosting environments.
• Lead SETA engineering activities supporting command and control, mission management, mission processing, and ground enterprise modernization efforts.
• Assess technical architectures, cloud-hosting solutions, integration strategies, and acquisition approaches for current and future mission needs.
• Evaluate system readiness, technical risks, dependencies, and integration activities, and provide actionable recommendations to Government decision-makers.
• Support onboarding, transition, and operational integration of new capabilities across Government mission environments.
• Analyze contractor technical solutions, program plans, engineering artifacts, and architecture approaches to ensure mission alignment and technical viability.
• Support development and assessment of CONOPS, requirements, test plans, acquisition documentation, engineering plans, and executive briefings.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and oversight to a team of SETA engineers supporting the acquisition program.
• Collaborate across Government, contractor, and mission partner organizations to resolve technical challenges and advance enterprise objectives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior