Senior Systems Infrastructure Technologist

SAIC • Quantico, VA

13d • Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Senior Systems Infrastructure Technologist to support the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) One IT program in Quantico, Virginia. The program provides a highly secure, adaptable enterprise IT environment, customer support, and modern technologies to advance DCSA’s mission.

The role serves as a primary technical authority for enterprise architecture and solution alignment. Its focus is to provide a holistic view and deeper technical understanding of how services integrate to enable DCSA customer missions. The technologist leads infrastructure projects and modernization efforts, develops and maintains enterprise-aligned designs, coordinates technical dependencies, and incorporates security and compliance requirements throughout infrastructure engineering and lifecycle management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, computer information systems, computer engineering, network engineering, or a related field; more than 18 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• At least 14 years of experience, or more than 18 years of experience in the areas described in the duties in lieu of a degree.
• At least 10 years of experience in enterprise IT architecture, preferably in federal or DoD environments.
• Active Top Secret clearance and ability to obtain a TS/SCI after starting.
• Strong understanding of DoD security postures, including NIST, RMF, and STIG compliance.
• Familiarity with automation tools and frameworks such as Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including translating technical concepts into government strategic outcomes.
• Experience creating architectural models that demonstrate how products, operations, and systems interoperate within an organization.
• Experience supporting or leading ATO/IATO processes from an architectural perspective.
• Deep knowledge of Linux, Windows, macOS, and virtualization tools such as VMware.
• Experience managing hybrid cloud environments, firewalls, DNS, and storage area networks (SAN/NAS).
• Current IAT Level III certification, such as SecurityX/CASP+, CISSP, GCED, GCI, CCNP Security, or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree and 12 or more years of experience; or PhD or JD and 9 or more years of experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Cloud certifications in AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification.
• ITIL 4/5 Foundation certification.
• VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) certification.
• Experience supporting or leading enterprise transitions from IPv4 to IPv6.
• Experience supporting or leading Dell storage technologies.
• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary technical authority for enterprise architecture and solution alignment.
• Improve holistic understanding of how infrastructure services integrate to enable DCSA missions.
• Lead major infrastructure projects, establish technical standards, and mentor junior IT staff.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure designs that are scalable, resilient, supportable, and aligned with enterprise requirements.
• Lead infrastructure modernization, migrations, technology refreshes, capacity planning, and lifecycle management while minimizing operational impact.
• Coordinate dependencies across Windows, Linux, virtualization, storage, network, identity, cybersecurity, and enterprise management platforms.
• Incorporate DISA STIGs, vulnerability remediation, configuration baselines, RMF/ATO requirements, logging, monitoring, and security controls into infrastructure engineering and lifecycle management.

What This Job Offers

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