Systems Architect

SAIC•Chantilly, VA

10h

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Systems Architect to lead architecture development, technical baseline management, and systems engineering across a complex ecosystem of mission systems, applications, interfaces, and external integrations. The role serves as the program's architecture lead, ensuring architecture, technical baselines, and implementation remain aligned as the system evolves. The successful candidate will lead architecture governance, conduct architecture impact assessments, develop future-state architectural concepts, and provide technical leadership across the Systems Engineering organization.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 14 or more years of related experience; or master's degree and 12 or more years; or PhD and 9 or more years.
TS/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship.
Experience supporting systems engineering, system architecture, solution architecture, or technical baseline management in DoD or Intelligence Community environments.
Experience developing architecture products, interface definitions, operational workflows, and system behaviors.
Experience with MBSE tools and methodologies, including Cameo, SysML, Teamwork Cloud, or similar platforms.
Experience performing trade studies, architecture assessments, and technical evaluations.
Experience leading architecture reviews, technical baseline activities, or engineering governance processes.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing DoDAF architecture products, including OVs, SVs, and related operational and system views.
Experience supporting ARBs, Technical Baseline CCBs, or similar engineering governance activities.
Experience leading technical teams, mentoring engineers, or coordinating multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
Experience supporting command and control, battle management, ISR, air operations, space operations, or similar mission systems.
Familiarity with OMS, UCI, ICDs, EICDs, cloud environments, DevSecOps, and software-intensive systems.
Experience working in Agile engineering environments and with tools such as Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

Lead development and maintenance of the program's system architecture and technical baseline.
Develop and maintain architecture products, including operational views, system views, context diagrams, sequence diagrams, use cases, and interface models.
Perform architecture impact assessments for new capabilities, integrations, interfaces, technologies, and system modifications.
Develop future-state architecture concepts, modernization roadmaps, and technical recommendations supporting evolving mission needs.
Support decomposition of capabilities and user stories into system behaviors, interfaces, and technical solutions.
Maintain architecture traceability across requirements, interfaces, capabilities, and implementation efforts.
Coordinate with Systems Engineering, Data Integration, External Integration, Test, Cloud, Cyber, and DevSecOps teams to ensure architecture products accurately represent the system.
Lead Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) and support Technical Baseline Change Control Board (CCB) activities.
Conduct trade studies, technical assessments, and architecture evaluations supporting program decisions.
Capture system behaviors, interfaces, workflows, and engineering decisions to improve stakeholder understanding and reduce reliance on tribal knowledge.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Systems Engineering and Test personnel.
Support adoption of MBSE and digital engineering practices where they provide value to the program.