Systems Engineer Principal

SAIC • Ashburn, VA

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior-Level Systems Engineer to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA. This position is hybrid-remote and requires 2 days on-site in Ashburn, VA. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the day-to-day planning, scheduling, prioritizing, tracking and reporting for mission critical software development projects using Java and cloud technologies. The candidate will be responsible for coordinating the delivery of projects and managing all dependencies with other project teams within the organization, leading remote software development teams, and facilitating critical conversations between stakeholders that may include shifting or competing priorities, conflict resolution and de-escalation. A working knowledge of SELC and associated documentation (project plans, charters, business cases, requirements documents, test plans, reports, etc.) is required, as well as in-depth knowledge and prior experience working in software development environments using an Agile methodology. The role involves working closely with business and solution resources to define, analyze and document requirements/user stories, and working with senior executives, clients and business analysts to gather requirements. The candidate will interpret and translate the captured technical and functional requirements into technical documentation that can be used by both the project management team and the development teams to develop the end user software. In-depth knowledge and prior experience managing and implementing business processes in a data centric, mission critical environment is essential. The role will contribute to project scoping, including requirement assessment, best practices, application design and development, and process methodologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 9+ years of relevant experience.
• 9+ years in agile development projects – a strong working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• 5+ years of demonstrated data analysis, requirements management and design experience.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Familiarity with Java services.
• Prior experience working with developers and data analysts.
• Experience with developing SELC documents.
• Proficiency with Jira/Confluence.
• Skills and knowledge utilizing Windows, Microsoft Office Suite and the Atlassian suite of tools.
• Strong attention to detail, highly organized and able to thrive in a busy, deadline driven atmosphere.
• Ability to adapt quickly, work in a challenging and fast paced environment with a team, as well as individually.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills and organizational skills.
• Commitment to learn, think creatively, and facilitate collaboration across teams.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the design/development process of cloud native systems.
• Familiarity with AI/ML is a plus.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification a plus.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification a plus.
• Familiar with SQL and NoSQL database types.
• Familiar with: Application frameworks (JavaScript, jQuery, Spring Boot.)
• Familiar with Data loading/ingestion (ETL is a plus.)
• Familiar with Automation Testing (UI, Unit, Service Layer, Code Coverage.)
• Familiar with AWS Cloud (Cloud Concepts.)
• Familiarity with service-oriented applications.
• Familiarity with UI frameworks (JavaScript, Angular, jQuery, React, Spring Boot.)

Responsibilities

• Managing the day-to-day planning, scheduling, prioritizing, tracking and reporting for mission critical software development projects using Java and cloud technologies.
• Coordinating the delivery of projects and managing all dependencies with other project teams within the organization.
• Leading remote software development teams.
• Facilitating critical conversations between stakeholders that may include shifting or competing priorities, conflict resolution and de-escalation.
• Interpreting and translating captured technical and functional requirements into technical documentation for project management and development teams.
• Managing and implementing business processes in a data centric, mission critical environment.
• Contributing to project scoping, including requirement assessment, best practices, application design and development, and process methodologies.

What This Job Offers

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