Chief Software Engineer

Description

SAIC’s Space Intel Business Group, USG Mission and Information Technology Division, is seeking a Chief Software Engineer to support a program which leverages integrated discrete technologies to support massive data processing, storage, modeling, and analytics over several thousand unique data sources, to perform threat identification and analysis, as well as support efforts to meet tactical and strategic goals. 

This position is in McLean, VA and requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph. 

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph.
• Bachelors degree in mathematics, computer science, engineering, or similar scientific or technical discipline and 18 years or more experience; Masters and 16 years or more experience; PhD or JD and 13 years or more experience.
• Demonstrated experience with UI and backend developer skills.
• Experience with system hardware and software troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of Information Technology architectures (i.e., servers, storage, and virtualization). 
• Hands-on experience with data analytics tools SPLUNK and ELK.
• Ability to perform system and enterprise-level health and status monitoring.
• Experience planning and coordinating the system testing, integration, deployment, installation, validation, troubleshooting and analysis across networks and systems of collection or processing systems or equipment.
• Ability to monitor and adjust collection or processing systems or equipment.
• Experience with embedding automation best-practices to reduce technical debt.
• Familiarity with programming languages such as PowerShell, Python, Node.js, R, SQL, and Ansible.
• Experience with one or more cloud and virtualization providers: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or VMWare.
• Experience with app development; either or all of the following: front end dev, back-end dev.
• Ability to perform front-end development using React, Angular, Vue or similar.
• Ability to perform back-end development using Node.js, SpringBoot or similar.
• Experience with relational database development using PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle or similar.
• Ability to build and maintain cloud infrastructure using AWS, Azure or similar.

Desired Skills:

• Graduate degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or another scientific or technical discipline.
• Experience using Enterprise Control Language (ECL) and the Lexis-Nexis High Performance Cluster Computing (HPCC) platform.
• Experience performing All-Source data analysis to perform analytic support to the Sponsor.
• Ability to develop custom algorithms to support analytic requirements against massive data stores.
• Ability to perform technical analysis support using massive data processing systems.
• Experience writing cables.
• Experience planning and coordinating program activities such as installation and upgrading of hardware and software, utilization of cloud services, programming, or systems design development, modification of IT networks, or implementation of Internet and intranet sites.
• Ability to deploy web applications to a cloud managed environment to include DevOps and security configuration management.
• Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure services such as EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, and VPC.
• Experience planning, coordinating, and executing the required activities to support documentation to meet the Sponsor’s data compliance requirements (e.g., legal, data policy)

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.