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Senior Field Engineer

SAIC

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Compensation
$80–120K/yr
Location
Portsmouth, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

CompTIA Security+, CISSP, Or CASP CertificationTop Secret clearance

Job overview

SAIC seeks a Senior Field Engineer in Portsmouth, Virginia, to build, test, patch, integrate, and sustain hardware and software systems. The role includes troubleshooting computer, network, serial, RF, and time-system issues; responding to site tickets; and serving as an on-site customer representative. Candidates need relevant education and experience, technical training, C4I systems experience, an active Secret clearance, and the ability to obtain specified certifications and credentials.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Windows SystemsNutanixHardware TestingSoftware TestingComputer PatchingNetwork PatchingPITCO TestingHardware SetupTechnical TroubleshootingSerial ConnectionsNetwork ConnectivityRF SystemsTime SystemsLegacy Hardware RepairC4I SystemsSystems RequirementsOperational RequirementsTest and EvaluationInfrastructure Installation

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's and Experience9+ Years Experience or 7+ YearsElectronics, Computers, or Networking TrainingU.S. Navy Electronics C SchoolCompTIA Security+, CISSP, or CASP CertificationActive Secret ClearanceTop Secret ClearanceU.S. PassportTravel Up to 25%

Full job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Senior Field Engineer in Portsmouth, VA .

Job Duties:

  • Build and test hardware and software for Windows and Nutanix based systems.

  • Patching for computer and network devices.

  • PITCO testing and setup of hardware.

  • Troubleshoot technical problems and issues, determines technical solution in accordance with product and customer specifications.

  • Troubleshoot serial connections.

  • Troubleshoot network connectivity.

  • Troubleshoot RF and time systems.

  • Log and respond to site tickets.

  • Troubleshoot legacy hardware and repair units for system sustainment.

  • Assesses product needs in accordance with customer specifications.

  • Acts as local on-site representative to customer organization.

  • Participates in on site system integrations.

  • Develops and updates system and process documentation as needed.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

  • Related bachelor's and nine (9) years or more experience or Master's degree and seven (7) years or more experience.

  • Technical Training in Electronics, Computers, or Networking or successful completion of U.S. Navy electronics “C” school.

  • Experience in C4I Systems environments to include: systems requirements, operational requirements, test and evaluation.

  • Must be able to obtain a CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or CASP certification within 6 months of hire.

  • Must have an active Secret security clearance to start and then must be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance.

  • Experience building and installing infrastructure.

  • Must be able to obtain U.S. Passport.

  • Up to 25% CONUS/OCONUS travel required.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618045

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

How this job compares

Set against the 2,151 open Field Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$80–120K/yr
  • Virginia median$80–115K/yr39 salary ranges
  • US median$85–112K/yr1,001 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $100K, is 6% above the Virginia median midpoint ($94K) — in the middle half of Field Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 63 open Field Engineer jobs in Virginia and 2,151 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
Field Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (1,369 postings).
Education
981 of the 2,151 open Field Engineer jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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