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Cloud Computer Engineer Senior Principal

SAIC

Chantilly, VAJob$160–200K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$160–200K/yr
Location
Chantilly, VA
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

DoD 8140 CertificationSecurity+ Or CISSP Or CISM Or GSECTS/SCI clearance

Job overview

SAIC seeks a Senior Cloud Computing Engineer to provide Systems Engineering & Technical Advisory support to a U.S. Government program office conducting research and development of cloud-based architectures. The role supports cloud strategy, architecture, adoption, migration, research, and user problem resolution. It also contributes to an enterprise research and innovation environment and supports national security customers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cloud ServicesCloud ArchitectureCloud SecurityCloud Architecture ManagementCloud Development StrategiesCommercial Cloud AdoptionSolution ArchitectureApplication and Data MigrationCloud Computing SupportApplication IntegrationArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningCloud Service ProvidersNetworksComputeStorageVirtualizationUNIXWindowsPythonJupyter LabSelf-StarterCustomer FocusCloud Architecture CommunicationMicrosoft OfficeCritical ThinkingProblem-SolvingAnalytical SkillsInterpersonal SkillsWritten CommunicationOral Presentations

Qualifications

Active TS/SCI With PolyBachelor's in STEM or Master's With Experience14 Years Relevant Work or 11 With Master'sDoD 8140 CertificationSecurity+ or CISSP or CISM or GSECIC or DoD Experience

Full job description

Description

Job Description:

SAIC seeks a SeniorCloud Computing Engineer to join our team of professionals providing technical and program services to the U.S. Government (USG). SAIC provides research, engineering, design, analysis, acquisition, development, integration, test, and operations support USG Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) customers. We support development and delivery of next generation and generation after next national security systems based on land, at sea, in air, and in space.

The Senior Cloud Computing Engineer sought here serves a USG Program Office leading Research & Development (R&D) of evolutionary, revolutionary, and transformational cloud-based architectures. This position provides Systems Engineering & Technical Advisory (SETA) support services.

Your responsibilities include some or all of the following depending on your personal desires and capabilities:

  • Expertise with commercially available cloud computing services such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) and emerging cloud services

  • Expertise with cloud computing services and architectures

  • Expertise architecting and designing cloud computing environments

  • Knowledge of the security considerations, best practices, and implementation associated with cloud computing services and architectures

  • Expertise setting up, managing, and optimizing cloud architectures

  • Provide recommendations for cloud development strategies, adoption of commercial cloud services, solution architecture, and application and data migration

  • Active member of enterprise R&D, learning, and innovation environment creating, gathering, and sharing knowledge to grow organizational competency and capability

  • Support researchers and users on using cloud computing, integration of application and libraries, and problem resolution

  • Understanding of current artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) offerings and research

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly

  • Must have bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math discipline with minimum of 14 years of relevant work experience or 11 years with master’s degree

  • Experience with two or more cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, Google, etc.)

  • DoD 8140 certification required to get privileged user access (Security+, CISSP, CISM, or GSEC)

  • Working knowledge of networks, compute, storage, virtualization, design and architecture across multiple fabrics (classification levels)

  • Proven experience with UNIX and Windows operating systems and commands

  • Experience with applications used in research such as Python and Jupyter Lab

  • Proven self-starter and customer focused

Desired Qualifications:

  • Ability to describe complex cloud computing architecture concepts and configurations to non-technical audiences

  • Proficient skills using Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)

  • Critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills

  • Interpersonal and communication skills for written reports, group discussion, and oral presentations

  • Working experience in the IC or DoD

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618161

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 838 open Cloud Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$160–200K/yr
  • Virginia median$150–217K/yr41 salary ranges
  • US median$139–235K/yr708 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $180K, is close to the Virginia median midpoint ($181K) — in the middle half of Cloud Engineering salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 46 open Cloud Engineering jobs in Virginia and 838 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 11 years of experience — more than three in four Cloud Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 710 postings).
Education
358 of the 838 open Cloud Engineering jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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