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Systems Engineer/Data Manager

SAIC

Chantilly, VAJob$100–140K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$100–140K/yr
Location
Chantilly, VA
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance, required

Job overview

SAIC seeks a Systems Engineer/Data Manager to lead data management and support action-item processing and design-review workflows for an advanced satellite acquisition program. The role supports the NRO’s GEOINT Electro-Optical System Program Office, managing engineering deliverables and coordinating with government customers and contractor teams. Work is at SAIC’s Chantilly facility and includes broader systems engineering support across the program lifecycle.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Data Management Systems, requiredConfluence, requiredJIRA, requiredWorkflow Management, requiredExcel, requiredAccess, requiredSharePoint, requiredSystems Engineering, requiredConfiguration Management, requiredRequirements Management, requiredVerification, requiredProgram Reviews, requiredCommunication, requiredCoordination, requiredOrganization, requiredLeadership, requiredSharePoint Workflows, nice to haveJIRA Administration, nice to haveConfluence Administration, nice to haveGround Systems Engineering, nice to haveSoftware Development, nice to haveRoot Cause Analysis, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in STEM, requiredBachelor's+5, Master's+3 or PhD, requiredTS/SCI Clearance With Polygraph, required3+ Years Government Space Vehicle Acquisition, nice to have

Full job description

Description

SAIC has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer with 3 to 7 years of systems engineering experience to lead Data Management, support Program Office Action Item Management, and support Design Review Workflow oversight for an advanced satellite acquisition program. This position will also require dynamic support in other aspects of the systems engineering life-cycle (architecture studies, requirement management, design studies, integration & test, launch and operations).

The position provides engineering support to the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) / GEOINT / Electro-Optical System Program Office (ESPO) that focuses on data management of large volumes of engineering deliverables from a space vehicle prime development contractor . The primary role also involves managing and overseeing program office action item processing and systems engineering design review process workflows in JIRA. The successful applicant will work directly with multiple government customers in a program office of approximately 100 personnel (government, SETA, and FFRDC) and interact with members of the development contractor’s team. Qualified candidates must possess an active TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph (within 10 years).

Key duties/responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Monitor and track contract deliverables and engineering data items from the development contractor and the timely review/approval by the government program office

  • Develop and/or maintain a data collaboration tool (e.g. MS Access, SharePoint, Enterprise Management and Consolidation of CDRLs) for access to the data items and tracking issues or approvals for each

  • Manage the receipt, dissemination, review and approval of artifacts associated with major program reviews (e.g., PDR, CDR, PSR)

  • Draft and coordinate timely Contracting Officer letters to the prime contractor indicating acceptability of contract deliverables

  • Utilize Confluence experience to create content and manage multiple system engineering Confluence pages

  • Utilize JIRA experience to create, manage, edit, and resolve workflow issues in JIRA (action item tracking, engineering review processes, etc.)

  • Provide backup configuration management (CM) oversight to government and contractor activities

  • Organize and/or facilitate live virtual meetings across multiple sites via IC-Connect

  • Provide broad program systems engineering support including, but not limited to:trade studies, requirements management, modeling and analysis, space vehicle integration, system-level and enterprise-level test, launch, and operations.

  • Work location is at an SAIC facility in Chantilly, VA

Qualifications

Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline

  • Experience using data management systems for government programs across multiple platforms and networks

  • Experience with Confluence & JIRA applications including creating/maintaining/troubleshooting/using process workflows

  • Ability to develop and/or tailor tools (in Excel, Access, SharePoint) to track status of government program office review of large volumes of contractor-generated engineering data items

  • Familiar with systems engineering fundamentals (CM, requirements, verification, program reviews)

  • Ability to work without significant supervision

  • Ability to communicate and coordinate information to senior leadership and various stakeholders

  • Strong organizational and leadership skills

  • Current TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience developing and implementing SharePoint workflows

  • Experience providing administrative support for JIRA/Confluence

  • Experience organizing and supporting major program reviews

  • Experience and/or strong desire to work requirements management, design studies, integration & test, ground systems engineering, software development, launch and operations, root cause analysis,

  • 3+ years or more experience working in a government space vehicle acquisition office

Target salary range: $100,001 - $140,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2619037

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 11,552 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$100–140K/yr
  • Virginia median$118–182K/yr919 salary ranges
  • US median$115–187K/yr8,721 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $120K, is 21% below the Virginia median midpoint ($151K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,154 open Systems Engineer jobs in Virginia and 11,552 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,623 postings).
Education
4,343 of the 11,552 open Systems Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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