Software Engineer Senior Manager
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SAIC is seeking a fully remote Software Engineer Senior Manager to provide Agile leadership across software development teams. The role coaches Scrum teams, assesses Agile maturity, and oversees execution to improve team performance, delivery predictability, and continuous improvement. It works with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, technical leads, and program leadership to align delivery with program objectives.
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Description
SAIC is seeking a Software Engineer Senior Manager to join our team. This role is fully remote.
Responsible for providing Agile leadership, coaching Scrum teams, assessing Agile maturity, and overseeing Agile execution across software development teams. Works closely with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, technical leads, and program leadership to improve team performance, delivery predictability, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
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Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and development teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.
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Assess team Agile maturity, identify gaps, and develop improvement plans.
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Oversee Agile execution, including sprint planning, backlog management, delivery progress, and impediment resolution.
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Monitor Agile metrics to evaluate team performance, delivery predictability, and improvement opportunities.
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Coordinate across teams to manage dependencies, risks, and delivery challenges.
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Collaborate with technical leads and program management to align Agile execution with program objectives.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field with eighteen (18) years of experience. Additional six (6) years' experience can be considered in lieu of degree (per contract vehicle).
Clearance Requirements
- Must possess an active Secret security clearance; US Citizenship required.
Required Skills
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Strong leadership, communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
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Strong experience with Agile Scrum methodologies, coaching, and team maturity assessments.
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Experience leading or supporting multiple Agile software development teams.
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Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and DevSecOps practices.
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Working knowledge of programming languages such as C#, C++, C, or Python and MSSQL Database.
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Working knowledge of database systems such as MSSQL, SQL, or Oracle.
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Experience with Agile tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or GitLab.
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Experience supporting DoD or federal software development programs preferred.
Desired Qualifications
- Scrum certification, PMP, or SAFe certification preferred.
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: 2619004
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 8,933 open Software Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$160–200K/yr
- Alabama median$136–254K/yr58 salary ranges
- US median$146–253K/yr6,854 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $180K, is 7% below the Alabama median midpoint ($194K) — in the middle half of Software Engineering salary ranges in Alabama.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 82 open Software Engineering jobs in Alabama and 8,933 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 18 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 6,743 postings).
- Education
- 2,157 of the 8,933 open Software Engineering jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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