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Information Technology Systems Engineer SETA

SAIC

Chantilly, VAJob$120–160K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$120–160K/yr
Location
Chantilly, VA
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance

Job overview

SAIC seeks an IT-based Systems Engineer (SETA) to support an Intelligence Community customer. The role provides systems engineering expertise and advises the government on program activities related to IT infrastructure provisioning. The engineer will oversee service delivery and project engagements, translate requirements into systems solutions, and provide recommendations and deliverables aligned with organizational objectives and technical, schedule, and cost constraints.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems EngineeringProject ManagementRequirements AnalysisConfiguration ManagementReadinessVerification and ValidationCustomer InterfaceRelationship ManagementQuality AssuranceNetwork ArchitectureDesktop InfrastructureServersStorageApplicationsSecurity ConfigurationsContract ExecutionProgram ManagementTask Order ContractsEngineering Change Proposals

Qualifications

U.S. CitizenshipActive TS/SCI Clearance With PolygraphBachelor's or Master's With Experience5+ Years Related Experience or Master's and 3+ YearsConstruction or Facilities ExperienceData Center Project Experience

Full job description

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

SAIC is seeking an Information Technology (IT) based Systems Engineer (SETA) for a position supporting an Intelligence Community (IC) customer. The successful applicant will exhibit flexibility in task execution, provide technical expertise on a variety of Systems Engineering topics (e.g., requirements, configuration management, readiness, verification and validation, etc.) to deliver continuity of effort, demonstrate value-added judgment, and advise the government on program activities. The successful candidate will produce recommendations and deliverables in a thorough, practicable, and consistent manner congruent with the organization's objectives associated with IT infrastructure provisioning.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The successful candidate must be able to:

  • Operate proactively with ability to lead and execute project engagements without direct leadership oversight and/or participation

  • Serve as primary customer interface and advocate, affording cross-functional technical and relationship management to ensure mission success while maximizing service adoption. Facilitate meetings and interface with Engineers, Mission Partners, Customers, and Users

  • Proactively perform as an organized and dedicated change agent, core to ensuring quality assurance while assisting the culture shift toward standardized IT service deliveries

  • Apply project management aptitude and experience to support Government oversight of Desktop Engineering, without performing hands-on technical Desktop Engineering tasks

  • Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints

  • Coordinate and oversee functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software or engineering specifications

  • Apply a working comprehension of network architecture and an understanding of desktop backend infrastructure, including servers, storage, applications, and relevant security configurations, to inform oversight and recommendations

  • Educate consumers on current and upcoming IT service deliveries, changes, and potential impacts to existing capabilities

  • Understand relationship between the customer's delivery schedules and IT service roadmaps

  • Perform as key Technical Advisor for articulating service requirement gaps to support customer mission architecture

  • Provide specific, detailed information for selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements

  • Compose governance, craft process documents, and respond to requests for information

Qualifications

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen.

  • Must possess and maintain an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

  • Bachelor's degree or higher and five (5) years or more of related experience; Masters and 3 or more years relevant experience.

  • Demonstrated experience supporting post-award contract execution and program management in a construction or facilities environment

  • Experience managing task order-based contracts and processing Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) in a construction context

  • Prior experience supporting data center construction, retrofit, or modernization projects a plus

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618839

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 11,789 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$120–160K/yr
  • Virginia median$120–182K/yr848 salary ranges
  • US median$116–190K/yr8,703 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $140K, is 8% below the Virginia median midpoint ($152K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,077 open Systems Engineer jobs in Virginia and 11,789 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (9,870 postings).
Education
4,515 of the 11,789 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 6, 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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