Senior Software Engineer Architect

Job ID: 2507869

Location: SAN DIEGO, CA, US

Date Posted: 2025-07-23

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Cloud Comp Engr

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is seeking a TS/SCI cleared Senior Software Engineer / Architect in San Diego responsible for providing high quality software engineering advisory services, software systems planning, integration, and architecture support for a C4ISR Program of Record within the Program Executive Office, Command, Control, Computers, Communications, and Intelligence (PEO C4I). As part of the team, you will be required to collaborate with others, as well as work individually on strategies, roadmaps and recommended solutions for the implementation of cloud solutions and hosted software application integration functions.

In this role, the Software Engineer / Architect will Design, plan, and integrate cloud computing and virtualization systems. Additionally:

• Provide specific, detailed information for hardware and software selection, cloud service provider selection, implementation techniques, application & data migration techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements.
• Develop and conduct testing of cloud and virtualization systems.
• Maintain technical expertise relevant industry standards and in cloud computing and virtualization technologies such as cloud service provider architecture, design, and configuration; cloud deployment models including public, community, private, and hybrid; cloud service delivery models including infrastructure-, platform-, and software-as-a-service; automation; hypervisors; containers; virtual compute, storage, and networks; virtual infrastructure management; self-provisioning; and scaling.
• Evaluate and report on new cloud and virtualization technologies to enhance capabilities of cloud-based and virtualized services.
• Provide systems engineering activities such as Concept of Operations Formulation, Requirements Definition, Analysis and Engineering, System Architecting, System Analysis and Design, Interface and Data Architectures, Validation and Verification, System Integration, System & Op. Performance Analysis, Lifecycle Cost Analysis & Estimation, Decision Analysis and Physical Configuration Analysis (PCA).
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelors and two (2) years or more experience; Masters and zero (0) years or more experience. 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree. Active TS/SCI

Required Skills:

• Skilled in: Cloud, Product Owner, Agile.
• Experience in: AWS, Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift), Agile and DevSecOps best practices, software development life cycles, automation toolchains and CI/CD pipeline.
• Relevant experience leading/managing software development teams. Ideally at least 2 years knowledge in PaaS / IaaS / SaaS.
• Understands software engineering concepts and related systems engineering processes.
• Understanding of disconnected networks and limited bandwidth networks to include disconnected lab and production systems.
• Strong communicator that can consult on technical discussions and provide technical recommendations across many levels of the program to include senior leadership.
• Technical leadership and general problem solving related to software design, architecture, and execution in an oversight position.
• Ability to operate both independently and without direct supervision.

Desired Skills and Certifications:

• SAFe Agilist.
• AWS Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator.
• Able to attain CSWF and IAT Level II Certifications (Security+).
• Demonstrated technical writing and briefing.
• Understanding of hybrid cloud/local architectures.
• Experience in modern source control (Git, BitBucket, etc.).
• Understanding of PEO C4I, NAVWAR, US Navy C4I systems.

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