Senior IT Systems Engineer

  • COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
  • Posted 53 days ago | Updated 8 hours ago

Overview

On Site
USD 100,001.00 - 125,000.00 per year
Full Time

Skills

Information Technology
Systems engineering
Systems architecture
Cost-benefit analysis
Data storage
Directory Services
Identity management
Functional analysis
Information systems
Federal government
Security clearance
Surveillance
Design
Research
Modeling
Estimating
Layout
Network
Backup
Operations
Automation
Computer hardware
Specification
Exceed
VMware
Microsoft Windows
Management
Radar
Acquisition
SAP BASIS
Policies
FOCUS

Job Details

Job ID: 2403414

Location: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, US

Date Posted: 2024-03-05

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: IT Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC seeks a highly experienced and energetic IT Systems Engineering Sr. Principal to support the US Space Force, Space Systems Command, in performing operational maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radars critical to US and Allied strategic missile surveillance, warning, defense, and space surveillance missions. In support of the government customer, the SAIC Program Manager, and the Chief Engineer. This position is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Job Duties:
  • Responsible for design and implementation of IT systems that require the integration of diverse and complex components
  • Creating a problem statement, defining operational requirements including integration with other systems or components, researching, and modeling the system architecture and configuration, investigation alternatives, cost analysis and estimation, and decision analysis
  • Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
  • Provides specific, detailed information for selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements, facility requirements (including floor layout, power cooling, network connectivity), data storage, backup, monitoring, operations systems, directory services, identity management, access management, and automation
  • Performs troubleshooting, functional analysis, timeline analysis, requirements allocation of hardware and software specification
  • Engage across multiple support teams and other engineers to meet system needs and specifications
  • Provide expertise in defining and implementing best practices to meet or exceed mission needs for 24/7 operations
  • Support initiatives resulting in highly available, resilient, and redundant systems

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's and 5+ years of related experience. Experience will be accepted in lieu of education
  • Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
  • Troubleshoot and analysis of problems with major systems such as: VMware, storage systems, Windows and *ix systems
  • Designing, Developing, and modernizing highly complex information systems

Desired Skills:
  • Managing geographically dispersed large-scale 24/7 operational systems
  • Experience sustaining UEWR, or other Strategic Warning and Surveillance radar systems such as the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS)

Target salary range: $100,001 - $125,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.


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