Regional Deployment Manager

Job ID: 2509715

Location: REMOTE WORK, MI, US

Date Posted: 2025-09-11

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Technical Svcs

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: Yes

Description

We are looking for an experienced, energetic and motivated Regional Deployment Technician/Manager in the Detroit area to join our Land Border Integration team supporting a DHS program. As a Deployment Manager working for SAIC, you will have a fast-moving, challenging, and highly rewarding position installing IT infrastructure on our nation's Northern and Southern borders to support Customs and Border Protection.

This position requires the employee to travel at least 50% of the time to either the Southern or Northern US borders. It is preferred for the employee to live within one hour of a major International Airport to ease travel requirements.

Travel Requirements:

• Travel to US Customs Ports of Entry and Border Patrol locations in the Detroit region.
• Daily area coverage could include sites up to 150 miles from home base.
• Mileage will be reimbursed at the prevailing government rate.
• Reliable transportation with insurance.
• Substantial toolkit to support installation and maintenance activities will be provided.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and perform equipment installations at Land Ports of Entry, Airports, and Border Patrol locations.
• Manage electrical contractors to support inside/outside plant site modifications.
• Track and document the progression of the work.
• Perform troubleshooting through to resolution.
• Identify problems and risks during installations and create resolutions to solve difficult problems.
• Maintain a high degree of technical understanding of deployed solutions.
• Adhere to all IT Security, physical security, and operations security policies.
• Work in field environment in all-weather without on-site supervision.
• Surge support for non-deployment break fix work, while not on deployments. Surge support would encompass 5 local Detroit Ports of Entry.
• Build relationships and trust with Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol Agents at work locations.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience as a Deployment Manager or similar role.
• Must be currently residing in the Detroit area.
• Understanding of basic construction techniques involving inside/outside plant cabling and the ability to read construction documents.
• Solid understanding of basic Project Management principles.
• Good time-management skills.
• Great interpersonal and communication skills.
• Accustomed to using mobile tools and applications.
• Understands basic electrical wiring principles (low voltage only).
• Technically proficient with signal cabling such as CAT 6 and coaxial to include testing and termination.
• Technically proficient with Fiber cabling such as Single-mode and Multi-mode Fiber to include testing, termination, and splicing.
• Experience with LED video displays and digital billboards.
• Management experience with subcontractors.

Desired Qualifications:

• Understanding of multimode fiber installation and troubleshooting is strongly desired.
• Active DHS Public Trust highly desired.

Clearance / Citizenship Qualifications:

• ship is required.
• Must be able to obtain DHS Public Trust prior to starting with our team.
• CBP Background Investigation requires drug screen prior to starting.

TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

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

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