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Job ID: 2505458

Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US

Date Posted: 2025-05-08

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cyber Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION :

SAIC is seeking a Cyber Engineer in Chantilly, VA to provide SETA support to the NRO's Integrated Systems Program Office (ISPO) with the Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED). The ISPO is an OPIR Joint Program Office responsible for acquiring the Overhead Persistence GEOINT Architecture (OPGA) that will provide the user community with OPIR capabilities in a modular, open architecture that provides global, persistent, real-time surveillance and activity-based intelligence information. This position supports a hybrid Agile process with the Government as the overall integrator in a Cloud Environment.

The selected candidate will be responsible for providing Joint Intelligence Community Government project leads with the planning, organizing and management of cyber security implementation on systems related to satellite ground processing capabilities.

SPECIFIC TASKING/PROJECT SUPPORT :

Overall support and oversight of an Information Assurance project/program

Integration, Development, Coordination and Implementation of Information Assurance initiatives in accordance with DoD NIST and Intelligence Community ICD503 processes

Work with Directorates and Offices to prepare and provide Assessment and Authorization (A&A) packages for ATO

Interface with multiple government agencies in the areas of Information Assurance and act as a liaison between government program offices (Directorates and Offices) and stakeholders in support of security and situational awareness

Foster an environment of open communication among the team to raise issues and impediments often and early to improve transparency

Provides business and systems analysis support for the project, collaborate with customers and teammates to identify, define, interpret, and clarify scope of problems/issues in terms of business/systems requirements and processes

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

Bachelor's and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience or a PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience

IAT Level III Certification: CASP (CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner), GCED (GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender), GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler), or CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor)

Strong verbal/written communication skills and facilitation skills to effectively lead discussions across multiple groups

Working knowledge of AGILE Scrum and SAFe software development methods

Working knowledge of IC principles, procedures

The ability to work proactively, independently, and/or as a member of a highly effective technical team while developing approaches

Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and various SE, PM tools

• May require overnight travel up to 3 percent of the work year
  
  

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

IAM Level III Certification: CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) or GSLC (GIAC Security Leadership Certification)

Direct experience supporting USAF SMC SBIRS System Program Office business operations/programs

Detailed knowledge of current and future acquisition plans of the SBIRS program

Detailed knowledge of OPIR Battlespace Awareness Center

SAFe Agilist certification

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.

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .