Systems Engineer Principal

Job ID: 2616806

Location

Ashburn, VA, US

Date Posted

2026-09-15

Category

Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory

Systems Engineer

Schedule

Full-Time

Shift

Day Job

Travel

No

Minimum Clearance Required

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work

ORA_HYBRID

Description

SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior-Level Systems Engineer to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA.

This position is hybrid-remote and requires 2 days on-site in Ashburn, VA.

Job Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the day-to-day planning, scheduling, prioritizing, tracking and reporting for mission critical software development projects using Java and cloud technologies. The candidate will be responsible for:

• Coordinating the delivery of projects and managing all dependencies with other project teams within the organization
• Leading remote software development teams
• Facilitating critical conversations between stakeholders that may include shifting or competing priorities, conflict resolution and de-escalation
• Working knowledge of SELC and associated documentation (project plans, charters, business cases, requirements documents, test plans, reports, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge and prior experience working in software development environments using an Agile methodology
• Working closely with business and solution resources to define, analyze and document requirements/user stories
• Working with senior executives, clients and business analysts to gather requirements. Interpret and translate the captured technical and functional requirements into technical documentation that can be used by both the project management team and the development teams to develop the end user software
• In-depth knowledge and prior experience managing and implementi