Lead Risk Management Systems Engineer

Saic; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Risk Management Systems Engineer to provide SETA support for a mission-critical NRO program in Chantilly, VA. You will lead RIO management, facilitate risk governance, and coordinate with the CA’s Office and SPOs to ensure risk information is communicated and acted upon across GED.

Your role emphasizes developing risk policies, guiding decision-making, and maintaining thorough risk documentation to support national security missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM or Project Management with 9+ years of relevant experience; Master’s with 7+ years; Ph.D. with 5+ years.
• Active Top Secret/SCI with Poly.
• Proven experience leading risk management processes across technical and programmatic domains.
• Expertise in developing and implementing governance frameworks and policies for risk management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee identification, analysis, assessment, and tracking of risks, issues, and opportunities across GED programs.
• Facilitate Risk Management Working Groups and guide cross-functional teams to define mitigation strategies.
• Establish governance to align RIO management with enterprise policies and mission goals.
• Engage with SPOs, architecture teams, and stakeholders to identify risk sources and impacts.
• Advise on balancing risk with opportunity to meet enterprise objectives.
• Develop mitigation, acceptance, transfer, or avoidance strategies for GED risks.
• Provide executive summaries of risk/issue impacts for resources, schedules, and performance.
• Maintain detailed RIO documentation with traceability and accountability.
• Create reports, dashboards, and visualizations of risk trends and program vulnerabilities.
• Represent GED in enterprise risk forums and align GED priorities with NRO strategies.
• Serve as GED point of contact in NRO risk management process.
• Recommend revisions to GED risk policies and governance.
• Lead training on risk management processes and best practices.

Skills

Risk management

Governance frameworks

Stakeholder collaboration

Analytical skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Master's in STEM/PM

PhD in STEM

Job description

SAIC is seeking a Risk Management Systems Engineer to provide SETA support for a mission-critical NRO program in Chantilly, VA. You will lead RIO management, facilitate risk governance, and coordinate with the CA’s Office and SPOs to ensure risk information is communicated and acted upon across GED.

Your role emphasizes developing risk policies, guiding decision-making, and maintaining thorough risk documentation to support national security missions.