Senior GEOINT Ground Software Architect & Systems Engineer

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

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a GEOINT Ground Software Systems Engineer to support Landmark AOS in Chantilly, VA. You will guide the development, integration, and delivery of modern GEOINT mission capabilities, partnering closely with government stakeholders, contractors, and senior leaders to shape architectural direction and ensure engineering rigor.

This position supports end-to-end systems engineering, including transition planning from legacy systems to cloud-native implementations, and involvement in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 9+ years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with fewer years.
• Active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph.
• 3+ years supporting Intelligence Community GEOINT systems.
• Strong understanding of overhead collection and GEOINT architectures.
• Experience with IC/DoD acquisition processes, program management, and milestone readiness.

Responsibilities

• Oversee GEOINT software development, integration, and delivery aligned with requirements and architecture direction.
• Maintain cognizance of mission management baselines, schedules, interdependencies, risks, and costs.
• Track mission control, planning, and scheduling software capabilities across the Ground Enterprise.
• Capture customer needs and translate into refined requirements, architectures, and CONOPS.
• Coordinate technical discussions to define future space and ground capability needs and decisions.
• Conduct technical trade studies, evaluate emerging technologies, and recommend future software architectures.
• Evaluate performance, cost, schedule, and risk impacts on GEOINT ground-system implementations.
• Develop systems engineering artifacts for SOWs, RFPs, and acquisition documentation.
• Review technical reports and program plans for feasibility and alignment with mission needs.
• Identify, analyze, and track technical and acquisition dependencies across programs.

Skills

GEOINT

Ground software systems

Systems engineering

Cloud-native architectures

Requirements engineering

CONOPS engineering

Acquisition processes

Vendor evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or higher

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Geospatial software tools

Job description

SAIC is seeking a GEOINT Ground Software Systems Engineer to support Landmark AOS in Chantilly, VA. You will guide the development, integration, and delivery of modern GEOINT mission capabilities, partnering closely with government stakeholders, contractors, and senior leaders to shape architectural direction and ensure engineering rigor.

This position supports end-to-end systems engineering, including transition planning from legacy systems to cloud-native implementations, and involvement in