Software Integration Engineer

SAIC; Waipahu (HI); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Principal Software Integration Engineer to join our team at Camp Smith, Hawaii, supporting MDC2 capabilities for the US Air Force. The role focuses on ensuring uptime, system health, and automated reporting while advancing JFN/JMIE integration within a multi-domain environment.

The ideal candidate has senior-level experience in automation, monitoring, virtualization, and DevSecOps tools, with U.S. Citizenship, TS/SCI clearance, and IAT Level II certification.

Qualifications

• Experience with automation tools and configuration management.
• Experience with system monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk).
• Experience with virtualization: VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, Linux KVM.
• Experience with DevSecOps CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab Runners).
• Experience with Kubernetes distros (RKE2, EKS, K8s).
• Experience with cloud platforms and services (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Terraform).
• Knowledge of application integration testing and automated testing frameworks.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and coordinate with providers.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills for reporting to leadership.
• Familiarity with Agile and ITIL.
• U.S. Citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance and IAT Level II certification.

Responsibilities

• Ensure maximum availability, stability and health of required program resources.
• Develop and maintain automated reporting for system health and status.
• Provide software sustainment using configuration management controls.
• Improve engineering processes and monitoring tools across environments.
• Automate daily verification and validation of key capabilities.
• Support automation of CM visibility across environments.
• Apply systems engineering principles to drive program success.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system reliability.
• Prepare detailed reports and present findings to leadership.
• Stay current with trends in automated testing, distributed databases, and DevSecOps.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Agile familiarity

ITIL awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD/JD

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Splunk

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V

Linux KVM

Jenkins

GitLab Runners

Kubernetes (RKE2/EKS/K8s)

AWS

Azure

GCP

Ansible

Puppet

Terraform

Job description

SAIC is seeking an experienced Principal Software Integration Engineer to join our Technical Engineering and Design Department in support of our United States Air Force customer. The Integration engineer will perform system monitoring and remediation of issues to ensure uptime requirements are met for the critical systems. The candidate will provide technical support to improve Multi-Domain Command and Control (MDC2) capabilities through the development and continuous improvement of the JFN and JMIE systems. This position is on-site at Camp Smith in Hawaii.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the maximum availability, stability and health of required program resources below to support operations, experimentation, development and testing.
• JFN: MLS operational architecture including nodes, hub, network, software baseline and CI/CD apparatus (e.g. IL-5 up to IL-7 Cloud.
• Develop and maintain automated reporting mechanism using commercial or customer dashboards for reporting overall system health and status.
• Provide software sustainment leveraging software configuration management controls and processes.
• Establish and improve existing engineering processes and tools to provide system status by leveraging Platform/Applications/Data monitoring tools.
• Contribute to the design and development of automating the daily verification and validation of key functional capabilities.
• Support the automation of configuration management and the visibility into the status of CM across various environments.
• Implement and promote systems engineering principles to ensure program success.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability of the system.
• Prepare detailed reports and presentations on findings and share insights with stakeholders.
• Stay updated with the latest trends, technologies, and advancements in automated testing, distributed databases, software defined networking, container orchestration, and DevSecOps.

TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

• Experience in automation tools and techniques, including configuration management and system validation.
• Experience with system monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk.)
• Experience with Virtualization: VMware, vSphere, and Microsoft Hyper-V, Linux KVM.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices such as continuous integration and development tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab Runners.)
• Experience with Kubernetes distros (RKE2, EKS, K8s, etc.)
• Experience with cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Terraform).
• Knowledge of application integration testing and automated testing frameworks.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and coordinate with application providers.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities, with experience in reporting project status to leadership.
• Familiarity with modern IT frameworks and methodologies (e.g., Agile, ITIL).
• Understanding of business and technical alignment to achieve organizational goals.
• U.S. Citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance.
• IAT Level II certification.