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Landmark AOS is a large SETA program, supporting the NRO’s Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED), responsible for the acquisition of systems over the complete end-to-end life cycle.\nAs the GEOINT Ground Software Systems Engineer, you will guide the development, integration, and delivery of modern GEOINT mission capabilities. You will partner closely with development contractors, mission partners, and senior Government stakeholders to shape architectural direction, ensure engineering rigor, and drive the evolution of scalable, resilient ground-system software.\nThis position supports a broad portfolio of high-visibility initiatives, including evaluation of emerging technologies, definition and baselining of new GEOINT capabilities, transition planning from legacy systems to cloud-native implementations, and full-spectrum systems engineering (architecture, requirements, CONOPS, interfaces, schedules, and dependencies). You will also support test events, readiness reviews, and acquisition milestones to ensure mission-critical software services are delivered with traceability and technical integrity.\nJob Duties to include:\nSoftware development oversight - Interface with Government customers, SETA partners, FFRDCs, and development contractors to oversee GEOINT software development, integration, and delivery aligned with requirements and architectural direction.\nMission management portfolio leadership - Maintain cognizance of GEOINT mission management efforts, including baselines, schedules, interdependencies, risks, and cost drivers.\nMission control & scheduling - Track and assess mission control, planning, and scheduling software capabilities across the Ground Enterprise.\nRequirements & CONOPS engineering - Capture customer needs and translate them into refined requirements, architectures, and CONOPS for GEOINT software services.\nCross-organization technical integration - Coordinate technical discussions with SMEs and stakeholders to define future space and ground capability needs and shape system-level decisions.\nMission architecture planning - Conduct technical trade studies, evaluate emerging technologies, and recommend future software service architectures.\nPerformance & risk assessments - Evaluate performance, cost, schedule, and risk impacts to existing and emerging GEOINT ground-system implementations.\nAcquisition engineering - Develop systems engineering artifacts for Statements of Work, RFPs, and acquisition documentation; support proposal evaluations.\nVendor evaluation - Review technical reports, design artifacts, and program plans to ensure feasibility, compliance, and alignment with mission needs.\nDependency management - Identify, analyze, and track technical and acquisition dependencies across programs and organizations.\n Required Experience and Education:\nBachelors 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. Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.\nCurrent and Active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph.\n3+ years supporting Intelligence Community GEOINT systems or capability development.\nStrong understanding of overhead collection, mission management architectures, and GEOINT mission systems.\nDemonstrated understanding of GEOINT user needs and operational environments.\nExperience with IC/DoD acquisition processes, program/project management, and milestone readiness.\nDomain knowledge in Ground Software, cloud-native architectures, or Space Development Programs.\nAbility to operate independently and drive technical outcomes with limited guidance.\nAbility to distill complex technical problems into clear, structured formats.\nStrong time-management skills in dynamic, fast-paced environments.\nEffective communicator across diverse technical, operational, and leadership audiences.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3969,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":9,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Geospatial Analytics","Military Satellites","Digital Government","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-06T08:16:08Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":26,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.472,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":15,"expected_fill_days":12,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-10T05:45:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/saic-geoint-ground-software-systems-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/saic-geoint-ground-software-systems-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-12T05:27:00Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":8687,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":58788},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=58788"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsaic-geoint-ground-software-systems-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsaic-geoint-ground-software-systems-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsaic-geoint-ground-software-systems-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/saic-geoint-ground-software-systems-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsaic-geoint-ground-software-systems-engineer"}]}