{"id":3188446,"url":"https://alion.io/job/saic-software-systems-engineer-principal","title":"Software Systems Engineer Principal","company":{"id":58788,"name":"SAIC","domain":"saic.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/saic","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":83,"open_postings":73,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.863,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":19,"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Front Royal, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":138000,"max_usd":276000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":1231},"experience_years_min":9,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":true},{"name":"Azure","optional":true},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":true},{"name":"Confluence","optional":true},{"name":"Jira","optional":true},{"name":"Scrum","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-21T16:54:18Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-21","last_verified_at":"2026-10-31T16:02:22Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":10,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":10},"description":"SAIC's Software Agile Delivery Team SOTL is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Software Systems Engineer Principal to serve as a Product Owner on our UNIFY Program. This role requires strong software systems engineering skills, including hands-on experience with software testing across the development lifecycle. Program management and financial experience is a plus.\nUNIFY integrates the core capabilities required for effective program management across SAIC's diverse portfolio of programs and customers. Built as a cloud-native platform, UNIFY provides a single, modern portal that delivers standardized, enterprise-wide program management solutions, empowering teams to operate consistently, efficiently, and with delivery excellence.\nAs a key contributor on our dynamic full-stack development team, you will help shape our product landscape, drive strategic execution with an Agile mindset, and champion DevSecOps best practices within a cloud-centric infrastructure. This role blends software systems engineering and product ownership, ideal for a strong technical contributor who can translate user and program needs into high-quality, well-tested software solutions. You will work alongside Senior Software Systems Engineers who provide technical leadership on the UNIFY Program, forming a tightly collaborative team that shares ownership of architecture, delivery, and product direction.\nThe ideal candidate possesses strong technical expertise, a proven track record in product ownership, and excels in an innovative, fast-paced environment. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to drive the roadmap, prioritize features, and ensure successful delivery of high-quality products that meet customer needs and company objectives. The individual must be able to work independently as well as part of a collaborative team. This opportunity can be worked remotely within the United States for the right candidate.\nApply strong software systems engineering expertise across technical planning, requirements definition, software systems integration, and technical support throughout the product lifecycle, from concept and design through test, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.\nLead test planning and execution for assigned functionality, including developing use cases, test procedures, and test data to validate system performance and quality.\nApply extensive technical expertise with full knowledge of other related disciplines.\nDevelop technical solutions to complex problems that require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.\nProduct Ownership & Strategy.\nContribute to the vision and execution of the UNIFY product roadmap.\nDefine and prioritize application features aligned with user requirements, company objectives, and strategic needs.\nCraft detailed product requirements, specifications, and user stories for development teams.\nMonitor key metrics, user engagement, and usability data to drive continuous enhancements.\nProgram & Stakeholder Management.\nPartner with diverse teams (IT, Operations, HR, Finance, etc.) to ensure applications meet varied departmental requirements.\nCommunicate product strategy, progress, and results effectively to internal stakeholders and leadership.\nRepresent the organization as a technical contact on contracts and projects, interacting with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.\nReceive assignments in the form of objectives and establish goals to meet those objectives.\nDevSecOps & Cloud Delivery.\nParticipate in CI/CD processes, focusing on DevSecOps practices to integrate security and reliability into product development.\nLeverage cloud-native technologies to deliver scalable, enterprise-grade solutions.\n Bachelors Degree and 9 years of experience. Masters Degree and 7 years. \nU.S. citizen and able to obtain a Secret security clearance.\nStrong, demonstrated software systems engineering skills across the full software lifecycle (concept through maintenance).\nHands-on software testing experience, including developing and executing use cases, test procedures, and test data.\nExperience delivering cloud-native, enterprise-grade platforms.\nFull-stack development familiarity and the ability to engage credibly with engineering teams.\nExperience with systems integration.\nExtensive Product Owner expertise in technology-driven environments, including managing a product backlog, writing user stories, and prioritizing features.\nProven experience with Agile Scrum methodologies and DevSecOps practices.\nExperience with Agile management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Azure Dev Ops).\nCertified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent Agile certification.\nHands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure.\nWorking knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4828,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":9,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Digital Government","Systems Integrators","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-24T00:56:30Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":55,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.614,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":9,"expected_fill_days":19,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/saic-software-systems-engineer-principal","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/saic-software-systems-engineer-principal.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-31T17:16:53Z","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":27070,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z"}},"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-software-systems-engineer-principal"},{"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-software-systems-engineer-principal"},{"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-software-systems-engineer-principal"},{"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-software-systems-engineer-principal\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsaic-software-systems-engineer-principal"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3188446}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"saic.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3188446},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}