IT Systems Engineer

IT Systems Engineer

Santa Maria, CA, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 23 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

USD $140,001.00 - 180,000.00 per year

SAIC

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Skills

• Cadence

• Functional Analysis

• Computer Hardware

• Layout

• Network

• Backup

• Directory Services

• Identity Management

• Mathematics

• Physics

• VMware

• Data Storage

• Microsoft Windows

• Scripting

• Windows PowerShell

• Bash

• Perl

• Information Systems

• Patch Management

• Security Clearance

• Aerospace

• Regulatory Compliance

• Documentation

• Product Lifecycle Management

• Plant Lifecycle Management

• Data Management

• Windchill

• Computer Networking

• Schematics

• DoD

• Information Technology

• Systems Engineering

• FOCUS

• Cadence

• Functional Analysis

• Computer Hardware

• Layout

• Network

• Backup

• Directory Services

• Identity Management

• Mathematics

• Physics

• VMware

• Data Storage

• Microsoft Windows

• Scripting

• Windows PowerShell

• Bash

• Perl

• Information Systems

• Patch Management

• Security Clearance

• Aerospace

• Regulatory Compliance

• Documentation

• Product Lifecycle Management

• Plant Lifecycle Management

• Data Management

• Windchill

• Computer Networking

• Schematics

• DoD

• Information Technology

• Systems Engineering

• FOCUS

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• Summary

• Job ID: 2617780

• Location: Santa Maria, CA, US

• Date Posted: 2026-10-09

• Category: Information Technology

• Subcategory: IT Systems Engineer

• Schedule: Full-Time

• Shift: Day Job

• Travel: Yes - 25% of the time

• Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

• Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

• Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

• SAIC seeks an experienced and energetic IT Systems Engineer to directly support the modernization of the space launch ranges, meeting mission requirements, providing range capabilities, and supporting the Assured Access to Space (AATS) mission. The overarching purpose of the program is to perform system modernization and digital transformation projects that will enable the acceleration of the space launch cadence to enable the Spaceport of the future. This position is located at Vandenberg SFB, CA.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.

• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate requirements into hardware and software specification.

• Provides specific, detailed information for selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements, facility requirements (including floor layout, power cooling, network connectivity), data storage, backup, monitoring, operations systems, directory services, identity management, access management, and automation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or equivalent technical discipline and nine (9) years of IT systems engineering related or equivalent experience or Master's degree in an engineering, mathematics, physics or equivalent technical discipline and seven (7) years of IT systems engineering related or equivalent experience. Experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

• Troubleshoot and analysis problems with major systems such as: VMware, storage systems, Windows and *ix systems

• Creating and updating tools for automation, including, but not limited to, development of scripts via Powershell, Bash, and Perl

• Designing, Developing, and modernizing highly complex information systems

• Understanding of security initiatives and vulnerability and patch management

• Acts with general direction to uncover and resolve issues associated with the development and implementation of operational programs

• Must have a secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Launch, Test, and Range Systems (LTRS) and/or aerospace industries.

• Knowledge of LTRS organizations, processes, and technical compliance documentation

• Experience with product lifecycle management (PLM) and data management tools, such as Windchill.

• Ability to work with partially defined requirements and changing criteria.

• Ability to understand networking schematics and written test procedures.

• Experience modernizing systems in a DoD environment

• Experience in Information Technology engineering specifically for space launch

• Knowledge of Infrastructure tools to ensure optimal performance of computer systems

• Prioritization of work into logical capability-based outcomes.

• Target salary range: $140,001 - $180,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

• Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

• Dice Id: 10111346

• Position Id: 2617780

• Posted 1 day ago

• Company Info

• About SAIC

• SAIC is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

• We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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