**Description** SAIC is seeking an experienced individual to join SAIC’s team, in support of the U.S. Southern Command’s Cyber IT Enterprise Services (SCITES), to help provide our Nation for contingency planning, operations, and security operations to Central America, South America, the Caribbean areas. The candidate selected for this position shall: + Serve as a team leader for support tasks involving engineering development, integration, interface design analysis, integration of infrastructure, and testing of software and hardware + Perform system-level design and configuration of products including determination of hardware, software, operating systems, and other platform specifications to meet project requirements while maintaining interoperability with existing legacy systems + Plan large-scale systems projects through vendor comparison and trade/cost studies + Candidate will be directly responsible for daily customer coordination, communications and reporting + Candidate will have excellent communications skills, verbally and written capable of briefing senior command military and civilian leadership + Oversee multiple technical task leads ensuring system/security operational capabilities, availability and compliance + Maintains and manages the client interface at senior levels of the client organization. + Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews + Champion the integration of industry best practices and innovation to improve operational performance, availability, capacity and cost efficiency + Identifies trends, determines system improvements, and implements changes to maintain and improve customer satisfaction **Qualifications** **Required:** + BS with 9 years or equivalent experience + TS security clearance with SCI eligible + DoD 8570 certification (minimum Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level III) + Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification + A minimum of five years of experience supporting global network systems and subsystems; troubleshooting a wide range of Local Area Network (LAN), Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), WAN, and network/service availability; and making recommendations for system fixes and enhancements + A minimum of five years of experience leading teams of network operations/engineering staff with skills applicable to a program environment + A minimum of three years planning and executing local and long-haul communications + Master’s degree in engineering, computer science, or other related technical field + Demonstrated experience with risk management and making recommendations for leveraging network installations and reducing operation costs + A minimum of three years working experience supporting and troubleshooting firewall appliances and rulesets and working with firewall solutions SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline. Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2410132 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability