**Description** A trusted leader in cloud, digital engineering, data, and Artificial Intelligence, the nation looks to SAIC to integrate emerging technology to modernize critical missions and enable its national imperatives. To address the growing demands within the Department of Defense, SAIC is seeking a highly skilled and dynamic **Senior Systems Architect** to support platform engineering for Platform Infrastructure Management of our Digital and AI Team as we embark on a large initiative to lead the design and operate integrated Enterprise IT solutions that deliver AI-enabled capabilities and enable data-driven decision making to missions across the Department, Services, and Combatant Commands. The Ideal candidate will be adept at managing customer relationships, driving operational excellence, and fostering continuous improvement across all service areas. **Core Responsibilities** :  + Designs and defines solution architecture for integration of multiple approaches, processes, systems, and applications across the enterprise based on customer and associated security requirements. + Determines systems specifications, input/output processes, working parameters for hardware/software compatibility, and life cycle maintenance specifications of the system. + Develops comprehensive understanding of customer requirements and leads the development of a complete solution meeting all requirements resulting in a price competitive proposal. + Collaborates with business development, capture, proposal, and other team members to optimize our proposed solutions. + Identifies technical staff needs to support Pre-B&P and B&P activities. + Coordinates assignments of technical personnel to proposal efforts. + Coordinates with team member technical leadership and technical contributors on solution development, proposal writing, and estimating. + Writes and reviews proposals. + Oversees the development of basis of estimates (BOE) or basis of material (BOM). + Provides subject matter expertise to meet customer technical, schedule and cost requirements within applicable risk parameters. + Meets with customers on SAIC's capabilities, services and solutions for business development and capture efforts. + Coordinates design of subsystems and integration of total system. + Identifies, analyzes, and resolves system support deficiencies. + Development and documents the framework for integration and implementation for changes to technical standards. + Develops and manages an architecture governance process. + Develops and recommends corrective actions. + Provide technical guidance for system or database administrators and software developers. **Qualifications** + Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years related experience. + ITIL Certification + Experience working in a cloud environment, preferably AWS. + Experience working in an Agile Community, using Agile methodology for product and project management. + Experience working in a DoD environment supporting one of the Armed Forces in an enterprise IT environment, across multiple domains and various clearance levels. + SEC+ certification or similar certification to meet DoD 8140 (formerly DoD 8570) requirements. + U.S. Citizenship and a TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI w/ CI Poly is required. **Preferred Qualifications** : + Possess experience analyzing high tech systems, identifying improvements, and advocating for changes that positively affect customer outcomes. + Possess experience in planning and designing communications strategies for a large organization. + Possess experience improving customer success for high tech platforms involving data analytics, AI/ML or decision support systems. + Possess experience in designing and delivering knowledge management documents and customer training courses either in person or online. + Experience supporting organizations or customers through digital modernization, particularly related to cloud, data, DevSecOps, and AI/analytics. + AWS AI Practitioner Certification + AWS Data Practitioner Certification **Join SAIC** : Be a part of a team that's passionate about the power of AI to transform the public sector. **Apply Now** : Interested candidates with a drive for innovation are encouraged to apply. Share your passion, expertise, and leadership by joining our team. 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: 2500651 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. 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