**Description** SAIC has an opening for a motivated, career, and customer-oriented **Principal Systems Engineer** to provide Systems Engineering and Architecture support with the Army Futures Command (AFC) team located in Austin, TX. We are supporting the architect, analysis, and systems engineering solutions at the Enterprise level. This work establishes the modernization of future integrated systems across the Army. **Job Description** : + Identify and align requirements, derive system architecture and functional design, and identify associated risks to ensure products meet Army requirements + Apply AFC (Army Futures Command) strategy and architecture needed to support decision making + Consolidate current and planned system architectures + Develop architecture models to capture the holistic view of the enterprise + Identify and define future capability and interoperability needs while working across multiple Offices and Organizations + Identify critical architecture and system level trades + Maintain data dictionary and data lineage across architecture components **Qualifications** **Required Education** : Bachelors and two (2) years' experience; Masters and zero (0) years' experience; four (4) years of experience considered in lieu of degree **Qualifications** : + Experience in the development and maintenance of requirements documents in accordance with the Joint Capability Development Systems (JCIDS) process. + Expertise in the use of architecture products across the span of Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), to include Project Views, Capability Views, Operational Views, System/Service Views, Standard Views and Data and Information Views + Proven experience with technical fundamentals in an existing Army portfolio (e.g., ground vehicles, air, missile defense, soldier systems) + Proven experience in the development, modeling, integration or testing Systems of Systems to perform military processes. + Familiar with the US Army’s staff operating procedures and the Military Decision-Making Process **Desired Qualifications:** + Advanced degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline + Experience in Cameo EA or similar Enterprise Architecture Tool set + Familiar with and able to develop architecture artifacts using common modelling standards and languages (e.g. Unified Profile for MODAF and DoDAF (UPDM) Unified Modeling Language (UML), Systems Modelling Language (SysML), and Business Process Modeling and Notation (BPMN)). + Experience with the DoD Risk Management Framework **Required Clearance** : + Must have an active Secret to start with ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility 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: 2500512 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