Cyber Security Project Engineer

Job ID: 2611436

Location: Reston, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-04-14

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cybersecurity Ops

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a Cybersecurity Project Engineer to support information security and tech ops. This position is located in Reston, VA and requires and active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

Job responsibilities include the the following:

• Support the maintenance, deployment, and training of technical capabilities.
• Facilitate the transfer of new capabilities from developers to the Customer's system.
• Keep abreast of platform or other technology changes which could affect technical methods.
• Ensure capabilities can be deployed quickly in support of customer needs.
• Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting support.
• Work directly with technical operators to deploy capabilities (including troubleshooting) in support of customer needs as well as capturing new requirements or issues that come up during the process.
• Collect data from a variety of platforms in a variety of formats, collate it, and transfer it to officers for further analysis.
  
  

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelors and 9 years or more experience; Masters and 7 years or more experience; PhD or JD and 4 years or more related experience.
• Demonstrated experience with the following:
• Computer networking in Windows AND Linux, Cloud provider provisioning/procurement, Use of common online services In a persona-specific environment, Website configuration, Web-page Building.
• Basic software development/scripting/software testing and debugging (Linux and Windows).
• Building tech-ops plans using available tools/techniques.
• Familiarity with social media sites and creation/management/troubleshooting social media accounts.
• VPNs (OpenVPN, Wireguard), Residential and Mobile proxies and firewall rules.
• Azure/AWS Cloud Administration and Tier 1 user support.
• Mnaging cash funds, management and tracking of misattribute procurement including payments.
• Persona identity handling.
• Operational tradecraft (OpSec compliance).
• Incidence tracking tool including JIRA.
  

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .