What are the responsibilities and job description for the Afloat Software Developer position at SAIC?
Job ID 2613111
Location Panama City Beach, FL, US
Date Posted 2026-05-29
Category Software
Subcategory SW Engineer
Schedule Full-Time
Shift Day Job
Travel Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain None
Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking an Afloat Software Developer for the Joint Expeditionary Command and Control (JEXC2) program based out of Panama City, FL.
The qualified candidate will provide IT support to expeditionary C5ISRT military systems.
Job Responsibilities
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience
Bachelors and 2 years’ experience. (4 years’ experience accepted in lieu of degree)
DoD 8570 Baseline Cybersecurity Certification such as CompTIA Security (must have prior to hire)
IAT Level II or above certification in addition to baseline cyber certification (or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire)
Required Skills
Candidate must have Secret security clearance.
Required Travel
Travel included up to 20%.
Location Panama City Beach, FL, US
Date Posted 2026-05-29
Category Software
Subcategory SW Engineer
Schedule Full-Time
Shift Day Job
Travel Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain None
Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking an Afloat Software Developer for the Joint Expeditionary Command and Control (JEXC2) program based out of Panama City, FL.
The qualified candidate will provide IT support to expeditionary C5ISRT military systems.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide Software support for the Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) systems.
- Develop Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs), Instructions and other miscellaneous document specialized to the ESB system. for deployable information technology (IT) systems that communicate over satellite.
- Development and integration of new software and technology.
- Management of trouble tickets and reporting of issues and actions taken daily and weekly.
- Troubleshoot and resolve customer issues in timely manner according to mission guidelines.
- Installation of new hardware or software.
- Responsible for building systems, organizing communication between functional areas for required media, and integrating patches & merge request into the build procedures and media (e.g. for "manual" build process).
- Generation, engineering, and documentation for engineering and software change requests.
- Responsible for development of scripts & procedures to provide major architectural updates to existing systems in the field, engineering and software change request documentation.
- Maintaining computer systems such as servers and databases.
- Planning and properly responding to system outages and various other problems.
- Training computer users and assistants.
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience
Bachelors and 2 years’ experience. (4 years’ experience accepted in lieu of degree)
DoD 8570 Baseline Cybersecurity Certification such as CompTIA Security (must have prior to hire)
IAT Level II or above certification in addition to baseline cyber certification (or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire)
Required Skills
- Experience working in a Linux environment
- Familiarity with Windows Server
- Understanding of Active Directory, Group Policy, and other Windows Roles and Features related to Enterprise services
- Experience with virtualization, i.e. vmWare and ESXi
- Experience in a Software Engineer, Systems Administrator, or Cybersecurity role
- Security certification
Candidate must have Secret security clearance.
Required Travel
Travel included up to 20%.