IT Systems Engineer Principal
SAIC
IT Systems Engineer Principal
Job ID: 2600925
Location: REMOTE WORK, TX, United States
Date Posted: Feb 2, 2026
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: IT Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: Remote
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Job Description
Description
- Plan, implement, create domains, manage servers, configure JDBC resources and load balancer using mod proxy and mod cluster modules.
- Monitor health and performance of Oracle SOA Suite and ESB environments by monitoring logs, troubleshooting issues, and performing patching, backups, and updates.
- Develop and deploy software code according to functional, non-functional and technical design specifications.
- Create a problem statement and define operational requirements including integration with other systems or components, research and modeling of the system architecture and configuration, investigation alternatives, cost analysis and estimation, and decision analysis.
- Provide subject matter expertise in the deployment, configuration, patching, upgrading and administering of a large number of clustered application servers hosted on Red Hat Enterprise Linux/Windows platforms.
- Troubleshoot applications and make necessary recommendations in infrastructure.
- Analyze log and operational data to identify and respond to operational issues.
- Meet business demands through performance tuning, upgrades, clustering, redundancy, and disaster recovery.
- Coordinate activities with other technical personnel.
- Utilize best practices and provide recommendations to improve applications and the system performance required to meet negotiated SLAs.
- Use of Java, Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
Qualifications
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent based on evaluation of academic credentials, training and/or experience) as well as twelve (12) months in job or job related experience to include develop and deploy software code according to functional, non-functional and technical design specifications; create a problem statement and define operational requirements including integration with other systems or components, research and modeling of the system architecture and configuration, investigation alternatives, and decision analysis; provide subject matter expertise in the deployment, configuration, patching, upgrading and administering of a large number of clustered application servers hosted on Red Hat Enterprise Linux/Windows platforms; troubleshoot applications and make necessary recommendations in infrastructure; analyze log and operational data to identify and respond to operational issues; coordinate activities with other technical personnel; and utilize best practices and provide recommendations to improve applications and the system performance required to meet negotiated SLAs.
- Opportunity to work from home.
- Full-time position at 40 hours/week, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Apply www.saic.com, Science Applications International Corporation. Job code# 2600925. EOE.
Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
Overview
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.