{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"2c872436d375f325717cd3ac","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/2c872436d375f325717cd3ac","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/2c872436d375f325717cd3ac","title":"Software Systems Engineer","description":"Job ID: 2616331-OTHLOC-100000685975249\n\nLocation: Hanahan, SC, US\n\nDate Posted: 2026-08-31\n\nCategory: Software\n\nSubcategory: SW Systems Engr\n\nSchedule: Full-Time\n\nShift: Day Job\n\nTravel: Yes - 10% of the time\n\nMinimum Clearance Required: None\n\nClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret\n\nPotential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE\n\nDescription\n\nSAIC is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to own full stack development and technical maturation of a government software prototype as it transitions from research/prototype status to a Program of Record (PoR) for our customer site in North Charleston, SC.\n\nJob Duties:\n\nResilient System Design: Develop distributed systems for secure, reliable operation in degraded, bandwidth-limited, and autonomous environments.\nFull-Stack Development: Build and maintain backend services, frontend applications, and infrastructure, hardening prototypes to meet DoD security, scalability, and operational standards.\nData Security & Compliance: Implement secure data pipelines and protocols, ensure RMF compliance, support ATO accreditation, and follow secure development practices like container hardening and CI/CD security.\nNetworking & Integration: Design segmented networks, real-time communications, hardware integration, and modular deployments for mission-critical applications.\nOperational & Mission Support: Create user-centric tools for tactical use, diagnostics, air-gapped provisioning, and deliver scalable, mission-aligned engineering solutions.\n\nQualifications\n\nRequired Education and Experience:\n\nBachelors and five (5) years or more work experience; (4) four years of additional work experience accepted in lieu of degree.\nDemonstrated proficiency in Go, Python.\nSystems Integration Experience: Demonstrated ability to integrate heterogeneous hardware, communications links, containerized software services, and data pipelines into a unified, operationally deployable system. Preferably experience with multi-transport networking, pub/sub architectures, edge-to-cloud data federation, and API/protocol translation across diverse sensor or platform types.\nActive, hands-on use of AI development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar AI coding assistants) as part of daily engineering work.\nPractical experience with cybersecurity-conscious software engineering — secure coding practices, vulnerability remediation, container/infrastructure hardening, or similar.\nExperience taking prototype/research-grade code and maturing it into a production, supportable system.\n\nRequired Security Clearance:\n\nMust be a US Citizen, no clearance required to start but must be able to obtain and maintain an active Secret clearance.\n\nDesired Qualifications:\n\nDirect experience supporting an ATO package (SSP development, control implementation, POA&M management, eMASS).\nExperience with containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipeline security.\nFamiliarity with DoD software acquisition processes and prototype-to-Program-of-Record transitions.\nExperience with cloud environments (AWS GovCloud or similar) in an accredited/compliance-driven context.\nPrior experience in a DoD, IC, or other federal contracting environment.\nProficiency with React and Rust.\nFamiliarity with the general lifecycle of moving a system through security accreditation (RMF, ATO, or equivalent commercial/compliance frameworks), prior direct ATO experience is a strong plus but not mandatory.","company":"SAI","rawCompany":"sai","city":"Hanahan","state":"SC","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-04T10:32:46.202Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Software Systems Engineer","description":"Job ID: 2616331-OTHLOC-100000685975249\n\nLocation: Hanahan, SC, US\n\nDate Posted: 2026-08-31\n\nCategory: Software\n\nSubcategory: SW Systems Engr\n\nSchedule: Full-Time\n\nShift: Day Job\n\nTravel: Yes - 10% of the time\n\nMinimum Clearance Required: None\n\nClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret\n\nPotential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE\n\nDescription\n\nSAIC is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to own full stack development and technical maturation of a government software prototype as it transitions from research/prototype status to a Program of Record (PoR) for our customer site in North Charleston, SC.\n\nJob Duties:\n\nResilient System Design: Develop distributed systems for secure, reliable operation in degraded, bandwidth-limited, and autonomous environments.\nFull-Stack Development: Build and maintain backend services, frontend applications, and infrastructure, hardening prototypes to meet DoD security, scalability, and operational standards.\nData Security & Compliance: Implement secure data pipelines and protocols, ensure RMF compliance, support ATO accreditation, and follow secure development practices like container hardening and CI/CD security.\nNetworking & Integration: Design segmented networks, real-time communications, hardware integration, and modular deployments for mission-critical applications.\nOperational & Mission Support: Create user-centric tools for tactical use, diagnostics, air-gapped provisioning, and deliver scalable, mission-aligned engineering solutions.\n\nQualifications\n\nRequired Education and Experience:\n\nBachelors and five (5) years or more work experience; (4) four years of additional work experience accepted in lieu of degree.\nDemonstrated proficiency in Go, Python.\nSystems Integration Experience: Demonstrated ability to integrate heterogeneous hardware, communications links, containerized software services, and data pipelines into a unified, operationally deployable system. 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