Task Order Manager

Job ID: 2614603

Location: Kirtland AFB, NM, US

Date Posted: 2026-07-16

Category: Program Management

Subcategory: Program Mgmt

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: Top_Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a manager for a task order to support the engineering, development, integration and sustainment of a state-of-the-art satellite ground system at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. The manager will report directly to the program manager and support the Space Systems Command Innovation and Prototyping Delta to develop, deploy, modernize, and the program and its customers.

Duties include:

Capture system requirements and develop system baselines

Conduct full lifecycle engineering reviews including System Requirements (SSRs) and System Design Reviews (SDRs), Preliminary (PDRs) and Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), etc.

Support and participate in system Configuration Management process including Engineering Change Proposal, Engineering Review Board/Configuration Control Boards (ECP, ERB/CCB)

Identify system development risks, construct risk management plan and risk mitigation approaches

Design and implement technical solutions for new business needs and challenges.

Respond to and resolve issues reported by employees by debugging, performing root cause analysis, and working closely with internal and external support teams

Participate in the extraction, organization and documentation of hardware, firmware, and communication system requirements.

Work with the Systems Test Team to ensure proper requirement Verification and Validation methodology and execution, including determining test strategy and coverage based on a technical risk assessment for each use case or functionality.

Manage technical team performance and interactions

Qualifications

Required

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline and 10+ years or more relevant experience; Master’s degree in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline and 8 years or more relevant experience

Active Top Secret or DoE Q clearance with SCI eligibility (must be eligible for SCI indoctrination within first 3 months of start date) and be able to obtain and maintain TS/SCI

Minimum of 5 years of experience in the areas of systems development, engineering and acquisition

Demonstrated success managing projects to budget and schedule

Demonstrated success managing staff

Proven knowledge in Requirements Management, Quality Control, and Configuration Management

Desired

Knowledge of systems engineering processes, methods, tools, and program roles to develop, implement, and deploy solutions for Satellite Ground Equipment/Systems

Familiar with systems engineering standards such as IEEE 15288 and INCOSE

Experience with systems migration to, systems implementation in the cloud

Project Management Professional certification

Demonstrated success overseeing a growing number of disparate SaaS systems with complex integrations and automations

Experience in Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) construct and Earned Value processes