**Description** We are looking for an experienced, energetic and motivated Regional Deployment Technician/Manager in the San Diego area to join our Land Border Integration team supporting a DHS program. As a Deployment Manager working for SAIC, you will have a fast-moving, challenging, and highly rewarding position installing IT infrastructure on our nation’s Northern and Southern borders to support Customs and Border Protection. This position requires the employee to travel at least 50 **%** of the time to either the Southern or Northern US borders. It is preferred for the employee to live within one hour of a major International Airport to ease travel requirements. **Travel Requirements:** + Travel to US Customs Ports of Entry and Border Patrol locations in the Detroit region. + Daily area coverage could include sites up to 150 miles from home base. + Mileage will be reimbursed at the prevailing government rate. + Reliable transportation with insurance. + Substantial toolkit to support installation and maintenance activities will be provided. **Responsibilities:** + Manage and perform equipment installations at Land Ports of Entry, Airports, and Border Patrol locations. + Manage electrical contractors to support inside/outside plant site modifications. + Track and document the progression of the work. + Perform troubleshooting through to resolution. + Identify problems and risks during installations and create resolutions to solve difficult problems. + Maintain a high degree of technical understanding of deployed solutions. + Adhere to all IT Security, physical security, and operations security policies. + Work in field environment in all-weather without on-site supervision. + Surge support for non-deployment break fix work, while not on deployments. Surge support would encompass 6 local San Diego Ports of Entry. + Build relationships and trust with Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol Agents at work locations. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + 5 years of experience as a Deployment Manager or similar role. + Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a CBP Public Trust clearance. + Must be currently residing in the San Diego area. + Understanding of basic construction techniques involving inside/outside plant cabling and the ability to read construction documents. + Solid understanding of basic Project Management principles. + Good time-management skills. + Great interpersonal and communication skills. + Accustomed to using mobile tools and applications. + Understands basic electrical wiring principles (low voltage only). + Technically proficient with signal cabling such as CAT 6 and coaxial to include testing and termination. + Technically proficient with Fiber cabling such as Single-mode and Multi-mode Fiber to include testing, termination, and splicing. + Experience with LED video displays and digital billboards. + Management experience with subcontractors. **Desired Qualifications:** + Understanding of multimode fiber installation and troubleshooting is strongly desired. + Active DHS Public Trust highly desired. **Clearance / Citizenship Qualifications:** + US Citizenship is required. + Must be able to obtain DHS Public Trust prior to starting with our team. + CBP Background Investigation requires drug screen prior to starting. **TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:** + Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors. REQNUMBER: 2509714 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability