Regional Deployment Manager

Job ID: 2613632

Location: Remote Work, MD, US

Date Posted: 2026-06-12

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Specialty Engr

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 75% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_REMOTE

Description

SAIC is looking for an experienced, energetic and motivated Regional Deployment Technician/Manager in the DC Metro 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 75% 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 DC Metro 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 DC Metro.
• Build relationships and trust with Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol Agents at work locations.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience as a Deployment Manager or similar role. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a CBP Public Trust clearance.
• Must be currently residing in the DC 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.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.