Systems Engineer

Systems Engineer – Leidos (Herefordshire)

Herefordshire, with very occasional travel to other sites.

DV clearance required. Candidates must have current clearance or be able to gain DV clearance within 90 days.

• Enact good systems engineering practices in a predominantly Windows environment.
• Manage full lifecycle of systems environments, including project delivery under customer direction.
• Perform technical development of the core system, including subsystems such as radio, video, and network interfaces.
• Administer Microsoft servers (AD, DNS, DHCP) and maintain their performance and security.
• Manage virtualisation technologies and server patching across multiple product lifecycle environments from development to mission‑critical production.
• Monitor system health and performance to ensure high levels of availability, security, and reliability.
• Analyse, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing end‑to‑end problem resolution.
• Handle backups, restores, and recovery models.
• Collaborate with suppliers and industry partners to support platform integration and installation.

• Current clearance, or ability to obtain DV clearance.
• Server administration experience and technologies such as AD, DNS, DHCP.
• Experience with virtualisation technologies.
• Experience managing server patching, monitoring, and performance.
• Problem‑solving skills with real‑time issue resolution.
• Experience with backups, restores and recovery models.
• Red Hat experience (desirable).
• Working knowledge of radio technologies, in particular ROIP.
• Familiarity with networking technologies.
• Knowledge of JSP
  440 security guidelines.
• Knowledge/Experience working within an MBSE environment.
• Experience working with industry partners and platform integrators to support platform integration and installation.

£34,800.00 – £43,500.00 per annum.

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Flexible benefits (life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy‑and‑sell holidays and cycle‑to‑work scheme)
• Flexi‑time benefits

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.