Systems Engineer

Description

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Systems Engineer to work on cloud-based systems as part of our Systems Engineering / Architecture team. The team is involved in Engineering and Architecture, overall leading all technical aspects of the program responsible for integration and sustainment of multiple operational cloud‑deployed geospatial solutions. A successful candidate will have experience with installation, configuration, administration, support, and maintenance of cloud-based systems.

Primary responsibilities will involve working directly with various program engineering teams responsible for software deployments, system administration, and overall sustainment of capabilities. The candidate will also take on various challenges for the SE / ARCH team involving program level cyber security, innovation, and cloud management.

• Top Secret Clearance (with ability to acquire SCI and CI Poly upon hire)
• Typically requires BS and over 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience in AWS/Cloud technologies
• Cyber Security experience including accreditation
• Ability to identify opportunities and drive improvement
• Ability to develop, document, and implement transition plans
• Knowledge of Systems, Architectural, Software Development and Software Sustainment Practices
• Proactive self‑starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Organizational
  
  Skills:
  
  Can plan and prioritize work. Follow tasks to their logical conclusion and ensure everything meets the correct standard. Good attention to detail.
• Communications:
  Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently with team members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and context.

• IAC experience (Cloud Formation, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
• DOD 8570 Certification (Security+ or equivalent or higher)
• Low‑level Engineering (Git, Jira, Agile tools/methods)
• Architecture experience including developing analysis of alternatives
• Understanding of Containers (Docker, ECS, EKS, Fargate, AKS)
• AWS Certification(s)
• Experience with IC Cloud Architecture implementation methodologies
• Team Collaboration tools and administration (Jira, Confluence, Rocket Chat)

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.