Systems Engineer

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Description

Leidos is seeking a Systems Engineer to support a complex, multi-year contract providing Systems Engineering and Integrion support to DISA. The work performed on this Leidos-led prime contract is mission-critical and offers team members the opportunity to work autonomously while developing expertise in cross domain technologies.

The Systems Engineer will support a high priority, high visibility development, integrion, and implemention effort for a mission-critical DISA Cross Domain program. The selected candide will contribute to multiple concurrent tasks and collabore across engineering and mission teams.

The successful candide will be a motived, forward-leaning engineer with strong technical fundamentals and the ability to grow into more senior responsibilities within a dynamic customer environment.

The ideal candide demonstres a commitment to delivering high-quality work, continuous learning, and effective collaborion within a team environment. This individual is expected to quickly come up to speed, opere with a high degree of autonomy, and proactively contribute to mission objectives. The role requires the ability to adapt to evolving priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while maintaining tention to detail and technical excellence.

Primary Responsibilities include:

• Support decomposition of customer and system requirements in alignment with cross-domain roadmaps.
• Assist in the design, implemention, and maintenance of cross domain systems and infrastructure, including servers, networks, storage systems, and software applicions.
• Strong understanding to configure and maintain physical and virtual environments, including VMware and ESXi systems.
• Apply and valide system security configurions, including DISA STIGs (Security Technical Implemention Guides), to ensure compliance with security requirements.
• Perform hands-on hardware and software configurion of systems, including network configurion and cabling.
• Collabore with stakeholders to gher requirements and support development of technical solutions aligned with mission and security objectives.
• Install, configure, and troubleshoot IT system components to ensure stability and performance.
• Work with customers, mission partners, program managers, and other technical team members to support system integrion activities.
• Assist in the creion and maintenance of automion scripts (e.g. Ansible, Python, Bash, etc..) to streamline deployments, support internal lab environment projects and perfective maintenance priorities of the program.
• Provide support to system infrastructure, network security, and Authorizion & Accredition (A&A) activities.
• Develop and maintain technical documention and assist with Engineering Implemention Plans.
• Support integrion, testing, verificion, and validion activities for systems and components.
• Track hardware, software, and configurion changes to support documention updes and system baselines.
• Provide input to training merials and support knowledge sharing across the team.

Basic Qualificions:

• Active Secret clearance is required; active TS clearance preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or reled field with 2–4 years of relevant experience (or equivalent combinion of educion and experience).
• Demonstred full life cycle, systems integrion experience.
• Strong demonstred experience with VMware and ESXi environments.
• Hands-on experience with hardware and software configurion of physical systems, including network configurion and cabling for physical devices and networking concepts.
• Experience supporting development of DoDAF architecture frameworks to inform systems engineering design and implemention best practices utilizing MS Visio.
• Experience troubleshooting operional systems, including participion in advanced (Tier III-level) troubleshooting and root cause analysis for deployed environments.
• Working knowledge of software development or scripting (e.g., XML, Python, Bash,PowerShell, Java, C++).
• Familiarity with system development processes, dabases, and IT infrastructure concepts.
• Linux command line experience with certificion such as CompTIA Linux+ or RHEL certificion with understanding of virtual machine architecture.
• Must possess DoD 8140 (formerly 8570) IAT Level II certificion (e.g., Security+) prior to start de and maintain certificion.
• Willingness to travel CONUS and OCONUS up to 10% of the time.
• Demonstred ability to deliver high-quality technical work, rapidly learn new technologies, and effectively collabore with team members to support mission objectives in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to quickly ramp up on new systems and processes, work independently with minimal oversight, and effectively contribute in a fast-paced, evolving operional environment while maintaining high standards of quality and teamwork.

Preferred Qualificions:

• Active TS clearance.
• Familiarity with containerizion technologies, such as Docker and OpenShift.
• Cisco Certified Network Associe (CCNA) certificion.
• Experience supporting end-to-end cross domain systems development or integrion efforts.
• Familiarity with engineering best practices such as Raise the Bar Version 5.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compension or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, educion, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market da, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovions. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximely $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more informion, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. Th's why we craft compension packages th reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compension, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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