Lead Systems Engineer
About The Position
Lead design, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise systems and infrastructure. Serve as technical authority and hands-on engineer for systems architecture, integration, performance, security, and reliability. Mentor engineers and administrators, coordinate cross-functional delivery, and drive modernization and automation initiatives. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- IAT Level II certified
- TS/SCI with SAP experience
- 8+ years of systems engineering, infrastructure, or operations experience; 2+ years in a lead or senior technical role.
- Strong hands-on experience with at least one public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and hybrid architectures.
- Expertise in Linux and/or Windows server administration, storage, and virtualization technologies (VMware, KVM, Hyper-V).
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Solid networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, BGP, VPN, load balancing) and security concepts (IAM, encryption, firewalls).
- Demonstrated experience designing high-availability and disaster recovery solutions.
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and troubleshooting ability.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Pro), Azure Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or equivalent.
- Experience with observability/monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Datadog).
- Background in regulated environments (financial, healthcare, government) and compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO27001, FedRAMP).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and platform engineering practices.
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and deliver scalable, secure infrastructure solutions across cloud and/or on-prem environments.
- Lead systems integration projects, including requirements gathering, solution design, implementation, testing, and production rollout.
- Define and enforce system architecture standards, best practices, and operational runbooks.
- Implement automation for provisioning, configuration management, deployment, monitoring, and incident response.
- Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and root-cause analysis for production services.
- Collaborate with DevOps, Security, Network, and Application teams to ensure end-to-end reliability and compliance.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to systems engineers and other team members.
- Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident management for critical outages.
- Maintain up-to-date documentation: architecture diagrams, configuration, SOPs, and disaster recovery plans.
- Provide leadership, coaching, mentoring and ongoing support to direct reports.
- Managing employee performance, including conducting performance evaluations, setting goals, delivering feedback, and addressing performance concerns as needed.
- Reviewing and approving employee timesheets.
Benefits
- competitive compensation
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
