Program Lead - System Engineer

Leidos•Odenton, MD

About The Position

The Program Lead/System Engineer position will oversee the management of the system level requirements, and the performance of integration, verification, and user acceptance testing to ensure that the design, deployment, integration, maintenance, and support for Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications Systems (JWICS) supporting DISA customers is fully operational. Primary Responsibilities The successful candidate primary responsibility will be: Perform Leidos supervisory duties for a team of 10-15 personnel. Provide guidance and direction for personnel issues including completing performance feedbacks, annual reviews, salary recommendations, corrective action, disciplinary actions, submission for awards and recognition, etc… Data gathering, Requirements Definition, Use Case Development, Gap Analysis, Functional Specification, Test Plans, and Design Specification Execution of engineering activities, requirements analysis, implementation planning, third party coordination, integration and test, documentation, deployment, and system assessment. Employing SE approach for systems planning, design, execution, and sustainment. Assisting in defining processes for technical platforms, system specifications, input/output and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility Assisting in the development and maintenance of systems engineering documentation and diagrams/models through use of SE tool. Identifying and managing related project task dependencies, risks & possible mitigations. Collaborating with colleagues to monitor and report technical variances; facilitating resolution of technical issues that adversely impact successful product delivery Reporting the technical status of product development to assigned leads on a consistent basis. Identifying and managing external dependencies. Estimating level of effort (hrs/days/resources) to outline & update a projected project schedule.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 12-15 years of professional experience; or 10-13 years of professional experience with a related Master’s degree.
Active DoD Top Secret Security Clearance and ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret with SCI.
Experience in architecture, design, develop, and delivery of data driven operations capabilities, within a DoD environment.
2+ years of management and supervisory experience
5+ years of project planning experience
2+ years with Linux/RHEL OS systems
2+ years with Windows Server OS systems
Experience working with a highly technical team and in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to collaborate with customer representatives, domain experts, systems engineers and architects
Ability to work well/collaborate with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience

Nice To Haves

Understanding of network routing devices and network device configurations
Understanding of ITIL foundation or ITIL certified
Experience with OS scripting (perl, python, shell)
Experience with Databases (SQL, Oracle) & DB migrations

Responsibilities

Perform Leidos supervisory duties for a team of 10-15 personnel.
Provide guidance and direction for personnel issues including completing performance feedbacks, annual reviews, salary recommendations, corrective action, disciplinary actions, submission for awards and recognition, etc…
Data gathering, Requirements Definition, Use Case Development, Gap Analysis, Functional Specification, Test Plans, and Design Specification
Execution of engineering activities, requirements analysis, implementation planning, third party coordination, integration and test, documentation, deployment, and system assessment.
Employing SE approach for systems planning, design, execution, and sustainment.
Assisting in defining processes for technical platforms, system specifications, input/output and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility
Assisting in the development and maintenance of systems engineering documentation and diagrams/models through use of SE tool.
Identifying and managing related project task dependencies, risks & possible mitigations.
Collaborating with colleagues to monitor and report technical variances; facilitating resolution of technical issues that adversely impact successful product delivery
Reporting the technical status of product development to assigned leads on a consistent basis.
Identifying and managing external dependencies.
Estimating level of effort (hrs/days/resources) to outline & update a projected project schedule.