Senior Systems Engineer

Leidos•Bethesda, MD

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Leidos has an exciting opening for a TS/SCI Senior Systems Engineer supporting DIA’s National Digital Exploitation and OSINT Center (NDOC) (formerly NMEC) under their 10-year DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP) contract. This role involves performing and managing the full spectrum of systems engineering tasks, including requirements analysis, feature/system/interface design, system integration, system testing, and documentation. The position also includes acting as a scrum master for a software development team, managing risks, escalating impediments, and driving continuous process improvement. While most work is conducted on-site at the client location in Bethesda, MD, a flexible schedule is offered, and occasional remote work may be possible depending on client requirements. As a senior member of the team, the role requires deep expertise in Systems Engineering (SE) and close collaboration with Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, Architects, and Government counterparts.

Requirements

BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience with 12+ years in software development, system engineering or related field. Additional experience in lieu of degree.
Must have an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain Polygraph.
Broad understanding of GPU-enabled systems architecture and engineering, including GPU integration, virtualization, Multi-Instance GPU (MIG), and associated software stacks.
Experience with creating design packages and workflows.
Experience in writing technical solutions and whitepapers.
Experience implementing key Agile processes and techniques.
Experience with facilitating scrum for the team (Planning, Retrospective, Grooming & Review/Demo).
Experience with Gitlab (workflow), JIRA, Confluence, or similar tools.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Software development/coding experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, and React.
Experience with database systems, search engines, model view controller (MVC); web applications.
Experience in a Red Hat, Centos or Oracle Linux.
Familiarity DGX (Deep GPU Xceleration).
Experience with big data applications.
Scaled Agile Framework certification (SAFe Agilist or other).
Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous development tools (Jenkins, Bamboo, or equivalent).

Responsibilities

Perform and manage the full spectrum of systems engineering tasks to include requirements analysis, feature, system and interface design, system integration, system testing, and all associated documentation.
Act as a scrum master to lead a software development team while managing risks, escalating impediments, and helping to drive continuous process improvement.
Provide technical support, coordination, and execution of systems engineering activities such as feature/requirements analysis, design, implementation planning, integration and test, sustainment, documentation, deployment, and system assessment.
Perform systems engineering tasks within time-boxed (e.g., Agile) sprints and releases.
Support sprint and release planning activities as well as the creation of and/or input to work tickets (e.g., Gitlab issues) as well as program/system documentation using collaboration software (e.g., Gitlab).
Help to define processes for technical platforms, system specifications, input/output and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility.
Assist in establishing SE processes and tools to accomplish analysis, problem diagnosis and solution design, integration and test preparation, risk assessment and mitigation planning, and related activities.
Manage a scrum team performing development activities across the microservices and support system architectures.