SIL and Cloud Engineering Lead

Leidos•San Antonio, TX

3d•$107,900 - $195,050

About The Position

Leidos seeks a highly qualified Systems Integration Lab Manager with strong network engineering knowledge to provide expert guidance and direction for on-site support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/Cyber and Networks Directorate. The role leads the systems integration lab and cloud team, ensuring lab operations are effective and that the team can manage a large AWS environment. It provides technical and strategic leadership across systems engineering, networking, cloud solutions, cybersecurity, and data systems, while coordinating resources, workloads, stakeholders, and engineering staff. The position supports the full system engineering lifecycle for complex data systems and networks, including architecture and design, requirements analysis, data flow analysis, network design and implementation, testing, documentation, configuration planning, risk assessments, and alternatives analysis. It integrates hardware, software, and network solutions to improve Air Force HNCD operational capabilities and interoperability. The role also supports standards and process development, rigorous system validation, senior-leadership briefings, and mentoring of junior engineers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 12 or more years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 10 or more years of related experience; a combination of education and experience may substitute for a degree.
U.S. citizenship and at least a Secret security clearance, with eligibility to upgrade to Top Secret for access to SCI.
DoD 8570 certifications, including IAT II and OS.
Demonstrated technical team leadership experience.
Demonstrated experience working within the Agile framework.
Prior experience designing, deploying, testing, implementing, and migrating network infrastructure.
Hands-on experience with SD-WAN technologies such as Cisco, VERSA, or Juniper.
Extensive knowledge or experience with large-scale WAN, MPLS, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS), and internet technologies.
Strong campus or enterprise networking experience.
Ability to research networking issues and products as required.
Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Visio.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with API automation or orchestration tools and systems such as Ansible and Python scripting.
Familiarity with structured CI/CD DevOps pipelines.
Strong understanding of virtualization, hypervisors, HCI, cloud-native, and container technologies.
Prior experience with public, government, or DoD cloud environments and implementing virtualized network infrastructure.
Familiarity with cloud networking, IAM permissions, storage, and infrastructure security concepts.
Understanding of SIEM/SOAR platforms, their operational functions, and supporting infrastructure dependencies.
Experience supporting Elastic SIEM, Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR, or comparable security platforms.
Hands-on experience with firewalls such as Palo Alto, Cisco, or Juniper.
Familiarity or experience with Remote Access VPN solutions, IPsec, TLS, and PKI.
Strong understanding of SASE/SSE Zero Trust principles and products such as Cisco Secure Access, Prisma, zScaler, VERSA, or AppGate.
Professional- or Expert-level certifications or specializations in industry-leading SDN technology, such as Cisco, Juniper, or VERSA.
Familiarity with public, private, and hybrid cloud technologies.
Experience supporting Kubernetes environments, including workloads, deployments, pods, services, and application connectivity.
Knowledge of Agile processes and techniques and SDLC.
Current knowledge of industry trends and tools to provide best-practice insight and recommendations to management.
Advanced technical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Ability to solve problems and resolve project dysfunction creatively or by leveraging core values; experience beyond user administration, including building environments from the ground up, maintenance, and deep troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

Manage and lead the systems integration lab to ensure efficient operation and maintenance of lab facilities.
Ensure the Cloud team is appropriately tasked and has the skills to manage a large AWS environment.
Ensure cloud solutions leverage elasticity, horizontal scalability, automation, and high availability.
Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to understand requirements, translate them into effective cloud patterns, present solution options, and drive decisions.
Manage lab resources, including budgeting and procurement of equipment and materials.
Provide expert full system engineering lifecycle support for complex data systems and networks.
Assign tasks, manage workloads, and provide performance execution leadership and guidance.
Survey, engineer, install, configure, and reliably operate computer systems, servers, and networks.
Provide strategic leadership on complex technology policy issues, including Data Analytics, Autonomous Systems, and Cybersecurity.
Integrate hardware, software, and network solutions to enhance Air Force HNCD operational capabilities and ensure interoperability across systems and platforms.
Provide system engineering expertise in areas including system architecture and design, requirements analysis and development, data flow analysis, network design and implementation, testing, and documentation.
Guide system development and implementation through plan assessment.
Develop system configuration documentation, including capacity and performance planning designs, risk assessments, and analyses of alternatives for system-related issues.
Supervise or coordinate contractor engineers and technicians working on projects.
Analyze and propose engineering standards and processes, assist with evaluations of suitability for project implementation, and develop innovative approaches to technical and engineering issues.
Support rigorous testing and validation of systems in simulated and real-world environments.
Mentor junior systems engineers and foster collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
Communicate complex information, concepts, and ideas through verbal, written, or visual means.
Prepare and deliver briefings appropriate for senior leadership, including general officers or flag officers.
Support development of standards, metrics, and measures for assessments, process improvements, and operational efficiencies across HNCD.