Systems Architect

Leidos•Chantilly, VA

1d•$131,300 - $237,350•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a Senior Systems Architect to support an upcoming program in Chantilly, Virginia. The role provides senior technical leadership for the integration, engineering, sustainment, and operational support of enterprise ServiceNow capabilities supporting Broadside within the OHR environment. The architect works across technical domains to ensure interoperability, resolve integration challenges, manage dependencies, and maintain secure, reliable, mission-ready capabilities. The position also contributes to modernization, technical risk management, configuration control, and Risk Management Framework compliance, while aligning solutions with enterprise architecture standards and mission requirements. The successful candidate will coordinate complex technical activities across government, industry, and mission partner organizations. They will translate technical requirements into engineering solutions, guide cross-organizational technical work, and support the operational health and continued improvement of mission-critical capabilities. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 12 or more years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree and 10 or more years of experience; additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. An active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph and U.S. citizenship are required. The role is located in Chantilly, VA. The listed pay range is $131,300 to $237,350.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline with 12 or more years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 10 or more years; additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise IT systems, systems engineering, technical integration, platform sustainment, or related architecture and engineering activities.
Demonstrated experience with ServiceNow integrations, enterprise workflows, or integrating IT service management capabilities with enterprise platforms and services.
Experience supporting technical studies, process simplification, workflow optimization, or measurement and performance improvement activities.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop technical documentation, operational procedures, standard operating procedures, and user or management guidance.
Working knowledge of software quality assurance, functional testing, integration testing, and validation of web-based applications or enterprise platform features.
Strong organizational and process management skills, including maintaining structured technical repositories, managing documentation and review workflows, and coordinating deliverables through review and approval processes.
Ability to collaborate with technical teams, government stakeholders, supervisors, and external service providers to resolve issues and improve performance.
Experience with at least one scripting or automation language, such as PowerShell, Python, or Shell scripting.
Ability to analyze technical problems, assess system dependencies, develop practical engineering solutions, and communicate recommendations to technical and nontechnical audiences.
Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and provide technical leadership in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

PowerShell experience is preferred.
Hands-on experience designing, implementing, troubleshooting, and maintaining ServiceNow integrations with enterprise applications, infrastructure, APIs, and external services.
Familiarity with ServiceNow integration technologies and approaches, such as REST or SOAP APIs, IntegrationHub, MID Servers, and scripted integrations.
Experience with enterprise architecture, systems engineering, interface control, configuration management, and technical baseline maintenance.
Familiarity with government mission environments, including SIGINT, cryptographic key management, or other intelligence community systems and services.
Understanding of customer service procedures, IT service management processes, incident management, problem management, change management, and service delivery workflows.
Exposure to ServiceNow Now Assist, generative AI capabilities, intelligent automation, or other AI-enabled enterprise productivity tools.
Experience using Tableau, Splunk, or similar analytics and monitoring platforms for operational reporting, data analysis, troubleshooting, and performance measurement.
Experience developing dashboards, operational metrics, reports, or performance indicators to improve service visibility and support data-driven decisions.
Familiarity with cybersecurity requirements, RMF processes, security control assessments, and continuous monitoring in government information systems.
Experience with PowerShell automation, Python scripting, API-based data exchange, or other technologies used to improve operational efficiency.
Ability to lead technical discussions, coordinate multiple engineering teams, resolve cross-system dependencies, and drive complex technical issues to resolution.

Responsibilities

Serve as senior technical lead for integration, sustainment, and operational support of enterprise ServiceNow capabilities supporting Broadside.
Provide technical guidance on architecture, integration strategies, system dependencies, and implementation approaches.
Lead and support the design, implementation, troubleshooting, and sustainment of ServiceNow integrations with enterprise systems, applications, services, and infrastructure.
Coordinate technical dependencies and issue resolution among government stakeholders, FFRDCs, SETA contractors, platform providers, cybersecurity teams, and other service providers.
Lead systems engineering activities involving ServiceNow integration, infrastructure support, interface management, configuration control, and technical documentation.
Maintain system architecture artifacts, interface specifications, technical baselines, and engineering documentation.
Support day-to-day system health, availability, and performance; troubleshoot operational issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and recommend corrective actions.
Coordinate RMF requirements, security control implementation, compliance documentation, vulnerability remediation, and ongoing authorization activities with cybersecurity and authorization stakeholders.
Identify, assess, and communicate technical risks, integration challenges, infrastructure constraints, and operational impacts; develop mitigation strategies and coordinate corrective actions.
Support configuration control, technical baseline management, change evaluation, and implementation planning, assessing impacts to interfaces, dependent systems, security, and operations.
Lead modernization, platform enhancement, integration improvement, and operational process optimization efforts.
Develop, review, and maintain architecture documentation, standard operating procedures, operations manuals, integration specifications, troubleshooting guides, and other technical artifacts.
Support integration testing, functional validation, regression testing, and operational acceptance; document discrepancies and coordinate defect resolution.
Use scripting and automation to streamline operational tasks, support data processing, improve troubleshooting, and reduce repetitive manual work.
Communicate technical issues, recommendations, risks, and implementation plans to technical teams, government stakeholders, and program leadership.
Support technical studies, process simplification, workflow optimization, and measurement and performance improvement activities.