System Integration Lab Manager
About The Position
Leidos seeks a 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 provides full system engineering lifecycle support for complex data systems and networks. It includes integrating hardware, software, and network solutions to enhance Air Force HNCD operational capabilities, with an emphasis on interoperability across systems and platforms. The manager provides technical and strategic leadership on technology and policy issues, including data analytics, autonomous systems, and cybersecurity. The position oversees lab resources and personnel, supports systems development and implementation, and contributes to standards, assessments, process improvements, and operational efficiencies. The role also involves communicating technical information and briefing senior leadership.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 4 or more years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 3 or more years of related experience; a combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- U.S. citizenship and an active Secret security clearance, with eligibility to upgrade to Top Secret for access to SCI.
- DoD 8570 certifications; IAT II, 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 conduct research into 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 working within structured CI/CD DevOps pipelines.
- Strong understanding of virtualization, hypervisor, HCI, cloud-native, and container technologies.
- Prior experience with public, government, or DoD cloud environments and implementing virtualized network infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Manage and lead the systems integration lab to ensure efficient operation and maintenance of lab facilities.
- Manage lab resources, including budgeting and equipment and material procurement.
- Provide 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 policy issues involving technologies such as data analytics, autonomous systems, and cybersecurity.
- Integrate hardware, software, and network solutions to enhance Air Force HNCD operational capabilities and interoperability between 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 plans 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' or technicians' work on projects.
- Analyze and propose engineering standards and processes, assist with evaluations of project suitability, and develop innovative approaches to technical or 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, or ideas through verbal, written, and/or visual means.
- Prepare and deliver briefings appropriate for senior leadership, including general or flag officers.
- Support development of standards, metrics, and measures for assessments, process improvements, and operational efficiencies across HNCD.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
