Hybrid Technical Lead - Systems Engineering (UK Infra)

Leidos

Farnborough

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Leidos UK is seeking an experienced Technical Lead (Systems Engineering) to provide hands-on technical leadership on a national infrastructure programme. You will guide multi‑supplier teams, ensure secure, fit‑for‑purpose IT services, and lead key engineering artefacts and design assurance.

The role combines deep technical expertise with stakeholder engagement, risk management, and change across on‑premise and cloud environments.

Qualifications

Proven experience as a Technical Lead or Senior Systems Engineer on large-scale IT programmes.
Strong grounding in Systems Engineering concepts and lifecycle management.
Broad technical understanding across infrastructure, networks, applications and integrations.

Responsibilities

Act as Technical Lead for systems engineering activities within assigned workstreams or projects.
Provide authoritative technical direction across on-premise and cloud-hosted systems, ensuring coherence across infrastructure, networks, applications and services.
Lead technical decision-making, trade-offs, and design assurance in line with programme and customer requirements.
Apply Systems Engineering principles across the full engineering lifecycle (V-Model).
Own and assure key engineering artefacts, including impact assessments, designs, and change documentation.
Ensure designs align with programme architecture, security constraints, and operational needs.