ADMS Technology Engineer

Leidos LLC; SOUTH PLAINFIELD (NJ); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Leidos LLC in South Plainfield, New Jersey, seeks an ADMS Technology Engineer to design, configure, deploy, and support ADMS, SCADA, and DMS components. You will collaborate with analysts, operators, and product teams to meet reliability requirements and deploy new features across Windows/Linux environments.

Requires a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) and 8+ years in utility IT/OT with hands-on ADMS/SCADA experience. Hybrid role with onsite 3 days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in utility IT/OT.
• Experience supporting ADMS, SCADA, DMS, or related utility ops tech.
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux server administration.
• Familiarity with virtualization (VMware vCenter).

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements and translate into technical designs and implementation plans.
• Peer review designs, configurations, and deployment artifacts for accuracy and cybersecurity compliance.
• Troubleshoot issues, perform root-cause analysis, and recommend fixes.
• Monitor performance and ensure ADMS functionality meets SLAs and standards.
• Support deployment of new features across environments.
• Document procedures and maintain knowledge transfer materials.
• Configure workstations, applications, and system components to meet requirements.
• Communicate status with operators, cybersecurity, and vendors.
• Create and manage operational and analytical reports (e.g., Power BI).

Skills

ADMS

SCADA

DMS

Power BI

Windows

Linux

VMware vCenter

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Equivalent experience

Tools

VMware vCenter

Windows CLI

Linux CLI

ICCP

Job description

The ADMS Technology Engineer plays a critical role in the full technology lifecycle of Advanced Distribution Management Systems. This position is responsible for the design, configuration, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support of software, hardware, and integrated systems that support grid operations. The ADMS Technology Engineer collaborates closely with Analysts, Product Managers, System Operators, and cross functional technical teams to ensure solutions meet all business, functional, and reliability requirements. The engineer may be assigned to implementation projects or operational support, with responsibilities ranging from building new solution capabilities to maintaining, upgrading, and troubleshooting existing platforms. Location: This position is in South Plainfield, New Jersey. The qualified candidate is required to be in a commutable distance and able to go onsite 3 days per week. Salary: This position pays a salary in the range of $135,000 to $145,000 annually. Original Posting: August 7, 2026.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements, operational workflows, and end-user needs to translate them into technical solution designs, system configurations, and implementation plans.
• Perform peer reviews of technical designs, implementation plans, configuration settings, code, and deployment artifacts to ensure accuracy, completeness, cybersecurity compliance, and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Troubleshoot escalated support issues, conduct root cause analysis, and recommend both short-term workarounds and long-term corrective actions.
• Monitor system performance, review operational reports, and ensure ADMS functionality meets defined service levels, reliability expectations, and regulatory or operational standards.
• Support deployment activities for new features, subsystems, modules, upgrades, patches, and defect resolutions across development, test, and production environments.
• Conduct general system troubleshooting, including log analysis, configuration validation, trace review, and verification of recent changes to isolate and resolve issues.
• Document procedures, system configurations, troubleshooting steps, and operational practices to support knowledge transfer and repeatability.
• Perform workstation and server patching (Windows and Linux) and maintain environment readiness for project teams, including command line configuration when required.
• Interpret and work with technical diagrams and documentation such as network topology diagrams, IP/LAN schemas, firewall configuration sheets, server architecture diagrams, and interface definitions.
• Configure workstations, applications, and system components to meet project and operational requirements.
• Communicate clearly with operators, project teams, cybersecurity, network teams, vendors, and other stakeholders regarding system status, issues, and deployment activities.
• Assist end users with system access issues, configuration questions, and functional requests such as login support, password resets, or new feature needs.
• Support application interface testing (e.g. SCADA, OMS, GIS, DMS modules, historian interfaces, ICCP, enterprise data integrations) to ensure data accuracy and availability.
• Create and manage operational and analytical reports (e.g. Power BI dashboards) to support operations and decision making.
• Work within virtualized environments and tools such as VMware vCenter for provisioning, monitoring, and maintaining system resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience with 8+ years of experience.
• Experience supporting or implementing Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS), SCADA, OMS, DMS, or related utility operational technologies.
• Knowledge of utility operations, grid management systems, and real-time operational environments.
• Experience troubleshooting software, hardware, network, and system integration issues.
• Ability to analyze business and operational requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Experience supporting system deployments, upgrades, patches, and production releases.
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux server administration, including command-line operations.
• Familiarity with virtualization technologies such as VMware vCenter.
• Experience working with system integrations and interfaces including SCADA, GIS, OMS, ICCP, historian systems, or enterprise data platforms.
• Understanding of networking concepts including IP/LAN configurations, firewalls, and network topology diagrams.
• Experience with log analysis, system monitoring, and root cause analysis.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity practices and enterprise security standards.
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Experience developing operational or analytical reports using tools such as Power BI.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work across technical and operational teams.
• Ability to support end users with system access, configuration, and functional support requests.
• Experience working in fast-paced operational or utility environments preferred.

Eligibility

This position requires access to information subject to U.S. Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810 export control requirements. To be eligible for the required access, candidates must meet client’s Part 810 requirements, which may include being a U.S. citizen or national, a non-conditional U.S. lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder), a qualifying Protected Individual, or an eligible citizen/national/permanent resident of a Generally Authorized destination. Eligibility and required documentation will be confirmed as part of the onboarding process.

Pay Range

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

Benefits

• Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.