Mission-Critical Systems Integration Lead

Leidos; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Integration Engineer to join the Chinook Program supporting an Intelligence Community customer and mission-critical applications. You will lead integration across applications, data, infrastructure, and interfaces, shaping a cohesive operational solution.

The role requires TS/SCI clearance, strong collaboration across Agile teams, and expertise in APIs, databases, messaging, and cloud/container technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience with systems integration, software integration, or complex enterprise environments.
• Experience analyzing system interfaces, dependencies, data flows, and integration requirements.
• Experience troubleshooting complex issues across multiple systems or applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration activities across applications, infrastructure, data, network, security, and mission-system components.
• Develop and maintain system integration strategies, plans, procedures, and technical documentation.
• Coordinate integration activities across multiple Agile engineering teams.
• Lead technical integration working sessions and troubleshoot complex cross-system issues.
• Support deployment, release, and operational readiness activities.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to less-experienced engineers.

Skills

Systems integration

REST APIs

Agile/Scrum

Technical documentation

Root-cause analysis

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

PostgreSQL

OpenSearch/Elasticsearch

Kafka

Job description

Leidos is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Integration Engineer to join the Chinook Program supporting an Intelligence Community customer and mission-critical applications. You will lead integration across applications, data, infrastructure, and interfaces, shaping a cohesive operational solution.

The role requires TS/SCI clearance, strong collaboration across Agile teams, and expertise in APIs, databases, messaging, and cloud/container technologies.