Senior Geospatial Systems Engineer, TS/SCI

Leidos; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support the Maru Program for an Intelligence Community customer in Gaithersburg, MD. You will design, integrate, and evolve systems with cross-disciplinary teams to deliver secure, scalable mission capabilities.

You will lead lifecycle activities, refine requirements, develop architectures, and oversee verification and validation while adhering to security standards and DevSecOps practices. Active Top Secret/SCI clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in a STEM field with 8–12 years of experience, or Master's with 6–10 years of experience.
• Experience supporting GEOINT programs and national security missions.
• Strong grasp of systems engineering principles, SDLC, Agile, and DevSecOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering activities across the full lifecycle from requirements to sustainment.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Agile teams to translate mission needs into technical solutions.
• Develop architectures, interface definitions, CONOPS, and technical docs.
• Perform decomposition, allocation, and traceability of system requirements.
• Support CI/CD processes and DevSecOps initiatives; ensure security compliance.

Skills

Systems engineering

GEOINT experience

Agile methodologies

Jira/Confluence

Cloud environments

DevSecOps

Collaborative teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering/CS/related STEM

Master's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

SysML

Model-Based Systems Engineering

Cameo Systems Modeler

REST APIs

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support the Maru Program for an Intelligence Community customer in Gaithersburg, MD. You will design, integrate, and evolve systems with cross-disciplinary teams to deliver secure, scalable mission capabilities.

You will lead lifecycle activities, refine requirements, develop architectures, and oversee verification and validation while adhering to security standards and DevSecOps practices. Active Top Secret/SCI clearance is required.