Senior Systems Engineer

Leidos; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 154,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

11 paid Holidays

401K with 6% company match and vesting

Flexible Schedules

Discounted Stock Purchase Plans

Technical Upskilling

Education and Training Support

Parental Paid Leave

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer in the Intel Sectors, Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). You will work with software developers, SMEs, and analysts to derive and refine requirements, and provide technical leadership in Security Engineering, CNO, and SIGINT domains.

The role requires a TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance, 14 years SE experience, and strong integration, architecture, and documentation skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required; five years of additional SE experience may substitute for a degree.
• 14 years' SE experience in similar programs is required.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph is required.

Responsibilities

• Requirements gathering and development for systems integration and interoperability.
• Derive functional, system, and performance requirements.
• Develop artifacts (CONOPs, architecture diagrams, etc.).
• Develop schedules for features and perform backlog grooming.
• Write or review documentation and create status reports.

Skills

Systems engineering leadership

Integrated Product Team collaboration

Agile experience

DoD Certification/Accreditation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline

14 years' experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity

Tools

Jira

Confluence

MS Project

Visio

Job description

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer in our Intel Sectors, Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations (CNO), Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Cryptographic Key Management.

At Leidos, we offer competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more. Join us and make a difference in National Security!

The Systems Engineer (SE ) will work closely with the team of software developers, Subject Matter Experts, and analysts to perform requirements derivation and refinement. The candidate must be a proactive, self- starter with significant technical leadership experience and excellent communication skills.

Primary Responsibilities

• Requirements gathering and development, experience with systems integration and interoperability, experience with systems design and architecture
• Derive functional, system, and performance requirements
• Develop various systems engineering artifacts (CONOPs, architecture diagrams, etc.)
• Develop schedules for features; Perform backlog grooming
• Write or review documentation
• Create various status reports

Basic Qualification s

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• 14 years' experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
• Clearance Requirement: Active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts
• Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary all development and operational considerations
• Support the planning and test analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process (as well as other Government Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes)ed.
• Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence)
• Agile experience
• Experience with MS Project and/or Visio

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Pay Range $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.