Senior Systems Engineer Lead — Cloud, Hybrid & HPC Ops

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

Job summary

Leidos Health & Civil Sector is seeking a Systems Engineering Lead to support the NIH/NCI, delivering secure, scalable biomedical research environments and enterprise integration.

The role directs cloud and on‑premises platforms, identities, networking, storage, automation, and platform modernization, ensuring high availability and security.

You will collaborate with government stakeholders, SMEs, and program teams, mentor engineers, and lead architecture reviews and readiness activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• Eight (8) or more years of progressively responsible experience relevant to the position, including at least six (6) years specialized experience.
• Experience supporting large Federal IT modernization or systems integration programs.
• Experience working in Agile development environments and with DevSecOps practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required Federal suitability or security requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust / ADPII Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and operational leadership within assigned functional area.
• Collaborate with Government stakeholders to define priorities, roadmaps, and delivery schedules.
• Lead systems engineering activities supporting enterprise applications, cloud platforms, research computing environments, and shared services across the NCI enterprise.
• Collaborate with Government stakeholders and technical SMEs to develop systems architecture, integration strategies, infrastructure roadmaps, and technology modernization plans.
• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available hybrid cloud and on-premises environments supporting biomedical research and enterprise operations.
• Oversee systems integration across applications, data platforms, AI/ML services, identity and access management solutions, and external partner systems using modern APIs, event-driven architectures, and interoperability standards.
• Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives involving virtualization, containerization, Kubernetes, IaC, automation, and cloud-native platform services.
• Ensure enterprise systems meet requirements for performance, resilience, scalability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational monitoring.
• Guide implementation of cybersecurity best practices, Zero Trust principles, identity and access management, encryption, and compliance with NIH, HHS, and federal security requirements.
• Support deployment and operation of HPC, cloud-based research environments, data storage platforms, and enterprise collaboration services.
• Develop and maintain system architecture documentation, interface control documents, operational procedures, configuration baselines, and technical standards.
• Provide technical leadership during architecture reviews, operational readiness reviews, technology evaluations, and executive briefings while mentoring systems engineers and infrastructure specialists.
• Support Agile planning, backlog refinement, sprint execution, and release management.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues and improve delivery performance.

Skills

Agile development

DevSecOps

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

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

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Git

CI/CD

Cloud-native architectures

Job description

Leidos Health & Civil Sector is seeking a Systems Engineering Lead to support the NIH/NCI, delivering secure, scalable biomedical research environments and enterprise integration.

The role directs cloud and on‑premises platforms, identities, networking, storage, automation, and platform modernization, ensuring high availability and security.

You will collaborate with government stakeholders, SMEs, and program teams, mentor engineers, and lead architecture reviews and readiness activities.