Sr. Systems Engineer

Koitecc Solutions; Gaithersburg, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave and Retirement

Job summary

Leidos in Gaithersburg, MD seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the full lifecycle of mission-critical geospatial systems. You will work with software, cybersecurity, and government partners to translate requirements into scalable, secure architectures and documentation.

The role requires Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph and extensive experience in Agile, systems engineering, and cloud-based environments. Join a mission-driven team delivering impactful national-security capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 8–12 years of experience or Master’s with 6–10 years of experience.
• 8+ years of professional systems engineering experience.
• Experience with GEOINT systems or geospatial data workflows.
• Experience with Agile frameworks (Scrum/SAFe/Kaban).
• Experience with Jira/Confluence or similar tooling.

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, CONOPS, interfaces, and technical documentation.
• Perform decomposition, allocation, and traceability of system functions.
• Support CI/CD and DevSecOps activities and security compliance.

Skills

Systems engineering

Agile frameworks

Requirements management

Cloud environments

DevSecOps

Interfacing with stakeholders

Jira/Confluence

UNIX/Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Eng/CS/Electrical Eng

Master’s degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Kubernetes

Docker

SysML/Cameo MBSE

Job description

Engineering the Mission. Enabling Intelligence.

Join Leidos and help shape the future of geospatial intelligence! We are seeking an experienced and innovative Senior Systems Engineer to support the Maru Program with our Intelligence Community customer. If you're passionate about solving complex technical challenges, thrive in a fast-paced Agile environment, and enjoy collaborating with high-performing teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities, this is your opportunity to make a direct impact on national security.

What You'll Do

As a key member of our engineering team, you'll help design, integrate, and evolve cutting-edge systems that enable our customers' mission. You'll work alongside software engineers, cybersecurity professionals, and government partners to transform mission needs into scalable, secure, and resilient solutions using modern engineering practices and DevSecOps principles. At Leidos, you'll have the opportunity to innovate, lead, and grow while contributing to technologies that matter.

Please note Gaithersburg, MD is the program's primary work location.

Clearance Level Required

Active Top Secret/SCI with the ability to successfully pass a Polygraph examination.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering activities across the full system lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture development, integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Agile development teams to refine features and translate mission needs into technical solutions.
• Develop and maintain system architectures, interface definitions, operational concepts (CONOPS), and technical documentation.
• Perform systems decomposition, functional analysis, allocation, and traceability using industry-standard systems engineering practices.
• Support backlog refinement, sprint planning, and technical roadmap development.
• Lead system performance assessments, troubleshoot complex issues across applications, infrastructure, interfaces, networks, and data flows, identify and mitigate technical risks, and drive solutions that ensure system reliability, mission effectiveness, and operational performance.
• Coordinate integration across multiple development teams and external mission partners.
• Support verification and validation activities, ensuring requirements are fully tested and documented.
• Participate in design reviews, architecture reviews, technical interchange meetings, and customer briefings.
• Support DevSecOps initiatives and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes.
• Ensure compliance with customer and Intelligence Community engineering standards and security requirements.

Required Qualifications

• US citizenship is required per contract.
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related STEM discipline and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience.
• 8+ years of professional systems engineering experience.
• Must have experience supporting the customer’s mission systems or GEOINT programs.
• Experience with geospatial intelligence storage, discovery, dissemination and exploitation systems/segments/tools, sensor programs, data/product types/formats and specifications and system/segment interfaces.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and the systems development lifecycle.
• Experience working with Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).
• Experience with requirements management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar.
• Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GovCloud).
• Experience with system integration, interface management, and enterprise architecture.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps pipelines and CI/CD tools.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certification (ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP).
• SAFe Agilist (SA), Scrum Master, or Agile certification.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and SysML.
• Familiarity with Cameo Systems Modeler or similar modeling tools.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized applications.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture.
• Experience with REST APIs and distributed systems.
• Experience supporting cloud-native or hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience with evaluation, cost analysis and cost impact development, to support system impacts for new and modified requirements levied through the RFC process.

#Maru

#NSBA

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

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave and Retirement

More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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.