Systems Integration Engineer

Leidos; Maryland; On-site; USD 73,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

11 paid Holidays

401K with company match

Flexible schedules

Discounted stock purchase plans

Technical upskilling

Education and training support

Parental paid leave

Job summary

Leidos in the United States is seeking a System Integration Engineer for our Intel Sector. The role focuses on installing, configuring, developing, and integrating prototype applications for technical evaluations, supporting a lab environment and collaborating with customers on experiments.

Strong Linux experience and systems engineering skills are required, with a focus on security best practices including PKI deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Degree in Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology or related field.
• Experience in computer/information systems design, security, and systems engineering.
• Strong Linux experience and system/network administration background.
• Familiarity with security best practices including PKI deployment.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, develop, and integrate prototype applications for technical evaluation.
• Support a lab environment and assist customers with experiments and testing.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver secure, scalable prototype solutions.

Skills

Linux experience

Network Engineering

System administration

Security best practices

Shell scripting (Bash)

Vulnerability analysis

Penetration testing

PKI deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering / Systems Engineering / Information Technology

Master's degree in related field

Associate's degree + 7 years experience

High school diploma/GED + 9 years experience

Tools

RedHat Satellite

Docker

nginx

Terraform

SALT

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

AWS

Job description

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a System Integration Engineer in our Intel Sector. 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.

• 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!

Job Summary:

Our program provides our customer's Operations organization with the best possible solutions for their mission needs. We achieve this through rapid prototyping, new development, and advanced technology research. From leading-edge visualizations to analytic development, we're always pushing the boundaries to find new and better data sources and tradecraft to answer intelligence questions. With a focus on collaboration and a fast-paced environment, our prototype development program is the ideal place to grow your skills and make a real impact.

We are seeking a highly motivated System Integration Engineer with proven experience in installing, configuring, developing, and integrating prototype applications for technical evaluation. The engineer will be supporting a lab environment providing support for customers developing and testing experiments.

Qualified candidates are eligible for enhanced incentives including up to a $25K cash sign on bonus or a paid time off bonus.

What Sets You Apart:

• Bachelor's degree plus 5-years of relevant experience, or master's degree plus 3-years of relevant experience or an associate's degree plus 7-years of relevant experience or high school diploma/GED plus 9-years of relevant experience may be considered.
• Degree must be in Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology or related field.
• Relevant experience must be in computer or information systems design/development, programming, information/cyber/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, information assurance and/or systems engineering. Additionally, must have experience in network or system administration.
• Strong Linux experience
• Experience in systems/network administration, application administration, and/or information technology support or management.
• Experience supporting hardware installation, such as servers and network infrastructure.
• Experience setting up storage such as network‑attached storage.
• Experience implementing security best practices to include PKI certificate generation, deployment and maintenance.
• Knowledge of Unix shell scripting languages like Bash, Bourne, or C.

Certification Requirement

• Must possess an IAT-I certification, such as Network + CE, A+ CE or Security + CE.

Security Clearance Requirement

• Candidates must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph to be considered for this role.

Desirable Skills

• Experience deploying and maintaining nginx
• Familiarity with Docker and RedHat Satellite
• Familiarity with cloud computing environments like AWS
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) products like Terraform, SALT and Ansible as well as system monitoring platforms like Prometheus and Grafana
• Experience with SELinux and FIPS

At Leidos, we challenge our staff with interesting assignments that allow them to thrive professionally and personally. For us, helping you grow your career is good business. We look forward to learning more about you –

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CONMD

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.

Original Posting:

September 16, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $73,450.00 - $132,775.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.