Technical Integration Engineer - TS/SCI with Poly

Leidos is seeking a highly skilled Technical Integration Engineer (TIE) to join our dynamic team. This hybrid role combines the expertise of a Systems Administrator Software Engineer and Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) to design implement and maintain complex technical solutions that drive mission success. The Technical Integration Engineer will play a critical role in integrating systems ensuring security compliance and developing software solutions to support enterpriselevel projects. As a Technical Integration Engineer you will work in a collaborative fastpaced environment bridging the gap between system administration software development and cybersecurity. This position requires a versatile professional who thrives in solving multifaceted technical challenges and delivering innovative secure and scalable solutions.

Duties include software requirements analysis analysis of hardware compatibility development of software products and tools used for design development and maintenance of infrastructure and platforms. The candidate will also be responsible for certified network and system administration on GEOINT and SIGINT lab hardware software databases and managed network systems to ensure availability and reliability of operations within lab environments (including Linux Microsoft Office and other lab operating systems as required). Additional responsibilities include technical planning technical design development and integration of external capabilities and verification and validation.

The successful candidate will influence development of solutions that impact strategic lab goals and results. He or she will recommend and develop new technical solutions products and/or standards in support of lab strategy and operations. He or she will lead and manage other technical staff in implementing technical solutions that will have significant impact on lab project results/outputs. The candidate will work to convince others to accept labs view/current practices and agree/accept new concepts practices and approaches.

The candidate will be responsible for issue investigation and resolution and installing new software baselines at lab locations. The candidate will interface with program lab and site leadership regarding critical matters impacting the lab and its infrastructure as well as project managers systems engineers and software developers on a regular basis so good communications skills are a must. Candidate will be a selfstarter with excellent organization and leadership skills. The ideal candidate is either a software engineer with a good systems administration and security background or a highly skilled systems engineer with knowledge of security coding and automation.

Key Responsibilities:

Systems Administration (30%):

• Perform software requirements analysis analysis of hardware compatibility development of software products and tools used for design development and maintenance of infrastructure and platforms
• Manage and maintain existing lab IT infrastructure including servers virtual environments and cloudbased systems (e.g. AWS Azure).
• Administer large lab infrastructure systems running on the Linux and Windows operating Systems
• Design architect and lead team in implementation of new processes and deployment strategies
• Troubleshoot and resolve hardware software and network issues in hybrid onpremises and cloud environments.

Software Engineering (40%):

• Design develop and integrate custom software solutions to support system interoperability and mission requirements.
• Write clean efficient and maintainable code in languages such as Python Java C XMIDAS or PowerShell.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to define requirements architect solutions and implement DevOps practices (e.g. CI/CD pipelines containerization with Docker/Kubernetes).
• Perform codestabilization and productization and integration of labproven GEOINT and SIGINT capabilities

Information Systems Security Engineering (ISSE) (30%):

• Implement and enforce security controls in accordance with industry standards (e.g. NIST 80053 RMF or DoD guidelines).
• Conduct risk assessments vulnerability scans and remediation activities to ensure compliance with cybersecurity policies.
• Integrate security best practices into system design and software development lifecycles (e.g. secure coding encryption and access controls).
• Integration and Collaboration:
• Lead lab infrastructure and technical management overall lab systems management systems engineering and project integration
• Integrate external products and applications with custom software baselines
• Serve as a technical liaison between systems software and security teams to ensure seamless integration of solutions.
• Document system architectures processes and procedures to support knowledge sharing and compliance.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
• Organize and direct the integration team in the application of technical knowledge and conceptualization in resolving large complex problems

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a BS degree and 8 years of prior relevant experience or a Masters with 10 years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience can be considered in lieu of a degree.
• US Citizen with an active TS/SCI with a Poly is required.
• Indepth understanding of technical principles theories concepts best practices and their application across range of lab programs.
• Extensive experience using common source control frameworks (i.e. Gitlab Bitbucket)
• High level of expertise with Linux systems (RedHat / CentOS or equivalent)
• Knowledge of the HTTP 1.1 HTTP 2.0 HTTPS and WebSocket protocols
• Advanced automated script design coding debugging and maintenance skills (using bash python perl etc.)
• Experience with User Interface development knowledge of databases and structures and/or experience working with XHTML HTML XML XSLT
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks (e.g. NIST RMF) and security tools (e.g. Nessus Splunk or similar).
• Strong verbal and written communications skills are required as well as the ability to maintain professionalism in a diverse customer environments
• Experience with security practices including vulnerability management and secure software development.
• Security certification

Preferred Qualifications:

• Significant experience with cloud native technologies and security services
• Experience in working closely with software developers to integrate configure and deploy commercial products
• Experience with virtualized infrastructure environments (VMWare or equivalent)
• Experience with Containerization (Docker) and Container Orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator AWS Certified Solutions Architect or similar.
• Knowledge of cyber security information assurance risk management framework and assessment / authorization requirements
• Detailed knowledge of crosscompilers and experience building/utilizing them on various architectures (PPC MIPS x86 Arm RISCV etc).
• PKI management and user authentication SIGINT processing experience
• Excellent problemsolving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fastpaced environment.
• Knowledge of SIGINT GEOINT and analysis experience.
• Experience with infrastructureascode tools (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation).
• Understanding of MIDAS and Analog equipment
• Knowledge of XMIDAS software

Original Posting:

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:

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.