Deputy Systems Engineering Lead

Leidos is looking for an experienced Systems Engineer or Architect to join our team responsible for the integration operations and sustainment of various operational and in-development systems. The candidate for this position will help lead the Systems Engineering and Architecture team at the program level supporting Windows-based Linux-based and containerized multi-tenant environments. The candidates responsibilities will include defining and coordinating technical implementation standards assisting team and program leadership on technical runway by identifying use cases/gaps in existing implementation driving implementation of new capabilities and leading the team made up of engineers and architects by helping define tasks priorities and reporting on status.

Primary Responsibilities:

The primary duties will be to lead the SE/ARCH team and drive innovation and improvement across the program

Provide technical guidance for all capabilities/microservices

Develop and disseminate technical roadmap for the program

Support Developer testing in the environment

Create and maintain processes associated with the SE/ARCH team

Engage with Program Customer and DevOps tool providers/technical stakeholders on existing practices and document gaps/use cases

Provide hands-on technical analysis and implementation support for service expansion and implementation standardization

Define plan and prioritize epics features stories and bugs.

Act as primary POC for internal stakeholders and coordinate TEMs as needed

Basic Qualifications:

Must possess an active Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI with Polygraph post hire.

BS degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience.

Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills

Experience with GITLAB functionality metrics error codes and scripting

Experience using AWS services/technologies (e.g. CloudFormation S3 EKS ECS)

Experience using and leveraging AWS Roles and Policies (IAM) as part of CI/CD pipeline standardization

Experience with AWS Serverless architectures (lambda API gateway) as well as scaling standards and practices

Experience with cloud-based architectures (IaaS PaaS) including data-workflows and interactivity with DevOps toolsets

Understanding of DevSecOps methodologies and workflow

Direct experience developing and managing CI/CD pipelines

Knowledge of SW Development and SW Sustainment Practices

Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code concepts and enabling COTS Products (Packer Terraform)

Team Collaboration tools (Jira Confluence RocketChat)

Must possess an active Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain SCI post hire

BS degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Direct experience with GitLab CI/CD implementation in a multi-tenant approach

Direct implementation experience with development of AWS Lambda functions AWS EKS AWS ECS

Experience with troubleshooting configuring and deploying containerized solutions

AWS certification (e.g. DevOps Engineer Solutions Architect)

Linux certifications

Experience with ArcGIS Server deployment/integration

Direct experience in use case features and systems engineering documentation development

DoD 8570 Certification (Security)

SAFe Agile Standards and Technical Runway feature development

Scrum master product owner RTE or team lead experience

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.