Senior Systems Engineer

The Defense Sector at Leidos is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to support an excitingAir Force Life Cycle Management Center role involvessupportingthe delivery of comprehensive IT and support services to ensure mission success while adhering to DoD standards and role includes system configuration monitoring troubleshooting and ensuring the security and integrity ofsystems and infrastructure. TheSenior Systems Engineerwill work closely with cross-functional teams to supporton-sitesystem deployments software updates and operational readiness ensuring that all systems meet security performance and availability requirements.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Ability to travel to support customer sites andparticipatein hardware installation and configuration.
• Install configure andmaintainphysical and virtual Linux andWindows servers.
• Oversee and perform system monitoring performance tuning and troubleshooting to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Identifyand resolvetechnical issues that arise within a complex system or network infrastructure.
• Manage system patches upgrades and security hardening in compliance with DoD policies.
• Provide support for system backups disaster recovery and data integrity.
• Assistin managing system access user accounts and security configurations.
• Collaborate with other IT teams to support software deployments andintegration.
• Ensure system documentation ismaintainedand up to date.
• Participate in incident response and resolve issues related to system performance security and availability.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineersand administrators fostering knowledge sharing and professional growth within the team.
• Coordinate with Government network owners to understand requirements for new locations.

Basic Qualifications:

• US Citizen with at least an active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a SCI prior to your start date.
• Bachelors degree with 8 years of experience or a Masters Degree with 6 years of experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• DoD 8140 intermediate certification or DoD 8570 IAM Level II certifications or higher.
• Experience with Active Directory LDAP or similar directory services.
• Strong foundational experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Strong experience administering complex environments with Linux and Windows operating systems network administration and networking protocols/functions (e.g. HTTP HTTPS SSL/TLS SMTP DNS).
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous or unstructured information.
• Self-starter thatis able towork independently whilepossessingthe communication skills to work effectively withmultiple cross functionalteams and customers.
• Excellent interpersonalverbaland written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active DoD TS/SCI security clearance and the ability to maintain that clearance during your employment.
• Linux certifications (e.g. RHCSA RHCE CompTIA Linux).
• Windows Server certifications (e.g. MCSA MCSE CompTIA Server).
• Familiarity with cloud-based account management and infrastructure (e.g. AWS Azure).
• Experience in managing accounts across various platforms (e.g. Windows Linux macOS).
• Knowledge of automation and scripting (e.g. PowerShell Python).
• Familiarity with ITSM tools like ServiceNow and Atlassian Jira Service Management.

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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.