Senior Systems Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer / Leidos Digital Solutions (DSI)

Location: Washington DC (Hybrid)

Leidos DSI is seeking a highly skilled customer-focused Senior Systems Engineer to support mission-critical infrastructure for high-profile Federal Government customers. This is a hands-on high-visibility role supporting secure enterprise-scale environments that demand operational excellence technical depth and strong stakeholder engagement. This position is based in Washington DC. The selected candidate must be within commuting distance. The role is 100% on-site during the first 90 days. There is currently flexibility for a 50% hybrid schedule thereafter but subject to change to 100% onsite to meet customer needs as required.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Systems Engineer you will serve as the technical lead and trusted advisor for on-premises infrastructure environments supporting critical government missions. You will own the full systems lifecycle from architecture and implementation through sustainment optimization and compliance ensuring secure resilient and high-performing infrastructure operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical steward for mission-critical on-premises server and storage infrastructure.
• Architect implement document and sustain enterprise infrastructure supporting file and application servers.
• Design and maintain highly available VMware environments and NetApp SAN solutions including SnapMirror configurations.
• Ensure compliance with required configuration baselines vulnerability remediation standards backup/recovery objectives and system availability targets.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for government stakeholders and system owners building strong trusted relationships.
• Capture manage and translate customer requirements into actionable technical solutions.
• Implement and maintain systems in accordance with federal IT security policies and enterprise standards.
• Prepare for and support security audits inspections and continuous monitoring activities.
• Proactively identify risks and drive remediation efforts to maintain a strong cybersecurity posture.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to improve operational efficiency and ensure mission continuity.
• Support maintenance windows and occasional after-hours activities to prevent mission disruption.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree with 8 years of systems engineering experience or
  Masters degree with 6 years of experience
  (Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree)
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance
• Proven experience in customer-facing technical roles
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated accountability attention to detail and persistence in resolving complex technical issues
• Technical expertise in:
  • VMware (design configuration deployment high availability)
  • NetApp SAN administration including SnapMirror
  • Windows Server and RHEL Linux administration
  • Vulnerability remediation using tools such as Nessus
  • Configuration management best practices and tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise backup technologies (NetBackup Commvault etc.)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Git or similar)
• Experience supporting AWS and/or Azure environments
• Experience with monitoring and endpoint management tools (Nagios BigFix BES etc.)
• Ability to develop high-level infrastructure and network architecture diagrams

What Success Looks Like

• Strong government stakeholders trust and satisfaction
• Secure stable and highly available infrastructure operations
• Proactive vulnerability management and audit readiness
• Continuous improvement in performance automation and reliability

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