Senior Infrastructure Engineer

This Department of War enterprise data and analytics program delivers mission-critical capabilities that enable leaders across the Department to make faster better-informed decisions using trusted data at scale. Leidos Digital Modernization sector is seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer to support the delivery enhancement and adoption of enterprise data and analytics products used across multiple DoD organizations.

In this role you will work alongside government partners engineers and other industry teammates to translate operational and strategic requirements into scalable production-ready solutions. You will contribute directly to product planning execution and continuous improvementhelping ensure capabilities are delivered efficiently aligned to mission priorities and positioned for sustained success.

This position offers the opportunity to work on a high-visibility enterprise program at the intersection of data analytics and emerging AI technologies. Ideal candidates are motivated by mission impact comfortable operating in complex stakeholder environments and interested in building deep domain expertise while delivering capabilities with real-world national security outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design integrate and maintain network cloud hardware and operating system infrastructure for the platform.

• Test and integrate COTS GOTS and FOSS components to ensure system reliability and performance.

• Manage data-pipeline resource needs access controls and capacity planning.

• Develop and implement performance metrics instrumentation and monitoring tools.

• Ensure system stability availability and scalability across all environments.

• Prepare maintain and execute a System Engineering Plan (SEP) for managing all systems architecture and engineering aspects.

• Conduct systems engineering activities to specify build and maintain system engineering designs.

• Design prepare and document systems engineering and cybersecurity artifacts.

• Establish and maintain a System Requirements management environment and process.

• Support enterprise system architecture activities and maintain system architecture artifacts.

• Define document maintain and promulgate APIs and technical standards.

• Design engineer integrate and continuously improve the underlying infrastructure of the System.

• Identify prepare track secure and integrate government commercial and open-source tools and services.

• Design architect engineer and continuously improve the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX).

• Design build and maintain services and products to make production-ready AI/ML models accessible.

• Design architect engineer and continuously improve all aspects of cybersecurity elements of the System.

• Perform site reliability engineering to build and maintain a reliable scalable and efficient System.

• Participate in the Engineering Control Board (ECB) process for supporting all major engineering milestones and decisions.

Basic Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with SCI eligibility.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or related technical discipline and 8 years of relevant experience OR Masters degree in a related field and 6 years of relevant experience.

• At least one of the following foundational qualification pathways consistent with DoD 8140 requirements:

  • Current DoD 8570/8140 baseline certification appropriate for Intermediate System Administrator roles (e.g. Cloud GICSP GSEC or SSCP)

  • Offerings listed in the DoD 8140 Training Repository

  • Demonstrated equivalent training and experience qualifying under DoD 8140 foundational qualification alternatives.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in infrastructure engineering or related field.

• Experience with network cloud hardware and operating system infrastructure.

• Experience with COTS GOTS and FOSS components.

• Experience with performance metrics instrumentation and monitoring tools.

• Experience with systems engineering and cybersecurity artifacts.

• Experience supporting RMF compliance STIG implementation and cybersecurity monitoring.

• Experience with System Requirements management.

• Experience with enterprise system architecture activities.

• Experience with APIs and technical standards.

• Experience with site reliability engineering.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly.

• SAFe Agilist (SA) or related SAFe certification.

• Experience operating within SAFe or large-scale Agile frameworks supporting enterprise systems.

• Experience with DevSecOps/Factory functions.

• Experience supporting infrastructure across NIPRNet SIPRNet and JWICS environments.

• Experience engineering and administering enterprise infrastructure in DoD or Federal environments.

• Experience implementing Zero Trust infrastructure patterns and identity-aware networking.

• Experience supporting enterprise-scale data analytics or AI platforms.

• Experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automation frameworks.

• Experience with AI/ML model serving and integration.

• Experience with cloud-based data analytics and AI capabilities.

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP) and hybrid infrastructure architectures.

• Advanced cloud or infrastructure certification (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Azure Administrator or equivalent).

• Experience with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs).

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