Senior Systems Engineer
Leidos
Cloud
Systems Engineer – SME
Leidos
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Gaithersburg • Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $126,100 - $227,950 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Serve as a key technical advisor to the Customer's leadership, contributing to strategic planning and enterprise systems architecture decisions.
- Lead the development and assessment of enterprise systems engineering processes, frameworks, and modernization efforts.
- Develop, review, and provide guidance on system and interface requirements, architecture products, CONOPS, and system design.
- Perform independent verification and validation (IV&V) of technical solutions to ensure compliance with the Customer's and IC-wide standards.
- Conduct enterprise-level trade studies, risk assessments, and capability gap analyses.
- Collaborate with government stakeholders, mission partners, and contractor teams to ensure enterprise interoperability and data integration.
- Support technical evaluations, readiness assessments, and milestone reviews across the Customer's programs.
- Mentor senior and junior engineers, promoting engineering rigor and a culture of innovation and accountability.
Requirements
- US citizenship is required per contract.
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 12-15 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s with 10-13 years of prior relevant experience.
- Deep expertise in systems engineering principles, enterprise architecture, and mission-critical system integration in an IC or DoD environment.
- Proven experience advising senior leadership and delivering technical recommendations at the enterprise level.
- Demonstrated experience supporting Customer or other GEOINT-focused agencies or programs.
- Proficiency with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools (Cameo), architecture frameworks (DoDAF, UAF), and modeling languages (SysML).
Benefits
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
systems engineeringenterprise architecturesystem designverification and validationrisk assessmentcapability gap analysistechnical evaluationsModel-Based Systems Engineeringmodeling languagesarchitecture frameworks
Soft skills
technical advisingmentoringcollaborationstrategic planninginnovationaccountability