Act as Technical Lead for systems engineering activities within assigned workstreams or projects.
Provide authoritative technical direction across on-premise and cloud-hosted systems, ensuring coherence across infrastructure, networks, applications and services.
Lead technical decision-making, trade-offs, and design assurance in line with programme and customer requirements.
Apply Systems Engineering principles across the full engineering lifecycle (V-Model), including requirements, design, integration, verification and transition to service.
Own and assure key engineering artefacts, including impact assessments, high-level and low-level designs, and technical change documentation.
Ensure designs are aligned with programme architecture, security constraints, and operational needs.
Lead the technical impact assessment of Requests for Change (RFCs) and new requirements.
Clearly define technical scope, dependencies, risks and estimates for change delivery.
Support Project Managers with technically robust inputs to planning, costing and scheduling.
Work directly with customer technical stakeholders to elicit, clarify and refine requirements.
Act as a trusted technical authority, able to explain complex technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Collaborate effectively across Leidos engineering disciplines and third-party suppliers.
Ensure compliance with Leidos engineering standards, programme governance, and security policies.
Identify technical risks early and define mitigation strategies.
Provide technical mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers.

Requirements

Proven experience as a Technical Lead or Senior Systems Engineer on large-scale, complex IT programmes.
Strong grounding in Systems Engineering concepts and lifecycle management.
Broad technical understanding across: Infrastructure (compute, storage, virtualisation) Networks Applications and integrations Hybrid and/or cloud environments
Experience leading technical design, integration and change in a controlled, high-assurance environment.
Ability to assess technical risk, manage dependencies, and make sound engineering decisions.
Excellent communication skills, with experience engaging customers and senior stakeholders.

Benefits

Contributory Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance
33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
Flexi-Time

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

Systems EngineeringV-Modeltechnical designintegrationverificationimpact assessmentshigh-level designlow-level designtechnical change documentationrisk assessment

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcommunicationcollaborationmentoringcoachingstakeholder engagementdecision-makingproblem-solvingclarificationrefinement