Lead Systems Engineer
Company: Leidos Inc
Location: Bethesda
Posted on: April 20, 2024
Job Description:
Description At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through
the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to
our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our
communities, and operate sustainable practices. Everything we do is
built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our
people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide
the way we do business. Employees enjoy career enrichment
opportunities available through mobility and development and
experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and
talented colleagues and customers. Your most important work is
ahead.If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can
thrive, keep reading!Leidos is seeking to appoint a Lead Systems
Engineer (contract designated Key Personnel) to oversee the IT
Operations & Maintenance (O&M) responsibilities. In this
pivotal role, the Lead Systems Engineer will spearhead the team's
endeavors to deliver comprehensive, adaptable, and center-centric
IT O&M services. This entails managing a dynamic environment
encompassing a hybrid data center model and multiple network
enclaves that support a diverse range of applications. The scope of
work encompasses desktop support, service desk operations, system
engineering and administration, cybersecurity, and secure
networking, all conducted within the framework of an Agile
environment.As a prominent figure within the organization, the Lead
Systems Engineer (LSE) assumes responsibility for supervising,
guiding, coordinating, and providing leadership across all
engineering activities. The LSE takes charge of strategic planning,
design, implementing operational system enhancements, testing,
integration, and deploying various products and services. Upholding
robust engineering practices is a key priority for the LSE. Tasks
may be executed directly or through subordinate supervisors. The
LSE offers guidance for the interpretation and application of
company policies and procedures to engineering activities, keeps
abreast of emerging technologies that could enhance operations, and
formulates recommendations accordingly.The LSE is a
technology-driven engineering position. It is not a people-manager
position. The LSE will coordinate aspects of engineering staffing.
They will be a key contributor in recruitment activities and serve
as a primary mentor in professional development of engineering
staff.The ideal candidate must thrive on continuous technical
challenges to ensure the ongoing success and evolution of the
program, in support of a great mission.
- Network Management: Spearhead the strategic management and
optimization of intricate network infrastructures, ensuring peak
performance and seamless operations across diverse systems and
platforms.
- Cisco Networking Hardware and Software Expertise: Lead the
comprehensive management, configuration, and optimization of Cisco
hardware and software systems, ensuring their efficient operation
and alignment with organizational objectives.
- GPU and High-Level Computing: Spearhead the strategic
management, configuration, and optimization of Graphic Processing
Units (GPUs) and high-level computing systems, ensuring their
efficient performance and integration within complex system
architectures.
- Microsoft Products and OS Management Expertise: Lead the
comprehensive management and optimization of all Microsoft products
and operating systems within the IT O&M program, ensuring their
seamless integration and optimal performance across diverse IT
environments.
- Information Assurance Leadership: Lead and implement robust
Information Assurance processes, ensuring compliance, security, and
resilience of systems within the IT infrastructure, adhering to
industry standards and best practices.
- Large-Scale Data Storage and Capacity Management: Oversee and
optimize the storage infrastructure for large-scale data, ensuring
efficient handling, scalability, and secure storage solutions to
support the IT infrastructure and organizational data requirements,
while effectively managing and expanding storage capacity as
needed.
- Engineering Team Leadership for Linux and RedHat OS Expertise:
Direct and guide a specialized team of engineers proficient in
Linux operating systems. Supervise their configuration,
optimization, and system management, ensuring robust security,
scalability, and high-performance solutions aligned with the IT
O&M program's objectives. Facilitate cohesive collaboration,
troubleshooting, and innovative solutions in adherence to industry
best practices and organizational standards.
- Design Architecture and Technical Documentation: Spearhead the
creation and development of intricate system designs for IT
infrastructure, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives
and industry best practices. Oversee the creation of technical
drawings and comprehensive documentation, facilitating the
implementation and maintenance of these designs to ensure optimal
system performance and adherence to industry standards.This is a
100% on-site position. All work must be performed at the customer
site in Bethesda at the Intelligence Community Campus.Primary
Responsibilities
- Manage the definition, development, and implementation of new
and/or emerging technologies and processes for the user facing and
backend IT systems.
- Chair and/or participate in center-wide level boards and review
processes (ERBs, ROMB, architecture reviews, etc.)
- Support the engineering team in the design, integration, and
security posture of products for the environment - COTS, GOTS,
and/or Leidos developed.
- Manage the baseline to include the routine and out of cycle
updates, as well as the development of system release schedules
which meet program objectives and present those schedules to
leadership and the customer.
- Develop and maintain documentation and diagrams that adhere to
program quality standards.
- Actively participate and mentor team members in solution
design, process and/or approaches.
- Coordinate receipt of new technology solutions provided by
Engineering to meet current and future mission needs.
- Coordinate, conduct, and participate in collaboration meetings
with, and on behalf of the Government.
- Identify system integrity issues and solutions for the full
system lifecycle.
- Effectively lead a geographically dispersed multi-discipline
team to achieve the program schedule and all deliverable
requirements.
- Coordinate with Operations Lead, Engineering Team, and
subcontractor teams to effectively build and deploy new system
baselines and revisions.
- Plan, manage, and enforce Customer hardware, software, and
process baseline standards.
- Provide support metrics and reporting to leadership.
- Assist leadership with planning schedules and ensure proper
personnel coverage for support activities.
- Responsible for evaluating resumes for vacancies and serving as
a key component during candidate interviews.
- Flexibility in work schedule. This person will be expected to
have a standard 8 hour workday. However if an outage occurs they
may be one of the first called to help troubleshoot.Basic
Qualifications
- A Master's degree in systems engineering or an IT related
discipline.
- At least 12 years of relevant experience with IT organizational
structure, Acquisition policies, and ITSM processes.
- Technical leadership experience (3 years minimum) leading a
medium-to-large program supporting design, development,
integration, and testing of a complex, multi-component system.
- Working experience with CMDB and ITSM systems.
- Experience with ITIL, ITSM and hardware and software utilized
for operations and support of data center resources utilized to
manage, operate, or run applications, database systems, and end
user access.
- Ability to work independently and as a team member under tight
deadlines with changing priorities.
- Ability to mentor and lead a technical team to include
functional management of direct reports.
- Understanding of and experience with a managed services
approach.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to
communicate and work effectively with other contractors and
Government civilians. Able to brief Government leadership.
- Highly organized with strong troubleshooting, problem solving,
and verbal/written communication skills.
- Up to 25% travel may be required to support activities at each
primary duty location.
- Strong project management skills
- Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8570.11- IAT Level II
certification requirements (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security,
GICSP, GSEC, or SSCP along with an appropriate computing
environment (CE) certification). An IAT Level III certification
would also be acceptable (CASP+, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED,
GCIH, CCSP).Clearance
- Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required OR active
TS/SCI and willingness to get a Poly.
- US Citizenship is required due to the nature of the government
contracts we support.Preferred Qualifications
- 5-7 years' experience with the current ITIL & ITSM
processes.
- Current technical certifications in Cisco, networks storage, or
HP and Dell computers.
- PMP certification or equivalent certification.
- ITIL v3 professional certification
- Experience in implementing managed services approach in a
multiple contractor environment.
- Customer-service and goal oriented.
- Knowledge of end user and data center technologies, related
scientific principles, theories, and concepts.
- Experience with Agile or Waterfall development
methodologies
- Experience working with hardware and software vendors to
provide highest availability, highest throughput and processing for
applications and end user accessOriginal Posting
Date:2024-01-11While subject to change based on business needs,
Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain
open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no
earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed
above.Pay Range:Pay Range $144,300.00 - $260,850.00The 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.
Keywords: Leidos Inc, Rockville , Lead Systems Engineer, Other , Bethesda, Maryland
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