Sr. Systems Engineer - Military veterans preferred

Description

The Leidos Spatial Solutions team has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer with Windows system administration experience to work on cloud-based systems supporting mission critical operations. The team is involved in operation and sustainment of multiple operational cloud deployed geospatial solutions. A successful candidate will be a self-starter and have experience with installation, configuration, administration, support and maintenance of cloud-based systems and administration of Citrix-based desktops in cloud-based environments.

Primary Responsibilities:

Primary responsibilities will involve taking a leadership role in system changes and improvements; working directly with government and contractor POCs to troubleshoot and responding to complex user INCs (Incident Reports); proactively recommend configuration changes to help improve system performance; Deploy security patches and bug fixes to test and operational environments; update critical databases with new data; author and update operational and security documentation, including troubleshooting guides and SOPs.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a BS in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or closely related discipline and  8 – 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 – 10 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain.
• Must possess an active Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain SCI post hire
• DOD 8570 Certification (Security+ or equivalent or higher)
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Server
• Windows administration experience
• Experience completing security remediation tasks based on security scans
• Citrix administration experience
• Knowledge of Systems, Architectural, SW Development and SW Sustainment Practices
• Proficient in software development projects or software integration projects in a service-oriented environment (Cloud, SOA, Web-Services) or virtualization environment.
• Experience with AWS architectures and technologies
• Familiar with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)
• Familiar with Git/GitLab or other source code control tools
• Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (VDDs, diagrams, etc.)
• Familiar with team collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence)

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAFe Agile Certification
• Experience providing systems engineering support for geospatial products
• Citrix certification(s)
• AWS certification (e.g. Solutions Architect, Developer, DevOps Engineer)

Original Posting Date:

While 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:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.