Senior Systems Engineer
About the role
Leidos has an opening for a TS/SCI Senior Systems Engineer supporting DIA's National Digital Exploitation and OSINT Center (NDOC) (formerly NMEC) under the 10-year DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP) contract. As the Senior System Engineer, you will perform and manage the full spectrum of systems engineering tasks to include requirements analysis, feature, system and interface design, system integration, system testing, and all associated documentation. You will also take on the role as a scrum master to lead a software development team while managing risks, escalating impediments, and helping to drive continuous process improvement. While most work is conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely. Percentage of remote work will vary based on client requirements/deliverables.
Responsibilities
- Technical support, coordination, and execution of systems engineering activities such as feature/requirements analysis, design, implementation planning, integration and test, sustainment, documentation, deployment, and system assessment
- Perform systems engineering tasks within time-boxed (e.g., Agile) sprints and releases
- Support sprint and release planning activities as well as the creation of and/or input to work tickets (e.g., Gitlab issues) as well as program/system documentation using collaboration software (e.g., Gitlab)
- Help to define processes for technical platforms, system specifications, input/output and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility
- Assist in establishing SE processes and tools to accomplish analysis, problem diagnosis and solution design, integration and test preparation, risk assessment and mitigation planning, and related activities
- Manage a scrum team performing development activities across the microservices and support system architectures
Qualifications
- BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience with 12+ years in software development, system engineering or related field. Additional experience in lieu of degree
- Must have an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain Polygraph
- Broad understanding of GPU-enabled systems architecture and engineering, including GPU integration, virtualization, Multi-Instance GPU (MIG), and associated software stacks
- Experience with creating design packages and workflows
- Experience in writing technical solutions and whitepapers
- Experience implementing key Agile processes and techniques
- Experience with facilitating scrum for the team (Planning, Retrospective, Grooming & Review/Demo)
- Experience with Gitlab (workflow), JIRA, Confluence, or similar tools
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred Skills
- Software development/coding experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, and React
- Experience with database systems, search engines, model view controller (MVC); web applications
- Experience in a Red Hat, Centos or Oracle Linux
- Familiarity DGX (Deep GPU Xceleration)
- Experience with big data applications
- Scaled Agile Framework certification (SAFe Agilist or other)
- Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous development tools (Jenkins, Bamboo, or equivalent)
Pay
Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00. 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.