Systems Engineer

Description

Leidos has an upcoming opportunity for an experienced Systems Engineer to join our team at Fort Meade in Maryland. This is a hybrid position based primarily on-site, with opportunity for 1-2 remote days per week depending on mission needs. Our recruiting team will contact applicants as positions become available - we expect to begin onboarding in late summer 2026.

These positions will join a complex, multi-year contract providing Systems Engineering and Integration support to DISA. The work performed on this Leidos-led prime contract is mission-critical and offers team members the opportunity to work autonomously while developing expertise in cross domain technologies.

Our Systems Engineers will support a high priority, high visibility development, integration, and implementation effort for a mission-critical DISA Cross Domain program. The selected candidate will contribute to multiple concurrent tasks and collaborate across engineering and mission teams. The successful candidate will be a motivated, forward-leaning engineer with strong technical fundamentals and the ability to grow into more senior responsibilities within a dynamic customer environment. The ideal candidate demonstrates a commitment to delivering high-quality work, continuous learning, and effective collaboration within a team environment. This individual is expected to quickly come up to speed, operate with a high degree of autonomy, and proactively contribute to mission objectives. The role requires the ability to adapt to evolving priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail and technical excellence.

Primary Responsibilities include:

• Support decomposition of customer and system requirements in alignment with cross-domain roadmaps.

• Design, implementation, and maintenance of cross domain systems and infrastructure, including servers, networks, storage systems, and software applications.

• Strong understanding to configure and maintain physical and virtual environments, including VMware and ESXi systems.

• Apply and validate system security configurations, including DISA STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides), to ensure compliance with security requirements.

• Perform hands-on hardware and software configuration of systems, including network configuration and cabling.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and support development of technical solutions aligned with mission and security objectives.

• Install, configure, and troubleshoot IT system components to ensure stability and performance.

• Work with customers, mission partners, program managers, and other technical team members to support system integration activities.

• Assist in the creation and maintenance of automation scripts (e.g. Ansible, Python, Bash, etc..) to streamline deployments, support internal lab environment projects and perfective maintenance priorities of the program.

• Provide support to system infrastructure, network security, and Authorization & Accreditation (A&A) activities.

• Develop and maintain technical documentation and assist with Engineering Implementation Plans.

• Support integration, testing, verification, and validation activities for systems and components.

• Track hardware, software, and configuration changes to support documentation updates and system baselines.

• Provide input to training materials and support knowledge sharing across the team.

Basic Qualifications:

• Active Secret clearance is required; active TS clearance preferred.

• Must possess DoD 8140 (formerly 8570) IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+) prior to start date.

• All positions require a Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline as well as professional, directly relevant experience depending on job level (Level III: 4+ years of experience, Level IV: 8+ years of experience, Level V: 12+ years of experience). Additional years of professional and/or military experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.

• Demonstrated full life cycle, systems integration experience.

• Strong demonstrated experience with VMware and ESXi environments.

• Hands-on experience with hardware and software configurationof physical systems, including network configuration and cabling for physical devices and networking concepts.

• Experience supporting development of DoDAF architecture frameworks to inform systems engineering design and implementation best practices utilizing MS Visio.

• Experience troubleshooting operational systems, including participation in advanced (Tier III-level) troubleshooting and root cause analysis for deployed environments.

• Working knowledge of software development or scripting (e.g., XML, Python, Bash,PowerShell, Java, C++).

• Familiarity with system development processes, databases, and IT infrastructure concepts.

• Linux command line experience with certification such as CompTIA Linux+ or RHEL certification with understanding of virtual machine architecture.

• Willingness to travel CONUS and OCONUS up to 10% of the time.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality technical work, rapidly learn new technologies, and effectively collaborate with team members to support mission objectives in a dynamic environment.

• Ability to quickly ramp up on new systems and processes, work independently with minimal oversight, and effectively contribute in a fast-paced, evolving operational environment while maintaining high standards of quality and teamwork.

Preferred Qualifications:

• EverFox Garrison experience

• Active TS clearance

• Familiarity with containerization technologies, such as Docker and OpenShift.

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification.

• Experience supporting end-to-end cross domain systems development or integration efforts.

• Familiarity with engineering best practices such as Raise the Bar Version 5.

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Original Posting:

July 1, 2026

For U.S. Positions: 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:

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

The 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.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit .

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