Systems Engineer SME 1

Leidos is seeking a Subject Matter Expert I to support the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) Center of Excellence supporting Portfolio Governance Architecture Data Integration and DevOps.

The Subject Matter Expert I will provide specialized technical expertise to design and integrate systems develop and maintain architecture artifacts evaluate solution alternatives support portfolio and technology governance and help OJP product teams implement secure interoperable accessible and cost-effective capabilities. The role will bridge business requirements Customer Experience and Human-Centered Design (CX/HCD) architecture standards data integration cloud and Development Security and Operations (DevSecOps) practices and engineering execution in support of OJP digital-service modernization.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design and integrate systems applications platforms application programming interfaces (APIs) data services and supporting technical capabilities within assigned areas of expertise.
• Support enterprise application data solution technical and business architecture activities and develop architecture diagrams models standards interface definitions recommendations and implementation guidance.
• Administer and maintain approved content within OJPs existing Enterprise Architecture Repository including content management user support architecture-artifact maintenance and integration support with ServiceNow.
• Develop and support Alternatives Analyses for IT Demand requests tools platforms and technical approaches using criteria such as business value user impact strategic alignment cost feasibility security accessibility risk and operational impact.
• Develop product platform solution and technology roadmaps and recommendations aligned to OJP current-state and target-state architectures.
• Support functional data management within ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) including fiscal calendars templates functional metadata and applicable product portfolio demand project and change-management information as directed by OJP.
• Incorporate Customer Experience and Human-Centered Design practices into Business Analysis and requirements-gathering activities so customer needs are reflected in proposed solutions.
• Support OJP governance forums including the Portfolio Review Board Architecture Review Board Standards Working Group Engineering Review Board Product Steering Groups and other authorized forums through preparation of advance materials and agendas meeting facilitation minutes action-item tracking SharePoint posting and stakeholder communications.
• Support IT change-management and enterprise IT risk-management activities through analysis coordination documentation tracking and governance support.
• Support secure data integration and API architecture using applicable web-service authentication authorization and provisioning standards and coordinate with DIAMD networking security and other OJP product teams as appropriate.
• Partner with engineering and DevOps teams to incorporate cloud architecture Infrastructure as Code compliance-as-code automated testing CI/CD monitoring resilience and cost optimization into solution designs.
• Analyze current-state technologies and identify opportunities to reduce duplicative products standardize technologies simplify integration improve interoperability and reduce lifecycle cost.
• Conduct technical research prototypes pilots and code-based proofs of concept involving emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence machine learning automation cloud computing blockchain low-code or no-code and DevOps capabilities.
• Develop architecture documentation standards knowledge articles case studies decision materials roadmaps and recommendations and communicate them clearly to technical and business stakeholders.
• Provide coaching and knowledge transfer to OJP stakeholders on architecture product Agile engineering data-integration and related technical practices.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Data Science Cybersecurity or a related technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience consistent with applicable labor-category requirements.
• Minimum eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience designing integrating architecting modernizing or supporting complex enterprise systems.
• Demonstrated experience supporting ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) functional capabilities portfolio or demand-management processes or comparable enterprise portfolio-management platforms
• Demonstrated expertise in at least one relevant domain such as enterprise architecture solution architecture systems integration data integration cloud architecture DevSecOps API management cybersecurity or platform engineering.
• Experience developing architecture diagrams models interface definitions technical standards Alternatives Analyses roadmaps and implementation recommendations.
• Experience supporting system integration using APIs web services identity and access technologies and modern application architectures.
• Experience translating business and customer needs into technical requirements and solution recommendations.
• Working knowledge of cloud computing Agile product delivery CI/CD automation Infrastructure as Code and secure-development concepts.
• Strong analytical facilitation documentation and communication skills with the ability to advise multidisciplinary technical and business teams.
• Must satisfy the citizenship residency background-investigation and Public Trust requirements applicable to the task order.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting DOJ OJP Federal OCIO organizations or Federal enterprise architecture and governance environments.
• Experience administering or supporting an Enterprise Architecture Repository including architecture content management user support or integrations with enterprise-management platforms.
• Experience with one or more relevant platforms such as Azure DevOps AWS GovCloud WSO2 API Manager Jenkins Ansible Docker Splunk or comparable technologies.
• Experience supporting architecture review boards portfolio boards standards bodies product steering groups technology evaluations or portfolio-rationalization efforts.
• Experience applying Customer Experience or Human-Centered Design practices to requirements analysis and solution design.
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence machine learning automation cloud low-code or no-code or other emerging-technology evaluation.
• Relevant architecture cloud Agile DevOps security product-management or API-management training or certifications.

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Original Posting:

September 30 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 $107900.00 - $195050.00

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.

Required Experience:

IC