Systems Lead- Engineering

The Leidos Health & Civil Sector is seeking a Systems Engineer Lead to support the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI).** This posting is for future business - not yet awarded **The Systems Engineering Lead will oversee systems engineering, enterprise integration, cloud infrastructure, platform operations, and technical implementation activities that enable secure, scalable, and interoperable biomedical research environments.Working closely with the Program Manager, Technical Lead, Software Engineering Lead, Government stakeholders, and technical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), the Systems Engineering Lead will ensure that enterprise systems are architected, integrated, and operated to support NCI's biomedical research, clinical research, and administrative missions. The successful candidate will lead cross-functional engineering efforts spanning cloud infrastructure, systems integration, identity management, networking, storage, automation, and platform modernization while ensuring high availability, security, and operational excellence.Lead systems engineering activities supporting enterprise applications, cloud platforms, research computing environments, and shared services across the NCI enterprise.Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available hybrid cloud and on-premises environments supporting biomedical research and enterprise operations.Oversee systems integration across applications, data platforms, AI/ML services, identity and access management solutions, and external partner systems using modern APIs, event-driven architectures, and interoperability standards.Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives involving virtualization, containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and cloud-native platform services.Ensure enterprise systems meet requirements for performance, resilience, scalability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational monitoring.Guide implementation of cybersecurity best practices, Zero Trust principles, identity and access management, encryption, and compliance with NIH, HHS, and federal security requirements.Support deployment and operation of high-performance computing (HPC), cloud-based research environments, data storage platforms, and enterprise collaboration services.Develop and maintain system architecture documentation, interface control documents, operational procedures, configuration baselines, and technical standards.Provide technical leadership during architecture reviews, operational readiness reviews, technology evaluations, and executive briefings while mentoring systems engineers and infrastructure specialists.Support Agile planning, backlog refinement, sprint execution, and release management.Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues and improve delivery performance.Required QualificationsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.Experience working in Agile development environments and with DevSecOps practices.Experience with Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, REST APIs, Git, CI/CD, and cloud-native architectures.PMP, Scrum, AWS/Azure, Security+, ISTQB).Desired CharacteristicsStrong customer focus and mission orientation.Commitment to quality, innovation, and continuous process improvement.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.Reston, VAType: Full time