Systems Engineer SME

Leidos hiring for Systems Engineer SME jobs in Merrifield, VA, US

Description

Are you ready to work for a company that not only supports mission critical projects but also prioritizes investing in the growth and development of its employees? 

Join us at Leidos, where your most important work is ahead! You will enjoy great benefits such as paid time off (PTO), flexible schedules, discounted stock purchase plans, career growth, education and training support, parental paid leave and more!  We celebrate our milestones with chili cooks offs, Pi Day with Pies, group lunches, end of year celebrations, recognition awards and much, much more.  You will have the opportunity to work under exceptional industry leadership at every level, where prioritizing employees, and their work, is paramount.

Join our team working on one of our most prestigious programs delivering modern Identity Access Credential Management (ICAM) solutions supporting highly visible applications and building our next generation of applications.

Leidos is looking for Systems Engineers to support our Sponsor’s Entitlement Programs focusing on IdAM/ICAM, Authentication, Authorization, Attributes and Digital Policy Management.  The Systems Administrator will be responsible for the configuration, administration, support and maintenance of systems including associated hardware. The Systems Engineer will work with a large team of developers, software engineers and data engineers.

Primary Responsibilities

• Network engineering troubleshooting between cloud environments and non-cloud environments
• Designing and establishing network connections with external partners
• Ensure designs are compatible with the architecture and allocated requirements to segments
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, cost estimation, requirements allocation, and interfaced definition studies to translate customer requirements into network specifications
• Identify system integrity issues and solutions for the full system life cycles from concept to disposal
• Identify and suggest risk mitigation techniques
• Integrate systems and services for firewall and network components

All team members will be required to carry the duty phone on a rotational basis and may need to come in to address issues that arise.

Qualifications

• Must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Typically requires a Master’s with 15+ years of prior relevant experience.  18+ years of experience may be used in lieu of degree.
• Experience with scripting and programming languages like BASH and Python
• Experience with networking (e.g., ports, routing tables, subnets, VPNs, firewalls, routers, etc.) to include design, integration and troubleshooting issues
• Solid understanding of Web Application Firewall (WAF) configuration and management

Desired Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Linux
• Experience working with CloudFormation / Puppet / Groovy, or other configuration and automation tools
• Experience working with Ansible / Terraform, or other configuration and automation tools, Infrastructure as Cloud (IAC) solutions
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), or to a lesser degree other cloud technologies

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.

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.