Systems Architect

Leidos is seeking a Systems Architect to support large-scale migration and operations on a large, high-profile DOD contract. The I3TS program provides enterprise-wide IT support to enable DTRA’s Information Management & Technology Directorate (ITD) to consolidate, modernize, and continuously innovate the delivery of IT services and mission capabilities to DTRA’s internal and external mission partners operating in CONUS and OCONUS locations. This position is a technical leadership position on the program responsible for administering, maintaining, supporting, remediating, and available 24 hours per day, seven days per week (24 x 7) to support internal DTRA users and external mission partners operating on NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and JWICS. Infrastructure will support access to DTRA’s local special mission partner networks (e.g., JIANT/SOIS, BICES, CENTRIXS, etc.) Supported assets and operations include, but are not limited to, servers, hosting environments, compute, storage, infrastructure, networks, wireless (classified and unclassified) networks, COMSEC, circuits, DevSecOps platforms and pipelines, virtualization (both server and endpoint), and mission operations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Developing technical approaches, solutions and systems for innovations that best fits business needs.

• Designing and overseeing the implementation of the solution throughout the implementation lifecycle to ensure that it meets the needs of stakeholders.

• Providing recommendations and alternatives for solutions and creating solution prototypes.

• Participating in technology selection and analyzing technology environment and constraints.

• Developing roadmaps for the solutions.

• Acting as a liaison between technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Collaborating with process owner(s), technical leads, and a variety of process stakeholders to refine the solution, design, process and approaches.

• Employing solution architecture and system engineering principles, processes, methods, models, artifacts, and tools to accomplish analysis, problem evaluation/diagnosis, and solution design across a variety of Systems Engineering / Architecture activities, including data gathering, requirements definition, use case development, gap analysis, functional specification creation, test plan development, test preparation, risk assessment and mitigation planning, and authoring of design specifications.

• Working closely with End Users, Software, Data, and DevOps Engineers, Data Engineers, Testers, Cloud Engineers, Network Engineers, and IA.

• Employing a system engineering approach for systems planning, design, execution, and sustainment.

• Defining processes for technical platforms, system specifications, input/output and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility.

• Assisting in the development and maintenance of systems engineering documentation and diagrams/models.

• Lead the development of business process maps using a standard methodology and toolset.

• Provide measurable input to new solutions, processes, or standards to achieve functional/project objectives.

• Collaborating with colleagues to monitor and report technical variances; facilitating resolution of technical issues that adversely impact successful product delivery.

• Quickly adapt to customer environments and adopt their processes.

• Author and execute User Acceptance strategies, plans and scripts for the innovation’s deployment.

• Support the resolution of technical challenges throughout the project lifecycle.

• Employ exceptional problem-solving, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

Basic Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret Clearance w/ ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret/SCI

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 10+ years of professional experience; or 8+ years of professional experience with a related master’s degree.

• Security+ certification or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT II certification within 14 days of start date.

• Experience leading solution design and architecture development for a complex cloud-based system.

• Experience with the design, develop, and delivery of data driven operations capabilities, in a DoD environment.

• Experience with Process Mapping.

• 4+ years of systems engineering experience, including developing requirements traceability for software systems (RVTM), writing software systems engineering documents (SDP, etc.), and developing software interface documents (IDDs/ICDs).

• Experience working with the Linux operating system, and related operating system commands.

• Familiarity with web services APIs, including REST

• Experience identifying and tracking related project task dependencies, risks & possible mitigations.

• Experience estimating level of effort (hrs./days/resources) to create a project plan and schedule.

• Experience working with a highly technical team and in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

• Experience with project management and configuration management tools such as JIRA, Xray, Confluence and Git.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to collaborate with customer representatives, domain experts, systems engineers, and architects.

• Prioritizing work to meet fixed deadlines. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with AWS GovCloud and cloud infrastructure, including networking and security policies.

• Experience developing and deploying systems architecture and software in a DoD environment (DISA experience is a plus), including experience building and deploying software applications that meet DoD security standards, including updating applications and code to meet security scans and meeting security implementation guidelines (e.g. STIGs).

• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps, Configuration as Code, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD implementation.

• Familiarity with CI/CD techniques, containerized pipelines, and DevOps practices.

• Experience with cloud-based AWS services.

• Experience with Agile software development.

• Experience with big data applications.

• Experience or Interest in building AI capabilities for Operations.

• Familiarity with Containerization/Kubernetes deployment, Agile methodologies, and tools.

• Understanding of network routing devices and network device configurations.

• Understanding of ITIL foundation or ITIL certified.

• AWS cloud certifications.

• Experience managing or leading a geographically dispersed team.

Original Posting Date:2025-02-14

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 $126,100.00 - $227,950.00

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.