# Program Lead, Systems Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Odenton, MD
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Program Lead, Systems Engineer to oversee the management of system-level requirements and performance of integration, verification, and user acceptance testing for Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications Systems (JWICS) supporting DISA customers.

**Primary Responsibilities**

- Provide guidance and direction for personnel issues, including performance feedback, annual reviews, salary recommendations, and corrective actions for a team of 14 personnel.

- Gather data, define requirements, develop use cases, conduct gap analysis, create functional specifications, test plans, and design specifications.

- Execute engineering activities, including requirements analysis, implementation planning, third-party coordination, integration and testing, documentation, deployment, and system assessment.

- Employ a Systems Engineering approach for systems planning, design, execution, and sustainment.

- Lead the definition of processes for technical platforms, system specifications, input/output and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility.

- Develop and maintain systems engineering documentation and diagrams/models using SE tools.

- Identify and manage related project task dependencies, risks, and possible mitigations.

- Collaborate with colleagues to monitor and report technical variances and facilitate resolution of technical issues.

- Report technical status of product development to assigned leads.

- Identify and manage external dependencies.

- Estimate level of effort to outline and update a projected project schedule.

**Basic Qualifications**

- Active TS/SCI security clearance

- Current Security+ or SecurityX certification, or equivalent certifications/credentials in compliance with DoD 8140 at the Systems Administrator, Intermediate level

- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 12-15 years of professional experience; or 10-13 years of professional experience with a related Master's degree

- Experience in architecture, design, development, and delivery of data-driven operations capabilities within a DoD environment

- 2+ years of management and supervisory experience

- 5+ years of project planning experience

- 2+ years with Linux/RHEL OS systems

- 2+ years with Windows Server OS systems

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

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Understanding of network routing devices and network device configurations

- Understanding of ITIL foundation or ITIL certified

- Experience with OS scripting (perl, python, shell)

- Experience with Databases (SQL, Oracle) & DB migrations

## Skills

### Required
- Systems Engineering
- Linux/RHEL OS
- Windows Server OS
- Project Planning
- Management
- Communication

### Nice to have
- Network Routing Devices
- ITIL Foundation
- OS Scripting
- Databases

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