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Systems Engineering Lead
| Company | Leidos |
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| Location | St. Louis, MO, USA |
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| Salary | $112450 – $203275 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Must have an active Top Secret to be considered and ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance prior to start and willingness and ability to obtain a Polygraph.
- Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, Information Technology Management, Computer Information Systems, or related technical field
- 12 years of systems engineering experience or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree, including NGA and DoD programs
- Demonstrated leadership in Agile environments supporting requirements analysis, configuration management, and integration activities
- Experience briefing senior leadership, authoring technical documentation, and managing performance deliverables
- Experience with systems lifecycle activities including testing, IV&V, and system administration
- Familiarity with NGA dissemination capabilities such Gateway systems
- SAFe Agile Certified; experience supporting backlog management and Release Planning Events
- Strong knowledge of engineering boards, CM processes, and business intelligence/data alignment strategies
- Ability to lead a team, mentor junior team members, and drive technical projects.
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in high-pressure environments.
- Excellent communication skills, with experience in presenting technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Comfortable working in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a lead engineer guiding the integration, operations, sustainment, and DevSecOps deployment of complex dissemination systems (Gateway, Tile Generation, EFD).
- Interface with senior NGA stakeholders to communicate priorities, milestones, risk mitigations, and system performance updates.
- Collaborate with Agile Release Trains and Government Product Owners to groom backlogs, manage dependencies, and track deliverables through SAFe Agile workflows.
- Lead and contribute to readiness reviews (TRR/ORR), configuration control boards, and technical exchange meetings.
- Oversee system performance optimization, baseline management, and metric tracking across both on-prem and cloud environments.
- Coordinate and deconflict technical requirements across mission partners, leveraging strong background in systems engineering artifacts and process discipline.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with AWS cloud services and environments
- Familiarity with NGA’s Confluence, JIRA, and DevSecOps pipeline environments
- Prior experience supporting NGA requirements transformation initiatives from documents to digital environments
- Strong understanding of GEOINT product lifecycle, architecture alignment, and metadata/ingest management
