Senior Systems Engineer

Location: Washington, DC

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Senior Systems Engineer / Leidos Digital Solutions (DSI)
 

Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid)

Leidos DSI is seeking a highly skilled, customer-focused Senior Systems Engineer to support mission-critical infrastructure for high-profile Federal Government customers. This is a hands-on, high-visibility role supporting secure, enterprise-scale environments that demand operational excellence, technical depth, and strong stakeholder engagement.  This position is based in Washington, DC. The selected candidate must be within commuting distance. The role is 100% on-site during the first 90 days.  There is currently flexibility for a 50% hybrid schedule thereafter but subject to change to 100% onsite to meet customer needs as required.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will serve as the technical lead and trusted advisor for on-premises infrastructure environments supporting critical government missions. You will own the full systems lifecycle — from architecture and implementation through sustainment, optimization, and compliance — ensuring secure, resilient, and high-performing infrastructure operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical steward for mission-critical, on-premises server and storage infrastructure.
• Architect, implement, document, and sustain enterprise infrastructure supporting file and application servers.
• Design and maintain highly available VMware environments and NetApp SAN solutions, including SnapMirror configurations.
• Ensure compliance with required configuration baselines, vulnerability remediation standards, backup/recovery objectives, and system availability targets.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for government stakeholders and system owners, building strong, trusted relationships.
• Capture, manage, and translate customer requirements into actionable technical solutions.
• Implement and maintain systems in accordance with federal IT security policies and enterprise standards.
• Prepare for and support security audits, inspections, and continuous monitoring activities.
• Proactively identify risks and drive remediation efforts to maintain a strong cybersecurity posture.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to improve operational efficiency and ensure mission continuity.
• Support maintenance windows and occasional after-hours activities to prevent mission disruption.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of systems engineering experience, or
  Master’s degree with 6+ years of experience
  (Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree)
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance
• Proven experience in customer-facing technical roles
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated accountability, attention to detail, and persistence in resolving complex technical issues
• Technical expertise in:
  • VMware (design, configuration, deployment, high availability)
  • NetApp SAN administration, including SnapMirror
  • Windows Server and RHEL Linux administration
  • Vulnerability remediation using tools such as Nessus
  • Configuration management best practices and tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise backup technologies (NetBackup, Commvault, etc.)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Git or similar)
• Experience supporting AWS and/or Azure environments
• Experience with monitoring and endpoint management tools (Nagios, BigFix BES, etc.)
• Ability to develop high-level infrastructure and network architecture diagrams

What Success Looks Like

• Strong government stakeholders trust and satisfaction
• Secure, stable, and highly available infrastructure operations
• Proactive vulnerability management and audit readiness
• Continuous improvement in performance, automation, and reliability

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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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.