Systems Engineer

Syslog Ansible Nutanix Rsyslog Auditing Equities Pipelines Automation Innovation Resilience Hypervisor Market Data Nutanix AHV Group Policy Daemon Tools VMware VSphere Key Management Windows Servers Ancient History Computer Science Active Directory Support Services Operating Systems IT Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Windows PowerShell VMware ESX Servers Systems Engineering Technical Leadership CompTIA Security+ CE Continuous Monitoring Information Technology Engineering Management Vulnerability Scanning Distributed Data Store Concept Drift Detection Configuration Management Red Hat Enterprise Linux Vulnerability Management Hardware Security Module Bash (Scripting Language) Authorization (Computing) Public Key Infrastructure IAT Level II Certification Management Information Systems Microsoft Certified Professional Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) Online Certificate Status Protocol VMware Certified Professional (VCP) CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) Security Information And Event Management (SIEM) Certified Information Systems Security Professional Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI Clearance), Leidos is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer (SME) to join our Integrated Information Technology Support Services (I3TS) team, who will support an extensive digital modernization program critical to Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The Systems Engineer will work closely with the Leidos and Government technical leadership team to help drive innovation, growth, and efficiencies within the I3TS portfolio., The Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) Systems Engineer SME will architect and maintain mission-critical Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), oversee VMware or Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) with vSAN, and implement resilient backup and disaster recovery frameworks. This role will also build and administer hardened Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) platforms, establish robust Syslog aggregation, and enforce rigorous DoW vulnerability patching and DISA STIG compliance to sustain full Authorization to Operate (ATO), and assist with automating gold-image provisioning via SCCM.

Clearance: Active TS/SCI Clearance at time of consideration.

Core Responsibilities:

• Architect, deploy, and maintain CSfC infrastructure operating within Black/Gray/Red networks.
• Design, configure, and maintain multi-layered CSfC architectures in alignment with NSA Data-At-Rest (DAR) and Mobile Access (MA) Capability Packages.
• Architect, deploy, maintain Certificate Authority (CA), Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responders, and hardware-backed key protection via Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) in accordance with CSfC Key Management Requirements.
• Build, manage, and optimize virtualized compute and storage fabrics utilizing VMware vSphere / ESXi or Nutanix AHV with vSAN/distributed storage. Design resilient, air-gapped backup and disaster recovery (DR) pipelines.
• Deploy, configure, and administer hardened Microsoft Windows Server (Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems.
• Establish centralized, tamper-resistant Syslog and audit logging infrastructure across all network and system devices, hypervisors, and operating systems to support continuous monitoring and SIEM ingestion.
• Understanding of cross-domain systems and forwarding log data through it to a centralized SIEM
• Build and maintain automated OS deployment and gold image pipelines using Microsoft Configuration Manager (MCM/SCCM) for CSfC End User Devices (EUD).
• Apply and validate patching and STIGs across all virtual and physical infrastructure. Execute vulnerability scans, track IAVMs, and remediate findings to maintain Authorization to Operate (ATO)., MATLAB Equities Failover Innovation Resilience Scalability Market Data Group Policy Virtualization Windows Domain Authentications Windows Servers Ancient History Active Directory Software Systems Machine Learning Containerization SolidWorks (CAD) Interoperability Operating Systems Incident Response Disaster Recovery Endpoint Security Windows PowerShell Policy Enforcement Workflow Management Systems Engineering NetApp Applications Microsoft SharePoint Lifecycle Management System Configuration Atlassian Confluence Microsoft SQL Servers Server Infrastructure Artificial Intelligence Technical Documentation Psychiatric Assessments Administrative Functions Authorization (Computing) Public Key Infrastructure McAfee Epolicy Orchestrator Windows Server Update Services Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI Clearance) +0

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, and 12-15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 - 13 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain. Specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.
• 12+ years of progressive systems engineering experience within DoD/DoW, federal, or defense contractor enterprise environments.
• Active TS/SCI Clearance
• Active DoD 8570.01-M / DoD 8140 IAT Level II or III baseline certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, CASP+, or CISSP).
• Active Computing Environment certification, including one of: VMware VCP/VCAP, Nutanix NCP, Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
• Direct experience drafting CSfC Key Management Plans (KMPs) and Continuous Monitoring Plans (CMPs) for NSA CSfC PMO approval.
• Proficiency with PowerShell, Bash, and Ansible for automated STIG remediation, configuration drift detection, and certificate deployment
• Advanced configuration of syslog daemons (Rsyslog, Syslog-ng) and forwarding architectures to enterprise SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Elastic).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience Designing, deploying, and maintaining IT infrastructures for DTRA or other DoW organizations

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Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .