Jr. Systems Engineer

Description

Job Description:

The Defense Group at Leidos currently has an opening for a Jr. Systems Engineer to support Post Production Software Support (PPSS) and Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) engineering and technical services to the CECOM IEW&S Directorate Sensors and Mission Division (SMED) based in Sierra Vista, AZ.

This position will provide technical planning, system hardware-software-network design, development and integration, verification and validation, and maintenance support for BAT-A systems deployed to multiple locations globally. A successful candidate will provide support to users of BAT-A systems affected by changes to system software, unique hardware configurations, network challenges, and accreditation boundaries for forward deployed sites. In addition, this position will support the Operation Data Center performing ingestion and coordination of Biometrics Enabled Watch List among US agencies, the DoD, and forward deployed locations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Evaluating hardware and software issues and failures of the BAT-A system

• Support system testing and validation; software patching and implementation, systems checks, and repairs

• Ensure daily operations of servers and network communications in the Data Center

• Test and maintain the BAT software images for the SEEK, server/laptop, and web

• Support the coordination of the Biometrics Enabled Watch List

• Implementation of systems upgrades to include planning, scheduling, testing, managing, and coordinating network availability

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or other Engineering or Technical Discipline.

• Requires a minimum of four years of demonstrated applicable experience.

• US Citizen, possessing a Top-Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI eligibility

• Possessing or will obtain essential certifications to enable a DoD 8570, IAT Level II appointment (upon hire)

• Experience performing analysis and decomposition of high-level user requirements into functional system, software and hardware requirements

• Experience with Virtual Machines (VMWare, etc.), Visual Basic, Visual Studio, C#, C++, Python, plug-in architectures

• Experience in MicroFocus Caliber, MicroFocus Unified Functional Testing (UFT) (formerly known as HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)), Jira, Confluence, Perforce Helix ALM

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree is desirable.

• Demonstrated experience working within matrixed teams

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Knowledge and experience in the complete life cycle of the software in military systems

Pay Range:

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.