Systems Engineer

Company: Leidos
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Unleash Your Potential At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer’s success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading! The Mission The Technical Integration section is looking for a Systems Engineer to develop/review technical documents and guidance for the Air Force’s Integrated Defensive Cyberspace System (IDCS) Program. The Systems Engineer would work under the Senior Systems Engineer to create design/integration Courses of Action (COAs), System Specifications, Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Risk Management, and System Engineering Plans (SEPs) documents for various projects. Primary Tasks: This role is responsible for project-level technical integration baseline and assessments associated with documentation, system hardware-software-network design, development and integration, verification, and validation. Evaluates alternatives including cost and risk, supportability and analyses for total systems. Duties include researching and documenting systems requirements analysis, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition, technical management, integration, and quality assurance. Works with a team to achieve objectives set forth by the PMO with significant impact on operational process or project outcomes. Basic Qualifications: Proven engineering expertise to create, review and build requirements diagrams, models and content Be able to implement requirements capture and process in tool suites and manage the buildout and use Create and document complete system/functional baseline, allocated baseline, and aligned with product baselines across existing systems and IDCS Prototype and demo the capability and technology explorations - understand the system features and capability matches. Have a Technical/Engineer background and understand the interoperability between network systems Working experience with Jira/Confluence and experience tracking projects through a complete process Bachelor’s degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or a Master’s degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. US Citizen with at least a DoD Secret clearance and the ability to maintain that clearance Preferred Qualifications. US Citizen with a Top Secret clearance. Working experience with routing and switching network with current/past industry certification, digital engineering work with Cameo Professional cybersecurity certification such as Security, or similar. Full lifecycle automation experience (design, development, test, deployment), including deployment to a production environment. Experience working in Air Force / DoD environment 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. Original Posting: March 27, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above. Pay Range: Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00 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.

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