Enterprise Systems Engineer SME

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for an Enterprise Architect/Systems Engineer in our Intel Sector Analysis Solutions Business Area (ASBA).  Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations (CNO), Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Cryptographic Key Management. At Leidos, we offer competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more.  Join us and make a difference in Analysis Solutions Business Area!

Job Summary: Leidos is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the customer in planning and implementing enterprise architecture, systems engineering, and integration practices to enable secure and interoperable IC Information. The position is in Bethesda, MD.

Responsibilities include:

• Establish integration testing process and methodology.
• Support and recommendations for requirements management process.
• Provide assessments of policies, plans, and requirements and recommend appropriate responses to address any issues surfaced to ensure comprehensive planning across communities of interest.
• Assist government clients with developing programmatic goals and objectives, schedules, and reports to high-level government managers.
• Review and assess implementation plans to identify issues early in the plans.
• Develop and review presentation materials to communicate enterprise objectives and goals.
• Maintain schedules with significant milestones to enable accurate tracking along critical paths.
• Facilitate and resolve problems within working groups to ensure completion of goals and objectives and communicating progress to executive management.
• Develop and/or maintain guiding documents, such as mission service transition plans, and CONOPs.
• Identify integration risks and perform IV & V testing.

Basic Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with CI Polygraph
• Requires BS and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 - 13 years of prior relevant experience
• Assess and validate technical requirements.
• Detail-oriented, ability to consistently provide high-quality products that are concise, thorough, and accurate.
• Leverage analytic tools to assess infrastructure performance.
• Serve as technical referent on engineering review boards
• Apply critical analytical thinking to proposed directives, recommendations and guidance documents originating from a variety of sources and provide critical comments and recommendations for improving them.

At Leidos, the opportunities are boundless. We challenge our staff with interesting assignments that allow them to thrive professionally and personally. For us, helping you grow your career is good business. We look forward to learning more about you – apply today.

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

Pay Range:

Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

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.