
Systems Engineer
Required skills
- TS/SCI
- DoD 8140
- CompTIA Network+
- Security+
- Cisco CCNA
- AWS
Nice to have
- mission critical IT programs
- Department of Defense
- government environments
Role summary
Leidos is seeking an on-site Systems Engineer in Keyport, WA, to support the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Keyport. The role involves planning, coordinating, and executing hardware and software integration within a secure IT environment for the Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Operations Center (UUVOC). Responsibilities include supporting the full system lifecycle, documenting technical designs, facilitating technical working groups, and ensuring alignment with cybersecurity and mission requirements. A Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience or a Master's with 6+ years, an active TS/SCI clearance, a relevant DoD 8140 certification, and experience in systems integration, cloud computing (AWS), and system lifecycle support are required. Preferred qualifications include experience with mission-critical IT programs in government environments.
Systems Engineer
Location: Keyport, WA (On site)
Clearance: Active TS/SCI
Leidos is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Keyport. In this role, you will help plan, coordinate, and execute the integration of hardware and software solutions within a secure IT environment that supports the Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Operations Center (UUVOC). Working closely with government leadership and cross functional technical teams, you'll play a key role in ensuring complex systems are successfully integrated, tested, and deployed in support of critical Navy missions.
What You'll Do
As a Systems Engineer, you will:
- Support the planning, coordination, and execution of hardware and software integration efforts within a secure IT environment.
- Translate complex technical concepts into concise, actionable documentation and communications for both technical and nontechnical audiences.
- Support the full system lifecycle, including integration planning, system testing, phased deployments, implementation, and transition activities.
- Document technical designs, integration plans, implementation activities, and system configurations.
- Facilitate technical working groups, coordinate across multiple stakeholder organizations, and help drive issue resolution and technical decision making.
- Help ensure integration activities align with cybersecurity, operational, and mission requirements.
- Support end user training and knowledge transfer activities during system implementation.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree from an ABET accredited program in Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline with 8+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree from an ABET accredited program in Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline with 6+ years of experience.
- Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility or active TS/SCI.
- Current DoD 8140 compliant certification such as CompTIA Network+, Security+, or Cisco CCNA.
- Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience integrating hardware and software solutions within networked IT environments.
- Two (2) or more years of experience implementing solutions using cloud computing services and hosting technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Broad understanding of the full lifecycle for integrating hardware and software into secure IT environments.
- Experience supporting system testing, phased deployments, implementation, and end user training.
- Experience facilitating technical working groups and coordinating efforts across multiple stakeholders.
- Familiarity with secure system integration planning, implementation, and transition activities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting mission critical IT programs within Department of Defense or other government environments.
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Original Posting:
September 23, 2026For 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 - $195,050.00The 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.
Sample Leidos interview questions
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What are the key considerations when designing a highly available and consistent service registry?
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Buildings with an Ocean View Find all buildings that have an ocean view. Input: heights = [1,2,3,4] Output: [3] Explanation: Since the ocean is to the right, only the rightmost tallest building (index 3) is not blocked by any others.
codingmedium - 3
Merge K Sorted Linked Lists Merge K sorted linked lists. Input: lists = [[2,2,3],[1,5]] Output: [1,2,2,3,5] Explanation: Extracts the smallest current node iteratively using a priority queue to build a single merged and sorted linked list.
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Optimal Meeting Point Calculate the optimal meeting point for multiple people on a 2D grid. Input: grid = [[1,0],[0,1]] Output: 2 Explanation: The optimal meeting point is either (0,1) or (1,0), requiring exactly 1 step from each person resulting in a total distance of 2.
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Maximize the minimum distance between aggressive cows in stalls. Input: stalls = [0,4,3,7,10,9], cows = 3 Output: 4 Explanation: Placing the cows at positions 0, 4, and 10 yields a maximum possible minimum distance of 4 between any two cows.
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