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Senior Systems Engineer

Leidos


Job Location:

Columbia, IN - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 131300 - 237350
Posted: 25 October 2026 (11 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 22 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer in our Intel Sectors Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). 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 National Security!


Following an initial 68 week onboarding period this role offers a flexible hybrid schedule offering one day of remote work.


The Systems Engineer (SE) will work closely with the team of software developers Subject Matter Experts and analysts to perform requirements derivation and refinement. The candidate must be a proactive self- starter with significant technical leadership experience and excellent communication skills.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Requirements gathering and development experience with systems integration and interoperability experience with systems design and architecture
  • Derive functional system and performance requirements
  • Develop various systems engineering artifacts (CONOPs architecture diagrams etc.)
  • Develop schedules for features; Perform backlog grooming
  • Write or review documentation
  • Create various status reports

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Science Engineering Management or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelors degree.
  • 14 years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope type and complexity is required.
  • Clearance Requirement: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts
  • Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary all development and operational considerations
  • Support the planning and test analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process (as well as other Government Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes)ed.
  • Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira Confluence)
  • Agile experience
  • Experience with MS Project and/or Visio





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If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:
October 23 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 $131300.00 - $237350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.


Required Experience:

Senior IC


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Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.

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