Why this role stands out
This Lead IT Infrastructure Systems Engineer role at Leidos offers a fantastic opportunity to drive innovation and shape mission-critical national security systems, with significant potential for professional growth and leadership. You'll thrive here if you're a collaborative, mid-senior engineer passionate about designing scalable, secure infrastructure and mentoring others in a hybrid work environment. Seize this chance to make a real impact and advance your career with a reputable organization.
Quick overview
Job description
Leidos seeks a Lead Distribution Engineer to design and optimize complex IT distribution and infrastructure solutions supporting mission-critical national security, health, and engineering programs. You will lead end-to-end technical delivery, from requirements and architecture through implementation, integration, and performance tuning. Partnering with cross-functional and customer teams, you will ensure secure, scalable, and resilient systems. In this highly collaborative, mission-driven environment, you'll mentor engineers, champion best practices, and drive innovation with modern tools, automation, and analytics.
Responsibilities
- Lead design and optimization of distribution and infrastructure solutions for IT and software systems
- Provide technical leadership across project lifecycle from requirements through deployment
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate secure, scalable distribution architectures
- Conduct system analysis, modeling, and performance optimization
- Ensure compliance with security, reliability, and regulatory standards
- Mentor engineers and review designs, documentation, and test plans
- Support proposals, cost estimates, and technical presentations to government and commercial clients
- Drive continuous improvement and adoption of modern tools, automation, and best practices
Required Skills
- Systems architecture and design
- IT infrastructure and distribution systems
- Network design and optimization
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or similar)
- Systems integration and interoperability
- Cybersecurity best practices and compliance
- Performance analysis and capacity planning
- Automation and scripting (e.g., Python, Power
- Shell)
- Technical documentation and modeling
- Project leadership and stakeholder communication
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