Systems Engineer

Systems Engineer

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The Role

We are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer with IT expertise to support a Government Critical National Infrastructure project. The role involves designing and maintaining complex systems that align with business goals, using established industry frameworks. The candidate should have a blend of technical and strategic understanding to develop systems that meet technical needs while driving broader business goals:

• Provide multi-domain expertise across technical solutions and business strategy
• Be proficient in industry standard enterprise architecture frameworks
• Be at ease operating from technical to the business layers, bridging technical requirements and business objectives
• Ensure system solutions are aligned with structured architecture frameworks

What will I be doing

• Consulting with stakeholders, suppliers, and architects to refine system requirements and ensure business alignment.
• Model and advise on system architecture using systems engineering and industry frameworks.
• Guide and develop system design and specification development, ensuring compliance with security and safety standards.
• Oversee requirement management, technical validation, and compliance assessments.
• Facilitate technical reviews, provide strategic consulting to optimize solutions, and manage risks.
• Engage with clients and regulatory bodies, offering expert engineering solutions and risk mitigation strategies.
• Ensure configuration management and provide technical oversight on project progress and system performance.

What Leidos needs from me

• Extensive experience in defence, security, or safety-critical systems.
• Excellent customer-facing skills and requirement analysis.
• Strong collaboration with stakeholders and suppliers.
• Skilled in developing text-based and model-based requirements.
• Successful track record in mission-critical systems integration.
• Proficient in systems modelling using established systems engineering tools and industry standards
• Expertise in modelling system behaviours, interfaces, and requirements.
• Knowledge of designing systems in public cloud environments.

You will be successful if you also have the following:

• Positive mindset
• Capability to thrive in a multicultural setting
• Excellent interpersonal abilities
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to adhere to deadlines
  

Clearance Requirements: Successful applicants will be required to be hold and maintain UK Security Clearances. We can only consider applicants who have been residing in the UK for at least 5 years to meet the eligibility criteria.

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

Contributory Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance
33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

Dynamic Working

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE we work to make the worldsafer,healthier, andmore efficient through technology, engineering andscience.

Leidos is agrowing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growthwhilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

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.

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.