System Maintainer (Tier 2/shift) - TS/SCI with Poly

Description

Job Description:

WHY LEIDOS? At Leidos we embrace and solve some of the world's toughest challenges. We’re focused on ensuring our intelligence customers have the right tools, technologies, and tactics to keep pace with an ever-evolving threat landscape, impacting the world.

Leidos is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our employees, and our community. One of the many reasons why we were named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies and top places to work.

The National Solutions Group at Leidos currently has an openings for a Tier 2 System Maintainers (shift) to support a client’s requirements in a challenging, dynamic setting located in the Harrogate, United Kingdom area. The position requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.

The Tier 2 System Maintainer provides an end-to-end understanding of the operational mission systems and provides engineering experience to make recommendations.  They also receive and respond to problems reported by customers and escalated from Tier 1. The Tier 2 System Maintainer will work in a highly collaborative environment with teammates, key stakeholders and the Government customer to ensure mission continuity and support to the IC community. 

Roles and Responsibilities:
Requirements Analysis – recommend requirements to reduce failure rates, improve systems capability, and propose engineering changes to improve operational reliability.   
Operational situational awareness to include determining that mission system hardware and software functions remain within specifications by managing technical risk (and creating mitigations to ensure communication paths are available on time), critical schedules and technical performance.      
Analyze systems based on system design specifications, identify solutions to recognized anomalies and recommend alternative solutions to the customer.     
Testing of mission systems and integration of new technologies into the baseline. Plans and coordinates maintenance activities, performs upgrades and supports the transition and acceptance of new and
modified systems. 

To be considered for this position, you
must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:

TS/SCI with Polygraph is required. 
Proven computer hardware, software and system troubleshooting skills
System administration skills
Ability to recognize problems or errors, provide innovative solutions to complex
problems, and respond appropriately

Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment

Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:
  
Ability to interact with system users and customers’
Ability to be flexible to adapt to changing situations
Ability to demonstrate resourcefulness
Typically requires a BA degree and 4 – 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters
with 2 – 6 years of prior relevant experience.

External Referral Bonus:

Potential for Telework:

Clearance Level Required:

Travel:

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Shift:

Requisition Category:

Job Family:

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

Securing Your Data

Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [email protected].

Commitment to Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.