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A successful candidate will develop an understanding of the services offered to external organizations, provide lifecycle systems engineering support to development and operations on the program, and use a combination of technical and functional expertise to recommend solutions to satisfy customer requirements.\nResponsibilities:\nProvide support to Tier II personnel in resolving customer-facing issues. \nPerform root cause analysis (RCA) and mitigation for operational issues. Communicate findings with interested parties and establish a feedback loop to development. \nWork as a subject matter expert (SME) to review user metrics, system health, overall performance checkouts, and implement proactive measures to support operational availability. \nDevelop scripts to accomplish operational tasks, and utilize playbook-based automation processes, as necessary. \nManage Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Government-Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) software products in several environments. \nWork with Enterprise Services to ensure compliance with security services and applications. \nInterface with customers and outside technical teams to diagnose and mitigate access issues. \nUtilize abstract visualization skills to understand system workflows and identify bottlenecks. \nRequirements/Qualifications:\nBachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus 4-6 years of professional experience as a Systems Administrator or similar technical role. \nProactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills. \nTwo or more years of experience with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.) \nExperience troubleshooting network-related issues (Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model levels 4-7) \nFamiliar with System Engineering documentation creation (network diagrams, data flows, etc.) \nExperience working with Agile Team Collaboration tools such as (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket) \nStrong Linux background and familiarity with best practices of infrastructure management \nActive Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility. Willingness to be approved for a Top Secret/SCI CI Poly after hire\nPreferred Qualifications:\nFamiliarity with Identity Federation, Single Sign-On, and authorization technologies (e.g. smart cards/Common Access Cards (CACs), SAML, OIDC, OAuth, Kerberos) \nExperience with Oracle COTS product experience (Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Unified Directory, Oracle Weblogic, etc.) \nExperience with Kubernetes \nExperience with scripting languages, such as bash and python \nExperience with LDAP (in lieu of Oracle Unified Directory experience) \nExperience with ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK tools \nExperience with AWS and other cloud-based architectures \nFamiliar with cross domain architectures at various levels \nExperience with automated testing and monitoring \nExperience with Engineering Review Boards and Change Management \nIf you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.\nOriginal Posting:\nOctober 14, 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.\nPay Range:\nPay Range $65,650.00 - $118,675.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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