System Engineer / Project Manager

Are you a mission-driven systems engineer ready to shape the future of national security IT? Join Leidos and play a key technical role in supporting the National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC), where innovation meets real-world impact. We’re looking for a Systems Engineer Project Manager to deliver and evolve enterprise IT services that directly support the intelligence mission. The Systems Engineer Project Manager may supervise, guide, coordinate, and provide leadership across all engineering activities.

This role focuses on overseeing and enhancing IT Operations & Maintenance (O&M) in a secure, dynamic environment that supports multiple enclaves, a wide variety of technologies, and evolving mission needs. You'll work hands-on with secure infrastructure, networked systems, and specialized computing environments—ensuring critical IT systems remain modern, secure, and aligned to mission priorities.

Why This Role Matters

You’ll be the technical point of integration across multiple disciplines—network engineering, secure infrastructure, Microsoft and Linux systems, advanced compute, and enterprise storage. You’ll guide the technical execution of system enhancements, coordinate with cybersecurity teams, and work closely with mission stakeholders to ensure IT services remain responsive, agile, and secure.

This is a 100% on-site position. All work must be performed at the customer site in Bethesda at the Intelligence Community Campus.

• Partner with the Lead Systems Engineer and broader engineering team to plan, execute, and deliver secure IT system solutions aligned with NMEC’s mission objectives.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams across systems engineering, networking, cybersecurity, and operations to drive end-to-end technical project execution.
• Manage the sustainment and modernization of O&M activities across multiple enclaves, ensuring performance optimization, security compliance, and mission continuity.
• Oversee enhancement projects within Microsoft environments—Active Directory, Exchange, and Windows Server—through collaboration with engineering leads.
• Support the engineering team in configuring and optimizing Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, ensuring secure and resilient deployments in classified environments.
• Guide the integration of GPU-based high-performance computing environments used for advanced media analysis in partnership with the systems engineering group.
• Lead secure networking projects involving Cisco technologies by working closely with network engineers and enclave design leads.
• Collaborate with engineering stakeholders to implement and refine RMF-based Information Assurance processes that sustain ATO and bolster cyber resilience.
• Coordinate with storage engineers to implement scalable enterprise storage strategies supporting large-volume data processing and long-term archiving.
• Maintain and update architectural diagrams, configuration baselines, and release schedules in coordination with engineering and documentation teams.
• Serve as a technical interface to government stakeholders, ensuring engineering deliverables meet project scope, timelines, and mission-critical needs.

• Manage project goals/assignments, oversee major upgrades, minor modifications, and restoration efforts following service degradation and outages.

• Manage work assignments for team, review and assign customer incidents, requirements, and tasks within ServiceNow ITSM ticketing platform.

• Manage work performance for subordinates, provide periodic feedback, and document performance against employee's goals and corporate guidelines.

• Review and approve timesheets for assigned subordinates in compliance with corporate standards.

• Flexibility in work schedule. This person will be expected to have a standard 8 hour workday. However if an outage occurs they may be one of the first called to help troubleshoot.

You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• 12+ years of hands-on experience in IT systems engineering or operations, particularly in classified or government environments.

• 3+ years of experience leading technical efforts across multi-domain IT systems.

• Strong understanding of ITSM/ITIL processes and experience using tools such as ServiceNow.

• Ability to design, implement, and document system changes in secure, high-impact environments.

• IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+ CE, SSCP) and relevant computing environment certs.

• Excellent communicati