Agile System Engineer

AgileSystem Engineer

Location: Farnborough, UK

Clearance: High level of security clearance - (SC/ DV -Developed Vetting)

UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL

Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people and our community. Our mission and our values guide the way we do business. The foundation of our Leidos culture is our Values, Beliefs and Expectations by which we select, recognise and reward employees. They create the environment that drives us toward our mission.

Inspired to make a difference, we are committed to solving the world’s toughest problems.

Passionate about customer success by being determined to understand and respond to our customers’ needs as if they were our own.

United as a team, we are bound together by our conviction that ethics and integrity is core to how we operate.

Are you ready for your next challenge?

Leidos has more than 30 years’ experience of developing and running some of the largest government systems in the world. We are currently hiring to expand our UK based technical team who support our delivery for the UK Govt.

Come join our team and further develop your skills as we deliver and support systems key to the defence of the UK and partner nations.

Being part of the Leidos team is a commitment to push yourself and those around you to do better, constantly adapt and learn new technologies. We’re a passionate team and are committed to developing and growing our staff.

Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers.

Your Role and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will have a full understanding of the principles of systems engineering, will have prior experience as a Systems Engineer on a major programme. Using their experience in Systems Engineering, the successful candidate will be responsible for working with customers and suppliers to execute Systems Engineering activities across the full lifecycle, with specific focus on Model Based Systems Engineering.

They will be operating in an Agile Team, elaborating detailed designs in the Model and ensuring the team deliver in alignment with the other Agile Teams and the Security Architecture.

Defining and leading the engineering life cycle and ensure that all Engineering tasks in the defined scope of work are delivered appropriately.

• Working with operational stakeholders, technology suppliers and architects to define system of system level requirements.

• Allocation of requirements to lower-level services, conducting technical derivation analysis as required.

• Modelling of functional requirements and scenarios inside of MBSE and architectural framework approaches.

• Managing compliance assessments at systems of systems, system and lower-level systems & services levels.

• Overseeing development of lower-level designs corresponding to owned areas of the system.

• Producing detailed engineering artefacts such as:

• Detailed Designs

• Failure modes analysis

• Service Management Designs

• Designs for onboarding service applications onto virtualized infrastructures.

• Compliance Reports

• Security Analysis

• Security and Safety artefacts

• Capacity and Throughput analysis.

• Delivering milestone technical reviews and the associated work product deliverables.

• Defining architectural solutions comprising multiple underpinning COTS and bespoke designs and driving the competitive selection of these technologies.

• Creation of on-boarding designs.

• Definition of user interfaces.

• Modelling operational, business and system behaviours within architectural views.

• Conducting cost/benefit/technical trade studies.

WHO DO WE NEED?

Required Skills:

• Strong experience with architecture modelling tools (e.g. Sparx Enterprise Architect, MagicDraw Cameo).

• Strong experience with Architecture Modelling Frameworks and Languages (e.g. TOGAF, MODAF, NAF, SysML, Archimate).

• Success in working within large-scale, mission critical and complex integration programmes.

• Ability to work with a number of stakeholders and suppliers, working across organizational boundaries as appropriate.

• Experience of developing system behavioural diagrams, modelling interfaces and developing models to encapsulate functional requirements.

• Demonstrable successes within the System Engineering environment.

• Excellent customer facing skills, including being able to ingest large volumes of requirements and information developing clear understanding of customer hot-buttons and needs.

• Demonstrable knowledge and cognisance of adjacent disciplines, including programme management, customer relationship management, supplier management and service management.

• In-depth experience of conducting detailed systems engineering trade solutions to assess options & feasibility, and define optimal solutions.

• Strong knowledge of requirements and user scenario development in both text-based and model-based approaches.

• Understanding designing / delivering systems in a Virtualised Environment.

• Experience of working with Service Oriented Architectures.

• A strong working knowledge of current IT risks, security implementations, and computer operating and software programs.

• Excellent understanding of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA) and practical experience in applying that.

• Experience in defining derived security requirements for a system, and managing traceability.

• Experience of gaining and maintaining accreditation for secure/sensitive systems.

• Experience in producing security documentation sets (such as SyOPS, RMADs, Security Management Plan, ISMS and DART submissions).

Bonus If You Have:

• ITIL including Service Management Roles & Processes.

• Knowledge of Air Traffic Management or other safety related systems.

• Demonstrable commitment to sharing ideas, technologies and best practices.

• Experience of service management, assurance and regulation requirements and how they apply across functional boundaries.

• Willingness to offer fresh, innovative ideas and/or unconventional approaches.

• Ability to deliver clear messages through dialogue, written work and formal presentation.

Are you ready to make an impact? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your CV with us today!