United States onlyLeidos has an exciting opportunity to hire an experienced System Modeler supporting the USAF Next Generation Mission Planning program. You’ll be joining a dynamic team taking digital solutions for the DoD to the next level. In this opportunity you’ll help model the as-is and to-be Mission Planning systems architectures, in close collaboration with partner teams building the operational architecture. As part of the team, you’ll be tasked with developing various system views and establishing governance processes.
Primary Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be energetic, organized, eager to learn and comfortable working & speaking in a team environment, placing a high value on collaboration and team success. Core responsibilities include:
- Supporting Architecture planning and modernization activities, including contributing to the Engineering Roadmap and the Next-gen Open Mission Systems software architecture.
- Collaborating with Mission Planning SMEs to identify and capture Mission Planning capabilities and requirements.
- Assisting in decomposing Mission Planning capabilities into a micro-services based architectures.
- Developing public, private and cloud deployment models for Next Gen Mission Planning software to support the varied security and availability needs of our diverse user base.
- Developing Software & System Architecture Views, using various architecture modeling tools.
- Analyze conflicting requirements & formulating architectural solutions to balance diverse needs.
- Analyzing requirements & standards; developing technical standard profiles as guidance to development teams.
- Communicating the System/Software Architecture to developer organizations and other stakeholders.
- Validating software products for successful requirement implementation.
Basic Qualifications:
- US Citizen with an active Secret or higher clearance and the ability to maintain that clearance during your employment.
- Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience or a Master’s degree with 6+ years of experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Thorough knowledge of systems engineering and architecture concepts with 8+ years of experience.
- Experience supporting DoD Mission Planning or related Command & Control programs and systems.
- Demonstrated proficiency using the Cameo Systems Modeler to create various DoD architecture views.
- Experience establishing and enforcing governance processes for architecture modeling efforts.
- Experience with Report Generation in Cameo Systems Modeler.
- Experience with Cameo/TeamWork Cloud API and programmatic interfaces for custom integration.
- Experience with Cameo Plugin creation for automation.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Modeling training & professional certification (e.g., OCSMP System Modeler Fundamental certification).
- Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) designation from the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).
- Understanding of cloud technologies and cloud deployment techniques and mechanisms.
- Familiarization with microservices architectures and the role of containerization in deployment.
- Current knowledge of technical changes, advancements, software technologies and improvements in systems design, with the ability to make appropriate recommendations to the chief architect.
- Proficient with Atlassian Tool Suite (including Jira, Jira Align, & Confluence).
- Experience using Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise (SAFe) for software development.
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Original Posting:
February 25, 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.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.
