Sr. Computer Systems Architect

g evaluating alternatives including cost and risk, supportability and analyses for total systems.

• Responsible for technical planning, system hardware-software-network design, development and integration, verification and validation, and fielding.

• Interact with system users, customers, managers, engineers, programmers, analysts, logisticians, technicians, and trainers to ensure communication of issues, activities, and solutions.

• Conduct mission analyses, functional analyses, performance analyses, and requirements analyses.

• Define candidate system architectures.

• Define and control internal and external interfaces and interconnectivity.

• Conduct system analysis and modeling.

• Evaluate alternatives including costs and risks, supportability and analyses for total systems.

• Manage and integrate specialty disciplines (i.e. Interoperability, reliability, producibility, environmental specifications, system safety, logistics).

• Monitor hardware and software development, integration, and test.

• Perform systems requirements analysis, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition, technical management, integration, system testing, and quality assurance.

Basic Qualifications

Applicants are required to have detailed knowledge of the FAA NAS and specialized experience with facilities, surveillance, and navigation aids commonly used throughout the FAA NAS.

Typically requires BS degree and 12 - 15 years of prior relevant experience or master's with 10 - 13 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain. Additional experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

Basic skills should include, but not be limited to:

• Budget Oversight.

• System enhancement project requests and scheduling.

• User requirements gathering.

• Collaboration between stakeholders and technical teams.

• Able to deliver high-quality technical solutions, adherence to timelines and deliverables.

• Familiar with architectural schematics, agile in identifying critical technologies.

• Able to maintain technological road maps.

• Able work with all levels of staff and management.

• Able to identify gaps, redundancies and technological challenges.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of the following including, but not limited to:

• Common Air Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR).

• Air Route Surveillance Radar Model 4 (ARSR-4).

• The ARSR -4 replacement in Hawaii (ARSR4R-H).

Preferred Experience and skills include:

AWS, C#, Python, SAS, SQS, Java, Tableau, PowerBI, MATLAB, OpenShift, SonarQube, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, SES, SNS, S3, EFS, FSx, EC2, VPC, Step Functions, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, ECR, SecretsManager, Transfer Family (SFTP), EBS, Aurora, IAM, APIG.

If 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.

Original Posting:
November 24, 2025

For 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 $126,100.00 - $227,950.00

The 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.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit https://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 at https://www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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.