Description Job Description: This position is an IT Systems Architect working on the Service Strategy Team under the direction of the Chief Architect. The primary responsibilities for this role is to analyze existing IT architectures, business user cases and requirements, and develop technology road maps conforming to the customer vision and objectives. The IT systems includes all user facing services, including: VDI, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Software Asset Services, SCCM, Cisco Unified Communications & VTC, Desktop Image Management, SharePoint, etc. The candidate will work with other customer groups and application service providers to develop solutions optimized for both on-premise and cloud environments. The ideal candidate possesses extensive and recent hands-on IT systems engineering experience developing and implementing technology solutions in the UFS service areas stated above, and can seeks to grow their formal architecture skills. Possessing current Microsoft and Cisco certifications are highly desirable. Cisco Unified Communications specialists are being sought to work a significant project backlog. All team members are expected to work collaboratively to meet Service Strategy objectives and deliverables, and may be tasked to support any activity in the following Service Strategy functional areas: * Service Portfolio Management * Architecture Definition, Documentation and Planning * Assessments, Studies and Pilots * Enterprise Integration Services * Emerging Requirements Management * Project Management Team deliverables include, but are not limited to: * Development and maintenance of Technology Roadmaps and architecture drawings and CONOPS * Development and maintenance of the service catalog * Development of architectural documentation * Requirements analysis, development, and management * Business cases and recommendations * Other contract CDRLS NGA experience is preferred. Education & Experience: * Requires Bachelor's Degree and 4 - 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2 - 6 years of prior relevant experience. * Applicable Cisco and Microsoft Certifications may substitute for a college degree based on evaluation of candidate experience. External Referral Bonus: Eligible Potential for Telework: No Clearance Level Required: Top Secret/SCI Travel: No Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Requisition Category: Professional Job Family: Systems Engineering Leidos is a Fortune 500(R) information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 38,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com. 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 here. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to spam.leidos@leidos.com. 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.