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The Performance and Readiness Division under the Leidos Health & Civil Sector has a unique opportunity for a Laboratory Manager to support the Warfighter Performance Department within the Operational Readiness Directorate at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) in San Diego, CA. The Warfighter Performance Department’s research mission is to optimize human performance, recovery, resilience, and injury prevention. The Laboratory Manager will work closely with NHRC leadership, Government Principal Investigators, and government and contractor project leads to provide lead management support for the NHRC’s Warfighter Performance Department in the management, operation, and maintenance of the NHRC Warfighter Performance Laboratory.

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The Warfighter Performance Laboratory includes but is not limited to a Thermal Physiology Laboratory, a Sleep Research Laboratory, a Large Scale Immersive Virtual Reality Laboratory, a Body Composition Laboratory, as well as supplies and equipment to create modifiable, transportable, field-based Warfighter Performance laboratories.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create and maintain inventory records of research equipment and supplies, and ensure records and items are available for turnover to government at any time requested by the government or Leidos management

• Maintain laboratory equipment and develop standard operating procedures pertaining to appropriate handling and storage of equipment. Provide trainings to staff on proper handling and storage of equipment as needed.

• Communicate with the command safety officer to ensure the department is in compliance with command safety standards, this includes keeping trainings up to date, providing monthly briefs, and attending zone inspections.

• Using subject matter expertise, work with government staff, principal investigators, and contract team members to determine solutions to difficult research equipment and logistics problems/questions

• Work effectively with military, government, and contract leadership to determine needs related to laboratory and equipment concerns and determine solutions to resolve any such concerns

• Troubleshoot human performance laboratory equipment and determine solutions for repair using subject matter expertise. Equipment includes but is not limited to: environmental chamber, body composition machines, immersive virtual environments, exercise equipment, and office equipment.

• Create statements of work for laboratory and equipment contract and subcontract needs, working with the government customer and contract teams leads to determine appropriate needs

• Communicate with vendors for maintenance and repair of laboratory equipment, and ensure all agreements and procurement of services is requested through the government and Leidos approved procedures

• Determine required supplies, equipment, and maintenance contracts, route for approval from government and Leidos

• Serve as a Purchase Card holder to make purchases for department and directorate

• Serve as a Purchase Requestor and Goods Recipient as needed for purchases

• Serve as a Technical Point-of-Contact for laboratory and equipment related subcontracts and purchase orders

• Serve as a custodian for equipment and supplies

• Serve as a Building Monitor, working with the government customer to ensure laboratory spaces are meeting federal requirements; attend building walk-throughs with government staff

• Regularly complete status reports as needed for command and Leidos requirements; present status updates at meetings as required

• Attend meetings with customer and customer representatives

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required for the customer research mission.

• Comply with all required Leidos and Government requirements and complete required certifications and trainings.

• Lead and support tours and inspections of laboratory spaces

• Travel as needed for customer related meetings and data collection sessions

• Support Leidos business development efforts such as contributing subject matter expertise.

• Model Leidos Values at all times.

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Required Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• High School Diploma plus 8 years or more of relevant laboratory equipment experience, operating, maintaining, and managing equipment and systems like those listed above.

• Excellent critical thinking with problem-solving skills and an ability to work cooperatively in a team setting.

• Proven flexibility and performance success in responding to changing demands, timelines, and priorities.

• Must be able to work on the military customer site at Naval Health Research Center full time, as well as collaborating local military bases within 50 miles of Naval Health Research Center (such as Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Naval Air Station North Island, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, and others)

• Must be able to travel (locations greater than 50 miles from Naval Health Research Center) as needed for meetings and data collection efforts (approximately 10% time)

• Must be willing to work overnight, on weekends, and on holidays as needed for urgent research data collection laboratory needs

• US Citizenship required.  Must be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET government security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience working in a human performance laboratory

• Active Duty military experience

• Experience working with military populations and in a military setting

• Active Secret Clearance

Naval Health West - NHW

Original Posting Date:

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:

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.

Leidos Innovations Center (LInC) is seeking a highly motivated and tactical Program Manager to manage programs within its Electronic Warfare (EW) division R&D portfolio. The candidate will support our EW Signal Processing Business Area and be responsible for understanding customer needs to create new business and efficiently and effectively executing technical programs. The ideal candidate will possess superior analytical and problem-solving skills, operate independently with limited supervision and feedback, be a strong team player, and have the ability to establish solid working relationships with technical staff and peers within the division, as well as our external Government customers. Experience in communications, EW, and radar systems; hardware/software fabrication; vehicle/platform system integration; and/or test and evaluation is a plus.
 
Primary Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and manage small, medium, and large-scale  programs 

• Integrate all functions and activities necessary to ensure the program meets customer expectations and contract requirements

• Actively monitor, track, and manage program tasks, performance, subcontractors, risks, costs, and schedule

• Conduct quality review and submission of all deliverables

• Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership while engaging multi-discipline teams and responding to business needs

• Make decisions at the program team-level and properly escalate issues that cannot be resolved timely

• Create program management plans, set expectations, and ensure plans are driven by organizational procedures

• Ensure requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed, and approved per organizational/program standards

• Ensure programs are executed on-time, within budget, and remain within scope

• Create a work breakdown structures defining all activities and develop schedules to monitor and track dependencies, milestones, and deliverables

• Establish and maintain financial plans, track and report monthly actuals vs. planned expenditures, and implement corrective actions as necessary to address variances 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Experience overseeing technical teams and managing R&D programs 

• Excellent verbal and written communication, management, and organizational skills

• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently under stringent timelines

• Experience with captures, including business development, customer relations, and proposal management/writing

• Experience with agile scheduling

• Experience with financial systems and managing program budgets

• Proven ability to build and maintain lasting customer relationships, external stakeholder networks, and teaming partnerships

• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 4+ years of prior relevant experience

• Active Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a relevant field and 2+ years of prior relevant experience

• Project Management Professional (PMP) 

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance

LInC

Electronic Warfare

Original Posting Date:

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:

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.

The Space Systems Research Branch within the Leidos Innovation Center at Leidos currently has an opening for a Space Payload Program Manager to work in our San Diego, CA office. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience managing the design, build and test of Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) payloads where Leidos is transforming the payload solutions for the future. As a Space Payload Program Manager, you’ll directly support the division by leading a talented team through an aggressive schedule to achieve program objectives, including frequent customer interface. Additional responsibilities may include the opportunity to serve as a supervisor.

You will manage day-to-day operations and execution of the contract, subcontract, finance, security, staffing, and procurement.

You’ll monitor and manage program performance, risk, cost, and schedule; quality review and submission of all deliverables; and preparation of contract modification proposals (technical and cost). The ideal candidate will possess superior analytical and problem-solving skills, operate independently with limited supervision and feedback, be a strong team player, and can establish solid working relationships with technical staff members and peers within the division as well as our external Government customers. The Space Payload Program Manager should be able to articulate the technical challenges to executive leadership and works closely with the engineering team to identify and understand technical risk and ensure appropriate corrective actions are taken to mitigate the risks.

Experience in electro-optical space-based payload hardware/software design and fabrication is required; vehicle/platform system integration; and/or test and evaluation is a plus. Experience managing a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract is also required.

Primary Responsibilities

• Execute all facets of program management for your contracts (i.e., cost, schedule, reporting, engagement etc.)
• Earned Value Management is a plus and presenting at program status reviews.
• Ensure program is properly staffed to execute scope of work on time and within budget.
• Establish and maintain program business rhythm.
• Work closely with subcontract program manager to ensure on-time delivery from the subcontractors.
• Oversee development, manufacturing, assembly, integration, and test of the payload and uses key metrics to ensure the program is on track to promised delivery date.
• May potentially provide supervisory assistance.
• Success is highly dependent upon the level and proficiency of communication/writing skills.

Basic Qualifications

• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher.
• Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10+years of prior relevant experience.
• Must have experience in space product design, development, and test.
• Experience executing PM activities (e.g., cost, schedule, Customer engagement etc., including fixed price contracts)
• Demonstrated strong oral and written communication.
• Ability to work in a team environment, as well as independently.
• Adaptability to new challenges with a strong motivation to grow and learn in new areas.
• The successful candidate should be a creative problem solver and demonstrate a broad ranging technical management and team development experience encompassing:
  • Electro-optical multispectral and hyperspectral imaging sensors for ground, airborne and space applications
  • Visible and infrared focal plane array and photo-detector technology
  • Process and system development
  • Risk analysis and management

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance.
• Experience translating functional requirements into tasks.
• Experience in managing space payload programs (R&D, prototype, low volume production).
• Supervisory experience.

Original Posting Date:

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:

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.

Come join our exciting and fast-growing National Security Group!

We are hiring a Senior Windows Administrator / Test Lab Manager to join a high performing agile team using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology to support a highly complex and fast-paced program. The selected candidate will be responsible for performing daily system administration and O&M support activities in support of a complex network environment with geographically distributed systems. The position entails supporting system engineering requests to meet operational needs, as well as engineering, deploying, and maintaining capabilities that are new to the environment. 

Primary Responsibilities:

The selected candidate will be responsible for monitoring test and development infrastructure systems, applications, and processes, and for ensuring that all issues are identified, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner. The environment includes Microsoft-based servers, databases, and workstations as well as VMware and Linux server instances and an extensive network infrastructure (LAN and WAN). The candidate will also manage and maintain system backups and instances as well as explore opportunities to automate and optimize program systems. Additional responsibilities include:

• Maintaining a complex server-based enclave, including mitigation from performing system scans, vulnerability management activities, and active directory configuration. 

• Identifying and correcting hardware and software issues. 

• Providing technical assistance to companion work groups in support of overlapping projects and maintaining good inter-departmental relations.

• Participating in the creation and ongoing maintenance of documentation ensuring that clear, concise, and accurate information is readily available to assist with incident resolution.

• Communicating with users and publishing status of any system outages, as needed.

• Executing the process for managing information assurance vulnerability alerts (IAVAs) and system security scanning for equipment suites in accordance with the System Security Plans for these systems to identify and remediate IAVAs rapidly and accurately.

• Initiating IAVA responses and system security scans, completing remediation, extending IAVA patches and security updates to designated sites, and executing monthly security scans.

• Planning and implementing IT enhancements and undertaking project work. 

• Maintaining test lab, equipment, and inventory management of all resources necessary for test lab maintenance.

• Providing timely and professional support in response to calls and emails.

Security Clearance Requirement:

• Candidates must possess an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance to be considered for this role.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field and at least twelve (12) years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience may be substituted for a Degree.

• Must have at least 6 years of experience with Linux server administration (RHEL and/or CentOS) in an enterprise environment (including both hardware installs and virtual machines).

• Must have at least seven (7) years of experience providing support for users and systems in Information Technology and/or information security environments.

• Must have at least two (2) years of experience with network switches, routers, and firewalls from Cisco, Juniper, or similar enterprise vendors.

• Must have experience in or familiarity with the following systems: Windows/Linux operating systems, VMware, VSphere and Vsphere architecture, VCenter.

• Must have experience deploying VCenter instances / virtual machines.

• Must have experience with VDI architecture and environments.

• Must have experience managing YUM repository.

• Must have a solid understanding of advanced security protocols and standards, and information security principles and practices.

• Must have in-depth experience with software and security architectures.

• Must have experience helping users, optimizing system operations, and monitoring IT enterprise systems.

• Must possess strong analytic abilities and must be meticulous and careful in their work.

• Must be an independent thinker capable of working proficiently independently as well as within a team.

• Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices including compliance with maintenance windows and change control procedures. 

• Must be able to respond to system administration and maintenance problems while off duty, on an on-call basis.

• Must be able to travel up to 25% per year, mainly for short duration travel (to Colorado ~3-4 times per year and to Maryland ~1-2 times per year).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience documenting and providing information for security accreditation and certification.

• Experience with Network Security Technologies (e.g. Multiple Domain, PKI, SSP, Vulnerability Assessment).

• Experience with High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE) devices for In-line Network Encryption.

• Experience with a variety of switches, firewalls, and network load balancers in an enterprise network environment.

• Experience in a System Administration role supporting a software configuration management and development environment.

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CONMD

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Original Posting Date:

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:

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.