Chief Engineer Intern

Leidos is seeking an intern to assist the Chief Engineer for the Department of Justice IT Portfolio. In this portfolio, Leidos provides various IT services, engineering, and technical support for customers primarily within the Department of Justice. Support includes managed IT services, managed service desk (Tier 1), deskside support (Tier 2), workstation and server engineering and maintenance, security, managed print services, ITSM, infrastructure, Agile development, and end user support to name a few.

The Chief Engineer is responsible for driving technical execution on the program and technical thought leadership. The intern will help the Chief Engineer in a variety of ways, including but not limited to documenting root cause analyses, planning technical upgrades and installations, coordinating resolution of technical problems, and collaborating with customers and staff. This is an exciting opportunity to obtain broad exposure to a variety of technical challenges related to the services Leidos offers to customers in this portfolio.

The individual selected for this position should be pursuing a degree in a technical discipline such as engineering or computer science and should have a broad technical background. The candidate should have the ability to multitask and juggle numerous priorities and customers. The ability to jump in and assist the Chief Engineer and other leaders on the program with whatever needs to be done will be essential. Excellent written and verbal communication skills will help the intern be successful.

Location: This position may be remote. Periodic visits to various customer offices, mostly within walking distance of the Program Office, are expected.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist the Chief Engineer in performing technical oversight to the program
• Help document the analysis associated with determining root causes of IT issues
• Assist the Chief Engineer in planning and facilitating the monthly technical forum for the program.
• Draft technical documents, to include supporting proposal activities, writing white papers, or creating processes/procedures
• Assist in the finalization of tchnical deliverables developed by the team

Note that other duties as assigned related to the scope of the program may also be tasked to this individual.

Basic Qualifications

Candidate selected will be subject to a Government Public Trust security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to the customer’s information. Current clearance is not required, but selected individual cannot start the assignment until the required security clearance is granted by the customer. This process is currently taking 12+ weeks (quicker for candidates who have current …