Chief Architect

Leidos is a leader in providing innovative solutions to complex problems. We are seeking a Chief Engineer to join our team and develop highly innovative solutions to resolve complex problems involving limited and disparate information.

The successful candidate will serve as a technical SME driving technical execution across the program, directly interfacing with customers, PM, and technical teams to understand requirements, develop solutions, and ensure program technical execution.

• Develop highly innovative solutions to resolve complex problems involving limited and disparate information through the application of technical knowledge, conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation, and integration of best practices.
• Serve as a technical SME driving technical execution across the program, directly interfacing with customers, PM, and technical teams to understand requirements, develop solutions, and ensure program technical execution.
• Support as a thought leader and SME for the program, new business pursuits, on-contract growth initiatives, and modernization across Agency and Leidos initiatives.
• Provide subject matter expertise across the Cyber domain in a diverse technical architecture including on prem and hybrid multi-cloud environments.
• Advise and support engineering requirements of large-scale cyber systems, major elements, and interfacing systems that are part of a complex network with geographically distributed components.
• Drive thought leadership through inclusion, collaboration, and mentorship of technical talent across the program.
• Provide technical contribution to program efforts in several areas, including cost management/avoidance, schedule estimation and tracking, contract performance management, risk management, requirements analysis, and quality assurance activities.
• Support business development and capture teams to identify, qualify, shape, solution, and pursue opportunities as well as stand up and execution of program activities.
• Provide support for various government engagements at all levels, supporting challenges faced in operations, innovations, and executive level briefings.
• Ensures quality products and services are delivered, supporting and contributing to governing bodies (e.g., CCB, ERB, IDR, Technical Design Reviews, AAR Reviews, etc.).

• We are looking for someone with an active Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) clearance with ability to obtain Polygraph.
• You should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Science, or Technology or related technical area and 15 plus years of total experience including the training, qualifications, experience, and clearances to accomplish all tasks identified above.
• A CISSP or other DoD 8570 IAT III certification is also required.
• Demonstrated background in Cyber automation, and related technologies as they are applied to large Wide Area Networks, Cloud Hosting, Multi-cloud Operations, Defensive Cyber Operations, and Data Center Operations is essential.
• Breadth of experience and/or expertise in NOC Operations, System Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Cyber Security Incident Handling and Countermeasures, Wide Area Networks, SATCOM, Optical Technologies, IP/MPLS networking, Service Delivery, and 'as a Service' models would be advantageous.
• A proven track record of critical thinking and developing creative problem and hard problem solutions with a focus on outcome-based delivery of meaningful innovations is desirable.
• Experience identifying, developing, and implementing engineering change solutions with new technology and solutions on a large enterprise/national scale would be beneficial.
• Familiarity with large programs, performing technology assessments, trade studies, analysis of alternatives, and creating capability roadmaps would be advantageous.
• A demonstrated ability to work in a customer environment collaboratively through constraints to meet mission milestones is essential.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills and management to include presentation and experience discussing technology at large government agency CIO/CTO executive level as well as at the technical working level are necessary.
• A self-motivated and focused individual with the ability to work independently and in teams is required.
• Experience leading the development of solutions for proposals, writing white papers, RFI responses would be beneficial.

The salary for this role is $144,300.00 - $260,850.00 per year, based on experience and qualifications.