
Chief Software Engineer
Leidos
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Odenton • Maryland • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $154,050 - $278,475 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead enterprise software architecture and design for DoW and DISA mission systems, including reference architecture, solution patterns, and technical standards.
- Partner with Task Order technical leadership to ensure implementation of software development best practices, standards, guidelines and drive consistency and best practices across business area.
- Drive innovation and industry trend awareness; Leading teams in DevOps & Agile best practices and mentor and guide technical teams, fostering innovation and excellence to improve quality, velocity, and operational outcomes.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define system requirements and translate them into solutions to ensure the security, scalability, and sustainability of all systems; Translating system requirements into secure, scalable solutions.
- Evaluate and integrate new technologies into architectures supporting both mission and business driven outcomes.
- Partner with the CTO organization to drive innovation, create of roadmaps, and invigorate thought leadership within the customer domain.
- Maintain and forward-looking perspective on industry trends and emerging technologies.
- Work with Business Development teams by shaping technical strategies, solution architectures, and win themes for new opportunities and on-contract growth.
- Define development processes, target metrics, and best practices to enable repeatable delivery and effective knowledge transfer.
- Ensuring security best practices are integrated into the development lifecycle, including compliance with data protection regulations.
- Deliver executive-level technical briefings to customer and internal leadership, communicating architecture decisions, risks, tradeoffs, and progress.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 17+ years of experience or a Master's degree with 15+ years of experience.
- Candidates should possess a DoD Clearance at the Top Secret level with the ability to obtain a SCI w/Poly preferred.
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages, cloud computing, distributed systems, and microservices architecture; In-depth knowledge of system architecture, design patterns, and best practices.
- Proficiency in cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud), distributed systems, and microservices architecture.
- Experience with data architectures and pipelines for structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data across various data repositories and data lakes.
- Experience with front-end technologies, UI/UX design, and DevSecOps tools, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience leading technical delivery in Agile environments, including Scrum ceremonies and experience with Agile work management tools such as JIRA and Confluence with an emphasis on operability and repeatable deployment.
- Strong problem-solving, organizational, and exceptional communication and presentation skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with customers, cross-functional teams, and stakeholders.
- Self-starter with the ability to engage with government stakeholder, program, and corporate senior leadership to develop and drive alignment, resolve complex technical issues, and make defensible decisions.
Benefits
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
software architecturedesign patternscloud computingdistributed systemsmicroservices architecturedata architecturesUI/UX designDevSecOpsCI/CD pipelinesAgile methodologies
Soft skills
problem-solvingorganizational skillscommunication skillspresentation skillscollaborationleadershipmentoringinnovationstrategic thinkingknowledge transfer
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreeDoD ClearanceTop Secret clearanceSCI w/Poly