
Chief Engineer
Leidos
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: District of Columbia • United States
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Salary
💰 $154,050 - $278,475 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Responsible for the technical direction and delivery of the portfolio.
- This includes evaluating technologies and creating a strategy and associated roadmaps to introduce those technologies into the environment.
- Sustain, identify and implement measures to ensure mission delivery, meet required SLA.
- Help troubleshoot outages and perform RCA to prevent recurring issues.
- Contribute to capture and proposal effort in support of business growth, shape and architect solutions that meet customer evaluation criteria.
- Work the key customer contacts (e.g., CIO, CTO) to help drive technological introduction and advise them on technical directions.
- Advise on emerging technologies, innovation, and alignment with federal modernization and mission requirements.
- Develop customer technical responses and review technical deliverables developed by other team members, chair the program’s Engineering Review Board, prepare weekly technical status reports, support proposals and other new business activities, and other duties as required.
- Mentor and coach other technical staff and provides clear, effective feedback.
Requirements
- Typically requires Masters with 15-20 years of prior relevant experience or Doctorate with 13-16 years of prior relevant experience
- Experience as a chief engineer, chief architect, or chief technology officer, with a strong track record delivering complex and reliable IT solutions to large enterprises
- Has an innate understanding of enterprise IT systems and is familiar with emerging technologies and processes
- First-hand project management experience in delivering modernization/transformation projects
- U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a public trust security clearance
- Experience in leading teams delivering in at least 3 of these areas: System and software architecture and design
- Infrastructure/cloud modernization and strong operations background
- Desktop and datacenter management
- Software Development utilizing Agile DevOps and containerized, microservices-based software applications utilizing Kubernetes and OpenShift
Benefits
- competitive compensation
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
enterprise IT systemsproject managementsystem architecturesoftware architecturecloud modernizationoperations managementdesktop managementdatacenter managementAgile DevOpsKubernetes
Soft Skills
technical directionmentoringcoachingeffective feedbackcommunicationproblem-solvingstrategic planningcustomer engagementteam leadershipinnovation
Certifications
Masters degreeDoctorate degreepublic trust security clearance