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Leidos · 5 months ago

Chief Engineer Architect

Ashburn, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$149K/yr - $269K/yr

15+ years exp

Leidos is seeking a Chief Engineer/Architect (CEA) to provide technical leadership for a large, complex mission-critical program supporting Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The role involves developing, modernizing, and optimizing cloud-based applications while ensuring security and user experience across a diverse IT portfolio.

ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware

No H1B

Responsibilities

Facilitate the creation and reuse of ideas, components, common services, and proven patterns across solutions delivered

Lead the analysis of the IT portfolio and formulate the strategic plan and transition architectures needed to migrate and optimize applications in the cloud

Represent the Leidos technical strategy to stakeholders and customer execs, document and represent the Leidos innovation and enhancement roadmap, and advocate for the CBP one OIT strategy and execution

Define the roadmap for the IT portfolio and seek out and introduce innovative ideas such as Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence to bring added value to the CBP mission

Develop a well-integrated and agile IT organization, consisting of over 400 people from different disciplines and companies, that follow Agile values & principals

Ensure required security controls are implemented necessary to obtain authorizations to operate (ATO)and alignment with DHS/CBP enterprise architectures

Drive strategic technological innovation, demonstrating a breadth and depth of knowledge in Information Technology and software operations

Work effectively with software development teams, customers, and senior leadership

Qualification

Cloud-based applicationsCloud certificationsTechnical leadershipDevOps toolsContainerized applicationsWeb technologiesDatabase technologiesAgile methodologiesSecurity controlsHybrid/multi cloud solutionsCBP Border Patrol experience

Required

Experience delivering well-architected, cloud-based applications

Experience with managing and rationalizing diverse applications within a portfolio to maximize value delivered to the customer's mission

Experience providing detailed engineering and technical leadership to engineering staff involving multiple, complex, and interrelated project tasks

Hold recognized cloud certifications, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Solutions Architect, Cloud Certified Professional

Must complete a CBP Full Background Investigation

Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field and 15+ years of experience engineering/architecting enterprise applications or Doctorate with 13 – 16 years of prior relevant experience

Preferred

Experience with CBP Border Patrol mission and operating environments

Experience implementing NIST/DHS security controls required for systems categorized with HIGH-impact risk levels and to obtain and maintain authorization to operate (ATO)

Experience deploying CI/CD pipelines and DevOps Configuration Management Tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation) to automate the compile, build, test, and deployment of applications

Experience implementing hybrid/multi cloud solutions

Experience implementing and deploying containerized applications and supporting technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience with web & programming technologies including Angular, Java, .NET, ASP.net, HTML, CSS, XML, REST, JSON, and JavaScript

Experience with various database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle)

Active CBP BI