Chief Engineer

Leidos is seeking a Chief Engineer for the Department of Justice IT Portfolio that 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.

This is an exciting opportunity for a technology leader looking to work on a large, complex, and dynamic program, $850M in size.  The Chief Engineer is responsible for driving technical execution on the program and technical thought leadership. 

The individual selected for this position should have a broad technical background and exposure spanning many of the technical areas supported by the program.  The candidate should have the ability to multitask and juggle numerous priorities and customers. The ability to clearly articulate technical messages for a variety of audiences including CIOs, CTOs, both through written and verbal means, will be a critical skill necessary for success in this position. The individual selected for this position will be able to operate independently. Being able to take the initiative in driving technical execution and is critical.

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

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Responsible for the technical direction of the portfolio. This includes evaluating technologies and creating a strategy and associated roadmaps to introduce those technologies into the environment.

• Host the monthly technical forum with portfolio technical staff to review roadmaps and discuss new technologies, tools, and processes.  Chair the bi-weekly Innovation Review Board.

• Work the key customer contacts (e.g., CIO, CTO) to help drive technology introduction and advise them on technical directions.

• 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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of prior relevant experience

• Experience in leading IT teams or programs and understanding and interest in emerging technologies and processes

• Experience in delivering and operating IT solutions in a large enterprise

• Project management experience

• Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust security clearance

• U.S. Citizen

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

• Ability to multitask and function in a fast-paced environment

• Experience in leading teams delivering some of the following technologies:

  • Architecture and design of various solutions: Software solutions: web-based, database (e.g., Oracle, Microsoft SQL) focused; Infrastructure for desktops and server support

  • Managed services solutions (e.g., Help Desk, Desktop Management, Data Center management, etc.)

  • Windows operating system (e.g. Windows 10, Windows Server 2016/2019)

  • IT infrastructure components such as Active Directory

  • ITSM systems (such as ServiceNow or Remedy) and integrations with key infrastructure components

  • Software Development utilizing Agile

  • Unix/Linux

  • Cloud-based Architectures (e.g. AWS or Azure)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a Chief Engineer, Chief Architect or other technical leadership

• ITIL Foundations

Salary Range for this position is: $155K to $165K

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.