Cloud Technical Lead

Leidos seeks a Technical Lead for the Indian Health Service (IHS) Electronic Dental Record (EDR) Program. This is a remote US position.

The IHS EDR program implements EDR in multiple AI/AN dental clinics throughout the US.  This position is to lead a technical team in designing and converting the majority of the disparate IHS EDR installations into a centralized and unified system. Design should promote new efficiencies and improved usability from harmonizing many installations into a centralized platform, incorporating features and interoperability capabilities that may not be fully addressable in their current form. 

The EDR Technical Lead must have a background in successfully collaborating with various customers and stakeholders, helping to fill the communication gap between technical and non-technical specialists.  The candidate will provide technical leadership and must be willing to drive smart change to support a collaborative and innovative culture to provide our customers with optimal solutions that meet their strategic goals.  By collaborating with and being a part of the program management team, the candidate will provide strategic recommendations and ensure that the solution fits the defined purpose. The candidate will demonstrate both managerial and technical capabilities and experience.

Position requires US Citizenship or US Permanent Residency Status and the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.

Responsibilities include:

• Serve as Technical Lead for the EDR program, including leading the EDR-SI (single instance) task on the IHS EDR contract.

• Design the overall architecture of an EDR cloud-based solution that meets EDR SI requirements and customer objectives.

• Develop migration strategy of current state EDR implementations to a modern cloud-based platform solution.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including systems engineering, training/adoption, product enhancement team, and sub-contractors to deliver a holistic solution that meets customer objectives.

• Assist program management team in developing sub-contractor requirements and key performance objectives.

• Perform tradeoffs between the candidate systems on performance, cost, schedule, risk, reliability, etc., using a structured decision analysis methodology to select the best candidate solution for further definition.

• Plan and execute analyses and simulations to estimate system performance, availability, reliability, etc., over the full range of operational scenarios, compare these to the requirements, and identify possible risk areas and performance trade-offs.

• Drive planning for verification of all requirements and interfaces through planning activities for analysis, simulation, or testing.

• Participate and lead technical discussions, trade studies, working groups, and formal reviews.

• Formal reviews include System Requirements Review (SRR), System Design Review (SDR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Concept Design Review (CDR), Test Readiness Review (TRR), and others that are contractually specified.

• Identify the need for subject matter experts (SMEs) to support the program to meet technical and schedule requirements.

• Identify the need for appropriate technical analyses, simulation, design, and verification/test tools and techniques.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 12+ years of relevant experience.

• Knowledge of IT Security compliance specifications (HIPAA, FISMA, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP).

• Experience with HL7, FHIR, Health Integration Engines (HIEs).

• Experience with Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.

• Strong technical writing experience and presenting solutions to both business and technical stakeholders, including leading technical section approaches.

• Navigate between levels of technical detail across a breadth of technologies and capabilities to best understand “as-is” and appreciate the implications of “to-be” recommendations.

• Self-motivated and focused on delivering outcomes; ability to work independently and collaborate with remote teams.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• HHS Experience a plus. IHS experience a big plus.

• 10+ years of experience with securing at least one of the following cloud service provider types: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software a Service (SaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS), Security Operations as a Service (SOCaaS).

• Experience with Cameo or other model-based systems engineering tools and practices.

• Experience or working knowledge of Dentrix Enterprise.

• Experience with databases, namely SQL Server.

• Knowledge of Remote Desktop Application deployment.

• Understanding of Microsoft Windows OSx, and SQL databases.

• 10+ years of experience with large-scale enterprise system of systems integration and deployment.

• PMI PMP Certification and/or MBA.

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.