ISD Tech Lead

Leidos is hiring an energetic, motivated, innovative individual to be a part of our team supporting Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Baltimore, MD. The Integrated Service Delivery (ISD) Tech Lead works closely with the ISD team, ISD Manager, and Tier 2 Managed Services Lead, to oversee the technical activities and workloads of their team, facilitate meetings with the customer and team in the absence of the ISD manager, and ensure that support services satisfy consumer requests. ISD Tech Leads use strong communication and technical skills to motivate and encourage workers. They also use strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with CMS, and application customers. You will deliver technical guidance, and IT solutions that ultimately ensure that the functions of Medicare, Medicaid, and Marketplace are carried out for the US citizen and contribute to efforts to reduce healthcare costs. 

The current work environment is remote leveraging various tools such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Overseeing the technical aspects of the ISD tech, including troubleshooting, making design and architectural decisions, and supervising system modifications. 

• Providing direction and mentorship in tech support and service delivery. 

• Managing and facilitating meetings. 

• Ensure that teams are improving technical skillsets by using information gathered at customer and standup meetings to target areas that need improvement. 

• Supporting and identifying customer issues and needs by maintaining an excellent relationship with end-users and stakeholders. 

• Ensuring that systems, procedures, and methodologies are in place to support outstanding service delivery   

• Provide guidance and stewardship in Agile and DevOps practices that maximize flow 

• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by establishing and participating in feedback loops 

• Become a subject matter expert with CMS Hybrid Cloud and CMS Enterprise Shared Service offerings 

• Develop strong relationships and partnerships with the other ISD teams and CMS customers.  

Basic Qualifications: 

• BS degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or master’s with 6+ years of prior relevant experience. Experience may be substituted in lieu of degree. 

• Knowledge of the Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC). 

• Build Tools: Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub 

• Configuration Management tools: Ansible, Terraform, Git. 

• Efficient communication, zero handoff mentality. 

• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills. 

• Ability to manage conflict effectively. 

• Ability to adapt and be productive in a fast-paced dynamic environment. 

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills supporting multiple stakeholders and business operations. 

• Self-starter, self-managed, and a team player. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Python 

• Linux and Windows OS  

• Proven ability to work with challenging customers 

• Experience with IaC and DevOps tools: Terraform, GitHub, Jenkins, JFROG. 

• Experience and understanding of automating manual processes. 

• Agile-based knowledge and skill, including experience with Scrum Ceremonies and work management tools (e.g., (JIRA, Confluence). 

Required Clearance 

• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance 

All candidates supporting the CMS programs must have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years prior in order to be considered. 

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.