Hybrid Chief Software Engineer

at Leidos

• Job title: Chief Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $154,050 - $278,475 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Oracle
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Odenton, United States

About the role

• Chief Software Engineer leading enterprise software architecture for a large-scale DoD program. Collaborating with stakeholders and overseeing the planning and development of systems architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise software architecture and design for DoW and DISA mission systems, including reference architecture, solution patterns, and technical standards.
• Partner with Task Order technical leadership to ensure implementation of software development best practices, standards, guidelines and drive consistency and best practices across business area.
• Drive innovation and industry trend awareness; Leading teams in DevOps & Agile best practices and mentor and guide technical teams, fostering innovation and excellence to improve quality, velocity, and operational outcomes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define system requirements and translate them into solutions to ensure the security, scalability, and sustainability of all systems; Translating system requirements into secure, scalable solutions.
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies into architectures supporting both mission and business driven outcomes.
• Partner with the CTO organization to drive innovation, create of roadmaps, and invigorate thought leadership within the customer domain.
• Maintain and forward-looking perspective on industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Work with Business Development teams by shaping technical strategies, solution architectures, and win themes for new opportunities and on-contract growth.
• Define development processes, target metrics, and best practices to enable repeatable delivery and effective knowledge transfer.
• Ensuring security best practices are integrated into the development lifecycle, including compliance with data protection regulations.
• Deliver executive-level technical briefings to customer and internal leadership, communicating architecture decisions, risks, tradeoffs, and progress.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 17+ years of experience or a Master's degree with 15+ years of experience.
• Candidates should possess a DoD Clearance at the Top Secret level with the ability to obtain a SCI w/Poly preferred.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages, cloud computing, distributed systems, and microservices architecture; In-depth knowledge of system architecture, design patterns, and best practices.
• Proficiency in cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud), distributed systems, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with data architectures and pipelines for structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data across various data repositories and data lakes.
• Experience with front-end technologies, UI/UX design, and DevSecOps tools, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience leading technical delivery in Agile environments, including Scrum ceremonies and experience with Agile work management tools such as JIRA and Confluence with an emphasis on operability and repeatable deployment.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and exceptional communication and presentation skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with customers, cross-functional teams, and stakeholders.
• Self-starter with the ability to engage with government stakeholder, program, and corporate senior leadership to develop and drive alignment, resolve complex technical issues, and make defensible decisions.

Benefits

• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement