GSM-O II Chief Engineer

The Defense Group at Leidos has an exciting opportunity asthe DECO Division Chief Engineersupporting our GSMO II IDIQ Contract supporting the Defense Information Systems Agency. This position is performed out of Ft. Meade MD or Scott AFB IL and supports the DISA Business Area CTO for our mission partners across the globe. The focus of this role will be on engagements with DISA JFHQDoDIN and Mission Partner customers and our GSMO II technical team. Focus areas will include DISA Joint Operations Center Joint Service Provider Cyber Security/IA/SOC Cyber Innovation Ecosystem Data Centers Cloud Migrations etc.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Drive thought leadership thru inclusion collaboration and mentorship of technical talent across GSMOII with a focus on leveraging Leidos Cloud and Cyber expertise and capabilities across DISA

• Lead and develop innovative solutions in support of capture and on contract growth efforts to include evaluating tradeoffs of solutions against cost schedule function quality and other evaluation criteria

• Develop highly innovative solutions to resolve complex problems involving limited and disparate information through the application of technical knowledge conceptualizing reasoning and interpretation and integration of best practices

• Serve as a technical SME interfacing with Executives PMs and division leadership to make comprehensive recommendations and develop executable strategies

• Support as a thought leader and SME new business pursuits oncontract growth initiatives and modernization across DISA and Leidos initiatives

• Provide subject matter expertise in Secure Cloud Computing and Defensive Cyber Operations within the Division and larger corporate investment for alignment with the GSMOII roadmap.

• Advise and support engineering requirements of largescale systems major elements and interfacing systems that are part of a complex network with geographically distributed components

• Contributes to program efforts in several areas including cost management/avoidance schedule estimation and tracking contract performance management risk management requirements analysis and quality assurance activities.

• Support business development and capture teams to identify qualify shape solution and pursue opportunities

• Provide support for various government engagements at all levels supporting challenges faced in operations innovations and executive level briefings.

• Ensures quality products and services are delivered supporting and contributing to governing bodies (ie. CCB ERB IDR Technical Design Reviews AAR Reviews etc..

• Mentor and coach our technical staff

• Visit the various sites in the DMV area to meet with customer and the technical team (DISA Fort Meade (Primary) JSP Alexandria VA WHCA Bolling AFB etc).

Basic Qualifications:

• Breadth of experience and/or expertise in Wide Area Networks Unified Capabilities (Voice/Video) SATCOM Optical Technologies IP/MPLS networking Cyber Security Incident Handling and Countermeasures NOC Operations System Architecture Cloud Architecture Service Delivery and as a Service models

• Must have proven track record of developing creative problem and hard problem solutions with a focus on outcomebased delivery of meaningful innovations.

• Experience identifying developing and implementing engineering change solutions with new technology and solutions on a large enterprise/national scale

• Experience with large programs and performing technology assessments trade studies analysis of alternatives and creating capability roadmaps.

• Experience with Network Operation Center Defensive Cyber Operations and Data Center operational processes.

• A working knowledge of data analytics algorithms and modeling to solve analytically complex operational challenges

• Demonstrated background in automation and related technologies as they are applied to large Wide Area Networks Cloud Hosting Multicloud Operations Defensive Cyber Operations and Data Center Operations.

• Demonstrated ability to work in a customer environment collaboratively through constraints to meet mission milestones

• Excellent written and oral communications skills and management to include presentation and experience discussing technology at large government agency CIO/CTO executive level

• Selfmotivated and focused on delivering outcomes with the ability to work independently and in teams

• Experience leading the development of solutions for proposals writing white papers RFI responses.

• Master of Science in Engineering Science or Technology or related technical area and 15 years of total experience including the training qualifications experience and clearances to accomplish all tasks identified above

• Active Top Secret security clearance. Able to obtain TS/SCI clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• WHCA JSP or DISA Experience

• Understanding of key business activities including business development capture & program management.

• CISSP Certification

• DoD 8570 certification

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: 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 onlyand 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.