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Job Location drjobs

Fort Meade, MD - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

$ 126100 - 227950

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Leidos is seeking an experienced Principal Solutions Architect to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team who will support an extensive digital modernization program critical to Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Department of Defense (DoD) Fourth Estate Agencies. The System Architect will work closely with the Leidos and Government technical leadership team to help drive innovation growth and efficiencies within the DES portfolio.

POSITION: Fully REMOTE capable

Primary Responsibilities

  • Support the DES Chief Engineer in identifying service gaps and areas for improvement and driving continual innovation to evolve DoDNet to meet current and future requirements

  • Identify and explore opportunities for improving the following areas within DES then leading the analysis of alternatives and proof of concept development that leads to the establishment of dedicated projects to implement the targeted and approved improvements:

    • Improving the performance of site surveys and migrations such that they are standardized repeatable automated flexible and efficient

    • Improving the use of automation to minimize staffing requirements reduce the risk of human error and enable staff to focus on more complex activities

    • Establishing open design principles to provide solutions that operate in a compatible nonvendor lockin environment with minimal custom configuration

    • Incorporate emerging technologies that enhance cybersecurity drive down total cost and enhance the enduser experience

  • Work closely with project teams to ensure that the aimed at implementing the targeted and approved improvements remains aligned to the vision and intent of the improvements

  • Collaborate with Leidos Team and Government stakeholders to identify potential areas for improvement

  • Conduct an initial feasibility assessment of candidate initiatives followed by a more detailed analysis of alternatives

  • Document and present the results of the analysis to Leidos and Government stakeholders through the engineering review boards

  • Oversee the development of proofs of concept which are narrowly scoped projects 3 months or less) to provide demonstrable and measurable insights into the utility of the candidate improvement(s)

  • Draft a detailed project plan outlining the technical approach as well as the cost schedule and risks to thoroughly implement the improvement.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering Engineering Management Management Information Systems or related STEM degree program and 1215 years of relevant experience.

  • Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret clearance

  • Experience designing solutions for secure scalable and robust on premise and cloudbased virtualized infrastructures.

  • Experience planning and executing the migration of applications and services.

  • Experience developing and maintaining architecture artifacts and effectively communicating the design to executive and technical stakeholders

  • Experience evaluating and recommending new technologies tools and frameworks to improve performance scalability security and costs

  • Experience operating in a DevSecOps environment of comparable size and complexity

  • Proven written and oral communications skills targeted at all levels of an organization

  • Must possess an active DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification OR ability to obtain certification (such as CompTIA Sec ce) within 60 days of starting position with Leidos

Preferred Qualifications

  • Possess an active DoD Secret clearance

  • Experience designing deploying and maintaining IT infrastructures for DISA or other DoD organizations

DISADES

External Referral Eligible

Original Posting:

April 16 2025

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:

Pay Range $126100.00 $227950.00

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.


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