CIO Strategy Lead

The Intelligence Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a CIO Strategy Lead to work in our Linthicum MD location. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the customer this mission we provide comprehensive operational analytical technical forensic and program management support to the customer.

As the CIO Strategy & Operations Lead you arent just managing a contractyou are the primary engine behind our Customers enterprise evolution. You will serve as the Chief Information Officers primary POC translating high-level mission priorities from USCYBERCOM and the National Manager into technical reality. If you are a strategic thinker who enjoys bridging the gap between C-Suite vision and elite engineering execution this is your seat at the table.

• Architecting Modernity:You will steer the customers transition to hybrid-cloud environments modernizing legacy systems through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines.

• Driving Strategic Unity:You will be the voice in the room with the CIO and CISO briefing agency-wide roadmaps that align cybersecurity AI/Data and software engineering under a single unity of effort.

• Strategic Governance:From build vs. buy cost-benefit analyses to implementing enterprise Data Lakes you will optimize how resources are deployed to defend and extend our global LAN/WAN footprint.

• Mission-Critical Leadership:You will lead multi-disciplinary teams across the full spectrum of ITsecuring multi-level VTC systems (Unclassified to TS/SCI) and ensuring our infrastructure meets the highest cyber framework standards.

To meet this challenge we need the following required experience:

• General: BA/BS or equivalent experience and 10 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 8 years of prior relevant experience supporting DoD/DoW or Federal networks in Government and private networking and infrastructure environments. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Management: Recent experience leading a DoD/DoW/Federal government and/or contractor Information Technology workforce..

• Leadership Presence:Recent experience briefing agency-level CIOs/CISOs on operational effectiveness and risk.

• Mission Execution:A background interpreting and executing orders from USCYBERCOM or similar high-level Command authorities.

• Technical Vision:Deep familiarity with modern tech stacks including containerization micro-segmentation and data-driven portfolio management.

• Certifications & Clearance:An active PMP and for a TS/SCI security clearance eligibility.

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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