Chief Engineer

Company: Getting Hired, Inc.
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: September 12, 2020

Job Description:

Description

Job Description:

The Homeland Security Solutions Operation within Leidos is looking for a Chief Engineer to provide leadership on a mission-critical program supporting the Office of Information and Technology (OIT), Targeting and Analysis Systems Program Directorate (TASPD) within Customs and Border Protection (CBP). TASPD supports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CBP critical missions, specifically specifically all TASPD computer and software application upgrades, updates, modifications or enhancements with a focus on moving towards a DevSecOps approach to enable development and operations teams to collaborate and deliver high quality software to end customers continuously, to generate code with fewer errors and do so faster, which speeds time to deployment, and increases reliability and stability in production. This work includes but is not limited to ensuring application compatibility with and deploying new operating system versions, new application software versions, and new code library versions.

The Chief Engineer is responsible all technical performance and will serve as the Leidos single point-of-contact with the program office for technical matters and issues. He/she will provide the planning, direction, coordination, and control necessary to accomplish all work requirements and task orders and manage and oversee all technical activities performed by contractor personnel, including subcontractors, to satisfy the contract requirements.

The Chief Engineer will lead the technical strategy, solution development, and execution of systems and infrastructure information technology (IT) and support services.

The Chief Engineer will provide comprehensive systems engineering oversight, analytical, and technical support services required to deliver a broad range of innovative IT solutions and professional services to modernize CBP/DHS legacy systems, protect their networks and assets, and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of mission-critical and mission-support functions.

The successful Chief Engineer shall:

Serve as the Leidos principle IT engineer to provide engineering expertise and guidance for the design, development, implementation, and sustainment of IT solutions that enhance overall system performance and availability

Lead the research, analysis, solution design and implementation planning of IT solutions for the modernization of existing applications and strategies for migrating them to the cloud

Drive strategic technological innovation, demonstrating a breadth and depth of knowledge in all things related to a complex matrixed Information Technology operations

Provide technical knowledge and analysis of high-level functional systems analysis, design, and integration advice on complex matters that require expert level knowledge of the subject matter for effective implementation

Basic Qualifications

12+ years' experience engineering and architecting enterprise IT solutions

Demonstrated expertise in systems engineering, including requirements analysis and system architecture design

Demonstrated experience leading design and implementation of complex IT solutions on a large Program (200M+).

Demonstrated experience modernizing complex enterprise networks and legacy IT systems, including developing effective COOP/DR solutions

Demonstrated experience in refactoring existing application architecture to Hybrid cloud platforms and deploy Hybrid Cloud solutions to integrate with on premise Applications.

Demonstrated experience in implementing Secure DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code, continuous integration and automated deployment including core security tasks by embedding security audits, testing and processes early in the DevOps workflow

Demonstrated experience using and managing a variety of open source technologies and cloud services, including the following: Public Cloud experience: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes supporting enterprise solutions: Kubernetes platforms, Docker, Aqua, Twistlock

Infrastructure/Configuration as code: Terraform, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science or related field

Ability to obtain a Public Trust suitability determination and/or Top Secret Clearance

U.S. Citizenship

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science or related field

Demonstrated experience in network and cyber security design, engineering and operations with emphasis on DHS capabilities

Experience with biometric technologies, especially facial recognition

Experience with NIST SP 800 series or ISO 27000 series documents for information security management and risk assessment

Demonstrated experience in large Oracle database migrations and implementation to open source database solutions

Demonstrated experience in ITIL, ISO20000 / ISO27001 implementations

At least one nationally recognized vendor certification

Cloud Architect, DevOps or SysOps Associate or Professional Certification

External Referral Bonus:

Eligible

Potential for Telework:

No

Clearance Level Required:

Public Trust

Travel:

No

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Day

Requisition Category:

Professional

Job Family:

Systems Engineering

Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here .

Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to spam.leidos@leidos.com .

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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