Chief Engineer, Enterprise IT Modernization

Leidos Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 154,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave and Retirement

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Chief Engineer to lead engineering strategy and execution for the AEGIS program, spanning data centers, cloud, networking, VoIP, and cybersecurity. The role is located at NASA facilities in Huntsville, AL or Cape Canaveral, FL, with strong preference for those sites.

You will guide major modernization initiatives, develop and manage the technology roadmap, and supervise a large engineering team to ensure mission readiness and service excellence for NASA and Leidos

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong leadership abilities; detail-oriented; effective under deadlines.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Strong budgeting and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning.
• Demonstrated success building relationships with customers and teammates.
• Experience executing development programs in an agile environment.
• Experience developing ETC/EAC estimates.
• Ability to brief Leidos and NASA senior leadership effectively.
• Technical knowledge across networking, data centers, cloud, and collaboration services.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering across all AEGIS technologies including data centers, cloud, networking, VoIP, cybersecurity, and collaboration services.
• Build relationships with senior NASA and Leidos leadership to ensure alignment with agency priorities.
• Continuously assess enterprise baselines and recommend modernization improvements.
• Translate NASA OCIO objectives into actionable priorities, plans, milestones, and outcomes.
• Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team and manage the technology roadmap for enterprise services.
• Oversee design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and logistics activities.
• Maintain visibility of project status, schedules, risks, and decisions.
• Ensure engineering coordination across networks, security, data centers, and cloud.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Communication

Agile experience

ETC/EAC knowledge

Customer relationships

Technical breadth

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Network Solutions

Data Center Technologies

Cloud Architectures

Collaboration Services

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Chief Engineer to lead engineering strategy and execution for the AEGIS program, spanning data centers, cloud, networking, VoIP, and cybersecurity. The role is located at NASA facilities in Huntsville, AL or Cape Canaveral, FL, with strong preference for those sites.

You will guide major modernization initiatives, develop and manage the technology roadmap, and supervise a large engineering team to ensure mission readiness and service excellence for NASA and Leidos