Portfolio Manager

Leidos; Ashburn (GA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Portfolio Manager for the Airports, Borders & Security Business Area to lead a team delivering ~20 critical CBP systems under PSPD. You will coordinate with government counterparts to craft a capabilities roadmap and drive on-time delivery using cloud, AI/ML, and Agile practices.

You must lead large software programs, operate in a DevSecOps environment, and ensure security compliance while maintaining stakeholder alignment for quarterly increments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Computer Science/Information Technology with 15 years of experience.
• 10+ years leading a program with 100+ software and systems engineers across multiple agile teams.
• 10+ years of personnel leadership including hiring and HR coordination.
• 7+ years in a DevSecOps environment with CI/CD to improve quality and security.
• 5+ years leading cloud-based O&M and implementing cloud services to improve resiliency and reduce cost.
• Must obtain CBP Background Investigation and be a US citizen.
• Experience integrating Generative AI into the SDLC to boost productivity and quality.
• Experience converting roadmap content into quarterly Program Increments with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Modernize, enhance, operate, and maintain ~20 critical CBP systems and applications.
• Collaborate with government counterparts and architecture to build a capabilities roadmap.
• Ensure on-time delivery of roadmap capabilities.
• Leverage cloud services, AI/ML, and Agile practices to accelerate delivery without impacting operations.
• Ensure compliance with program policies and Leidos processes.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Cloud computing

Agile

Stakeholder mgmt

AI integration

Generative AI

CBP experience

Security compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

CI/CD tools

Job description

The Airports, Borders & Security Business Area within Leidos is seeking a Portfolio Manager to provide technical and personnel leadership for contractor staff supporting Custom and Border Protection’s Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD). The selected individual will be accountable and responsible for:

• The modernization, enhancement, operation, and maintenance of ~20 applications and systems that are critical to the execution of CBP’s mission.
• Collaboration with their government counterparts (Division Manager & Branch Chiefs) and architecture to establish a technical and mission based roadmap of capabilities that deliver new features to CBP while modernizing and ensuring the resiliency of the applications within their portfolio.
• Successful on-time delivery of capabilities detailed in the roadmap.
• Coordinating with stakeholders and portfolio staff to identify and implement innovations and opportunities that leverage cloud services, AI/ML, and agile best practices to deliver capabilities at the speed of mission while ensuring no impact to on-going operations.
• Ensuring personnel comply with program and Leidos processes, policies and procedures.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Computer Science/Information Technology with 15 years of experience
• 10 years of experience leading a project/program of 100+ software and systems engineers spread across multiple agile software development teams that provide operations & maintenance and enhancement of ~20 mission critical systems.
• 10 years of personnel leadership to include activities such as hiring and managing personnel actions in collaboration with Human Resources.
• 7 years of experience working in a DevSecOps environment to include working with SW teams to incorporate CI/CD to improve SW quality, reduce security vulnerabilities, and ensure regular build cadence.
• At least 5-years of experience leading software teams performing O&M of applications & associated databases residing in a cloud-based environment in addition to leading application teams to implement cloud based services provided by cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Google) to improve application resiliency and reduce operations and maintenance cost.
• Must be able to maintain and obtain a CBP Background Investigation prior to start
• Must be a US citizen
• Proven experience working with SW development teams to integrate cutting-edge Generative AI into the software development lifecycle to increase productivity while ensuring the quality of delivered capabilities.
• Proven experience working side-by-side with software engineers and systems engineers integrating agile best practices with AI to quickly develop software solutions for stakeholders.
• Proven experience working with stakeholders to establish and maintain long‑term roadmap of capabilities with ability to deliver on the capabilities detailed on the roadmap on schedule. Ability to work with stakeholders and application teams to convert roadmap content into quarterly Program Increments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Recent experience within the past 10 years performing Java SW development in a cloud-hosted environment.
• Experience delivering SW projects that support the CBP or DHS mission.
• Demonstrated experience with NIST SP 800 series or ISO 27000 series documents for information security management and risk assessment
• Demonstrated experience standing up Data Warehouses and various ETL/data integration technologies
• Demonstrated experience applying AI and/or data analytic tools (e.g., PowerBI, Python, Excel, etc.) to analyze and improve business performance/outcomes
• PMP certification & Certified Scrum Master
• Active Full CBP BI

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

Pay Range:

Pay Range $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

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.