Portfolio Manager

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

Job summary

Leidos' Airports, Borders & Security Business Area seeks a Portfolio Manager to provide technical and personnel leadership for contractor staff supporting CBP's Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD). You will oversee modernization, maintenance, and operation of ~20 critical applications and systems, coordinating with government counterparts and architects to deliver a capabilities roadmap.

The role emphasizes on-time delivery, collaboration, and leveraging cloud services, AI/ML, and agile

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/CS/IT with 15 years of experience.
• 10 years leading a project/program with 100+ engineers across multiple agile teams.
• 10 years of personnel leadership incl. hiring and personnel actions.
• 7 years in DevSecOps with CI/CD to improve quality and security.
• 5+ years leading O&M in cloud-based environments and integrating cloud-based services.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and personnel leadership for ~20 mission-critical systems.
• Collaborate with government counterparts and architecture to define a capabilities roadmap.
• Ensure on-time delivery of roadmap capabilities.
• Leverage cloud services, AI/ML, and agile practices for rapid, secure delivery.
• Ensure compliance with Leidos processes, policies and procedures.

Skills

People leadership

Agile practices

CI/CD

Generative AI integration

Cloud experience

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Tools

PMP

Certified Scrum Master

CBP BI

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 Customs and Border Protection’s Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD).

Responsibilities

• 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 a 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.
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Pay Range

Pay Range $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

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Commitment and Diversity

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.