7 days ago
Base Salary
$131k - $237k/yr
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior technical authority and define end-to-end solution architecture across application, cloud, data, integration, security, and infrastructure domains.
- Translate mission and business requirements into secure, scalable, resilient, and maintainable technical solutions.
- Develop architecture strategies, roadmaps, reference architectures, design patterns, and trade-study recommendations.
- Provide technical direction to engineering teams, review designs, resolve cross-team issues, and ensure implementation aligns with architecture standards.
- Lead cloud and DevSecOps architecture, including cloud-native design, automated deployment, infrastructure as code, observability, resiliency, and disaster recovery.
- Integrate security and mission assurance into architecture decisions and lead risk identification and mitigation.
- Support Agile and SAFe execution through PI planning, backlog refinement, architecture runway development, dependency management, and release readiness.
- Define integration strategies, API and interface standards, and interoperability approaches.
- Communicate architecture decisions, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to program leadership, customer stakeholders, and technical teams.
- Mentor engineers and technical leaders while driving engineering excellence, modernization, and technical-debt reduction.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required under the contract.
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and ability to successfully pass a polygraph examination are required.
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 12–15 years of relevant experience, or a master's degree with 10–13 years of relevant experience; a technical doctorate may also qualify.
- At least 12 years of progressive experience as a Solutions Architect, Enterprise Architect, Systems Architect, Software Architect, or equivalent senior technical professional is required.
- Significant experience designing and implementing complex enterprise or mission-critical applications is required.
- Strong experience with software architecture, distributed systems, systems integration, APIs, data, cloud technologies, and modern software engineering practices is required.
- Experience collaborating across software engineering, systems engineering, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and testing organizations is required.
- Experience with architecture documentation, design reviews, architecture decision records, technical roadmaps, architecture reviews, and technical working groups is required.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical teams, influencing engineering strategy, mentoring technical staff, and communicating recommendations to senior stakeholders is required.
- Preferred qualifications include large-scale government or mission-focused program experience, cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, enterprise modernization, and practical use of AI tools.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or a comparable certification is preferred.
- Experience with Python or C++, Linux, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, microservices, RESTful APIs, event-driven architecture, DevSecOps, observability, monitoring, identity and access management, Zero Trust, and system-of-systems integration is preferred.
Benefits
- The position may be performed in Tucson, Arizona; Gaithersburg, Maryland; Alexandria or Chantilly, Virginia; Englewood, Colorado; or St. Louis, Missouri.
- The posting anticipates remaining open for at least three days, with an anticipated close date no earlier than three days after October 15, 2026.
- The listed pay range is $131,300.00–$237,350.00.
About Leidos
Leidos builds and operates technology and engineering solutions for defense, intelligence, civil, and health agencies, including systems integration, cyber, enterprise IT, sensors, and healthcare IT. It primarily sells through government contracts and long-term programs, plus managed services and mission software. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a Fortune 500 public company on the NYSE; customers include U.S. defense and intelligence agencies and civil bodies such as the FAA.