Leidos

Technical Lead

Leidos
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Rockville, MD, USA or Reston, VA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$131k - $237k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical strategy, architecture, and implementation of AI-enabled solutions for cancer research, precision medicine, clinical research, and biomedical informatics.
  • Advise NCI and Government executives on AI, ML, biomedical informatics, enterprise architecture, and digital modernization.
  • Lead AI model development, deployment, and lifecycle management across deep learning, NLP, LLMs, computer vision, predictive analytics, and multi-agent AI systems.
  • Oversee integration of AI capabilities for biomedical imaging, radiomics, genomics, multi-omics, precision oncology, clinical trials, semantic search, knowledge management, and decision support.
  • Guide scalable AI and cloud architectures using HPC, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, and MLOps practices.
  • Ensure responsible AI governance covering explainability, bias mitigation, security, privacy, and compliance with NIH policies and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
  • Lead technical reviews, executive briefings, architecture discussions, and technology roadmaps.
  • Mentor and provide technical oversight to multidisciplinary AI, software, data science, cloud, cybersecurity, and biomedical informatics teams.
  • Evaluate emerging AI technologies and approaches that advance scientific discovery and NCI’s research mission.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Informatics, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related discipline.
  • At least 15 years of progressively responsible technical leadership supporting large-scale Federal health, biomedical research, or scientific computing programs.
  • At least 10 years designing, implementing, and leading enterprise AI and ML solutions in healthcare, biomedical research, life sciences, or Federal research environments.
  • Experience supporting NIH, NCI, or other Federal biomedical research organizations.
  • Extensive expertise in deep learning, machine learning, generative AI, NLP, LLMs, computer vision, predictive analytics, biomedical informatics, and cloud-native AI architectures.
  • Experience advising executive Government customers on AI strategy, enterprise architecture, and digital modernization.
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams of AI engineers, data scientists, software engineers, cloud architects, cybersecurity specialists, and biomedical subject matter experts.
  • Experience with HPC, cloud-native AI platforms, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, and MLOps.
  • Familiarity with TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Hugging Face, MLflow, Kubeflow, LangChain, vector databases, graph databases, and AI orchestration frameworks.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust / ADPII Clearance.
  • Preferred qualifications include a Ph.D., experience with NCI organizations and biomedical research programs, and expertise in cancer informatics, biomedical imaging, radiomics, genomics, precision oncology, clinical trials, translational research, FHIR, OMOP, FAIR data principles, biomedical ontologies, semantic interoperability, and research data ecosystems.

Benefits

  • The listed pay range is $131,300.00 to $237,350.00.
  • This posting is for future business and is not yet awarded.
  • The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust / ADPII Clearance.

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About Leidos

10,000+ employees

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.

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