Chief Architect

Leidos•Chantilly, VA

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a Chief Architect for a 200+ FTE technical development program supporting the Sponsor’s Entitlement Programs as well as Sponsor’s IdAM /ICAM, Authentication, Authorization, Attributes and Digital Policy Management. The Chief Architect supports existing systems and provides the guidance to build new technologies. Will lead the teams through the planning, organizing, development and delivery of capabilities for the Sponsor’s mission.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
Bachelor's and 12+ years of prior relevant experience.
Must have experience with IdAM / ICAM delivery systems, Authentication, Authorization, Attributes, Entitlement Management and Digital Policy Management
Must have experience with security accreditation process
Must have experience with the Cloud / Amazon Web Services
Security +
ITIL
Amazon Web Services Certification (any)
May possess a Doctorate in technical domain
Experience with the Sponsor’s security accreditation process
Solutions Architect Certification or designation (Leidos or external)

Responsibilities

Develops and maintains Technical Roadmaps to support customer Mission Requirements
Develops and communicates technical strategies in support of customer Mission Requirements
Identifies and communicates Innovations and new concepts to enhance operational systems
Collaborates across organizational Divisions on technical architecture concepts and implementation patterns
Designing technical solutions to meet technical and business needs by leveraging knowledge of programming languages, architecture, and technology to support requirements
Employs practices to improve collaboration between development and operations teams; this includes continuous integration and delivery, automation, infrastructure as code, and monitoring.
Creates comprehensive technical solutions that address mission needs or optimize processes.
Ensure designs are compatible with the architecture and allocated requirements to Organizational Divisions
Address user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate and improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, cost estimation, requirements allocation, and interfaced definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
Identify system integrity issues and solutions for the full system life cycles from concept to disposal
Integrate systems and services
Summarize and communicate results
Support the development, documentation, and execution of system policies
Works to achieve key project/program objectives and deliverables.
Works to influence project/team leaders regarding solution design, process and/or approaches.
Requires expert knowledge of and ability to apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts.