Sr. Product Owner

Leidos • Bethesda, MD

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Leidos is hiring a TS/SCI-cleared Sr. Product Owner to support the design, engineering, development, and deployment of software for DIA’s National Digital Exploit and OSINT Center (NDOC) under the 10-year DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP) contract. The role works with the Lead Systems Engineer, Release Train Engineer, and government leads to decompose high-priority product-roadmap requirements into delivered solutions, and to execute requirements analysis, design, systems integration, and testing.

The Sr. Product Owner leads an application team that maintains a continuous flow of software enhancements and deployments. The position manages risks, escalates impediments, and drives process improvement. Most work is on-site at the client location in Bethesda, Maryland, with a flexible schedule and occasional remote work possible. The successful candidate owns an assigned portion of the task order’s product portfolio and supports mission-application research, development, integration, and sustainment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field and 12 or more years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree and 10 or more years of relevant experience.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, and ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Experience as a Technical Product Owner, Development Team Lead, Systems Engineer, or in a similar role on an Agile software development team.
• Demonstrated ability to break complex problems down into actionable steps.
• Experience effectively managing and prioritizing product backlogs.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience with tools such as GitLab, Jira, and Confluence.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical and non-technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, design, and project management teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage expectations and maintain strong relationships with government and contractor stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on development or scripting experience, especially with Java, Python, or .NET.
• Experience developing microservices and deploying them in containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with DevOps practices and tools, including CI/CD, especially GitLab or Jenkins.
• Strong testing discipline focused on automation, coverage, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with or knowledge of NMEC applications, such as Storefront or Harmony.
• Experience with digital forensics or multimedia content enrichment and image processing.
• Experience with AI algorithmically driven processing systems.
• Ability to identify technical debt, systemic issues, and opportunities for team or process improvement.
• Experience with security best practices for services, including authentication and authorization, secrets management, and data protection.
• Experience with PostgreSQL.
• Experience with GraphQL.
• Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other message-passing systems.
• Experience with Keycloak.
• Cloud infrastructure experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage, direct, coordinate, and provide technical direction for research, development, integration, and sustainment of NDOC mission applications.
• Provide technical support and coordinate and execute systems engineering activities, including feature and requirements analysis, design, implementation planning, integration and testing, sustainment, documentation, deployment, and system assessment.
• Own an assigned portion of the task order’s product portfolio and manage programmatic relationships across applications within the task and with applications on other tasks.
• Develop, manage, and continually improve the Agile scrum team’s backlog of work items.
• Ensure sound engineering practices are followed.
• Foster collaboration among team members to provide quality service and products to customers.
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers, providing guidance on best practices and career growth.
• Manage risks, escalate impediments, and help drive continuous process improvement.
• Facilitate scrum activities, including planning, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior