Technical Lead / Chief Solution Architect - DHS EHR

Leidos•Reston, VA

About The Position

Leidos is seeking an experienced Technical Lead / Solution Architect for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Modernization program supporting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Reporting to the Program Manager, this role is the program’s primary technical leader, accountable for the overall technical solution, architecture, systems integration, and coordination of engineering activities for implementing and deploying an enterprise Oracle Health EHR solution. The role works with Government stakeholders, Oracle Health, subcontractors, implementation partners, and Leidos engineering and functional teams to translate mission requirements into integrated technical solutions. The Technical Lead manages dependencies, resolves complex engineering challenges, and ensures technical readiness for deployment and sustainment. The successful candidate will provide hands-on technical direction and lead multidisciplinary engineering efforts from design through implementation, keeping engineering work aligned with mission priorities, contractual requirements, and delivery milestones.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline and 17+ years of relevant experience, or a master's degree and 15+ years of relevant experience. Additional relevant experience may substitute for a degree under Leidos equivalency guidelines.
Demonstrated experience with Oracle Health/Cerner EHR solutions, including architecture, implementation, integration, deployment, or sustainment.
Demonstrated technical leadership experience on enterprise EHR implementations or modernization programs.
Experience in a senior technical role such as Technical Lead, Lead Solution Architect, Chief Engineer, Systems Architect, or comparable role on a complex enterprise IT program.
Experience designing and implementing enterprise architectures spanning applications, infrastructure, cloud hosting, interfaces, cybersecurity, and data integration.
Experience leading technical workstreams and coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams on complex implementation efforts.
Experience with systems engineering practices, including requirements analysis, architecture development, system design, integration, verification, validation, and configuration management.
Experience with cloud-based architectures and enterprise hosting environments, such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or comparable platforms.
Working knowledge of DevSecOps, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and modern software development practices.
Experience with enterprise system integration, technical testing, performance validation, and deployment readiness.
Experience identifying and managing technical risks, issues, dependencies, and engineering deliverables.
Familiarity with federal cybersecurity requirements, security engineering, and authorization processes.
Ability to evaluate technical alternatives and assess tradeoffs involving performance, cost, schedule, security, and operational requirements.
Strong analytical, technical leadership, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
Experience working with software vendors, implementation partners, and technical stakeholders in complex delivery environments.
U.S. citizenship.
Ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust background investigation and suitability determination.
Ability to travel as required to support program and deployment activities.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Oracle Health Millennium architecture, implementation, and integration.
Experience supporting federal EHR modernization programs for the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service, or other federal healthcare organizations.
Previous experience supporting ICE, CBP, DHS, or other federal law enforcement and healthcare organizations.
Experience with healthcare interoperability standards and technologies, including HL7, FHIR, and healthcare interface engines.
Experience supporting geographically distributed or multi-site EHR deployments.
Experience with federal cloud hosting, FedRAMP, Authority to Operate (ATO), and security authorization processes.
Experience with healthcare data migration, clinical workflow integration, identity management, and enterprise interoperability.
Experience with Agile, Scrum, and other modern software delivery methodologies.
Experience coordinating technical activities across multiple vendors, subcontractors, and implementation partners.
Professional certifications in cloud architecture, systems engineering, cybersecurity, or related technical disciplines.

Responsibilities

Serve as the program's primary technical lead, reporting to the Program Manager and coordinating technical matters with Government stakeholders, Oracle Health, subcontractors, and implementation partners.
Lead development, integration, and implementation of the overall EHR technical solution in alignment with contractual requirements, customer objectives, and program milestones.
Establish and maintain end-to-end technical architecture spanning applications, infrastructure, hosting, cybersecurity, interfaces, interoperability, data integration, and supporting technologies.
Translate customer mission needs and functional requirements into technical requirements, architecture decisions, engineering plans, and implementation activities.
Provide technical leadership across systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, DevOps, integration, testing, deployment, and technical operations.
Develop and maintain technical implementation plans, engineering dependencies, technical deliverables, and milestones with the Program Manager and project teams.
Lead technical design reviews, architecture assessments, integration planning, and technical readiness evaluations.
Coordinate with Oracle Health and other technology vendors to ensure solutions, interfaces, infrastructure, and deliverables meet program requirements.
Identify and manage technical risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints; develop mitigation strategies and drive resolution.
Provide technical oversight of system integration, interoperability, interface development, data conversion, testing, performance validation, and deployment readiness.
Coordinate cybersecurity engineering and authorization activities to meet applicable DHS security and compliance requirements.
Guide DevSecOps and automation approaches, including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, and release management, with the DevOps Engineer and other technical teams.
Ensure technical design and implementation support operational requirements, scalability, reliability, maintainability, and transition to sustainment.
Provide technical oversight of AI and machine-learning capabilities, including integration, security, governance, and performance considerations.
Support technical change management, assessing solution alternatives and impacts to scope, schedule, cost, performance, and security.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture artifacts, interface specifications, and engineering decision records.
Provide technical status reporting, recommendations, and decision support to Government and Leidos leadership.
Collaborate with the Program Manager and functional leads to ensure technical execution supports clinical workflows, operational readiness, and successful EHR deployment.