Chief Systems Architect

Leidos UK

Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Base: $131,300.00 - $237,350.00; bonus/equity: not...
Hybrid
Lead technical authority
Scalable, secure, resilient enterprise architecture
System-of-systems designs
Serve as the lead technical authority guiding architectural design, systems integration, and enterprise strategy across a high-visibility geospatial intelligence initiative

Job Summary

  • Serve as the lead technical authority guiding architectural design, systems integration, and enterprise strategy across a high-visibility geospatial intelligence initiative.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Release Train Engineers (RTEs), and cross-functional scrum teams to translate business needs into technical solutions that meet performance, scalability, security, and compliance requirements.
  • Represent Leidos and the Chinook Program in high-level technical exchanges, reviews, and governance boards with the customer and Intelligence Community (IC) stakeholders.

Matching Summary

Serve as the lead technical authority guiding architectural design, systems integration, and enterprise strategy across a high-visibility geospatial intelligence initiative.

Salary

Base: $131,300.00 - $237,350.00; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Lead technical authority
  • Scalable, secure, resilient enterprise architecture
  • System-of-systems designs
  • Cloud-native solution strategies
  • Geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) missions
  • Cybersecurity mandates (e.g., NIST)

Nice-to-have

  • Disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail
  • Outthink, outbuild, and outpace
  • Leading architecture communities of practice
  • Supporting customer mission operations

Key Requirements

  • Active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph
  • Bachelor’s degree and 12-15 years experience
  • 10+ years progressive experience in systems architecture
  • Experience designing complex enterprise architectures with IC
  • Deep expertise in cloud architecture (AWS/C2S/IC GovCloud)
  • Experience with geographically dispersed Agile teams
  • Expertise in Python, C, C++, or Java

Work Rights

Active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

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