SecDevOps Technical Lead

Company: Leidos
Location: Washington
Posted on: October 29, 2024

Job Description:

Description Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?The Leidos National Security Sector is seeking an experienced SecDevOps Lead in a key role to lead a team of web developers, application developers, engineers, designers, system administrators, information security officers, and help desk specialists for an Intelligence Community customer. The team will ensure the continuous operation, maintenance, and security of the customer's intelligence discovery website and application suite on multiple networks and domains. In addition, the candidate will focus on enhancing and maintaining the CI/CD pipeline, automating infrastructure management, performing database administration, and developing scripts for automation. Work with a diverse team of technical staff to maintain and expand customers' capabilities to the Defense Intelligence Enterprise. In this key personnel role, the position demands leadership and a hands-on approach to information security, software development, tiered IT support, automation, and maintaining government authority to operate (ATO) for integrated platforms that are critical to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the warfighter. This opportunity is contingent upon contract award.What you'll be doing:

• Lead and mentor a team of web developers, application developers, designers, system administrators, information security officers, and help desk specialists conducting O&M to ensure availability, reliability and security as the systems expand to a larger customer base.
• Ensure that all applications remain operational on all applicable networks with all updates and enhancements required to maintain functionality.
• Enhance the efficiency, capability, and interoperability of all applications through requirements management, database programming and administration, web programming, web server customization and administration, application testing, and web design.
• Provide full operational and user support to maintain availability (99.9%) and reliability of all applications.
• Limit planned outages to occur during non-peak hours unless otherwise defined by the government.
• Enhance, improve, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes to facilitate faster development and error detection and resilient deployments.
• Use back-end technologies such as Oracle, Postgres, Mongo Database, Redis, ElasticSearch, Solr, Structured Query Language (SQL), Node.js with Typescript, and Server-Side Languages (Java, etc.) to develop a secure, efficient, and reliable architecture.
• Implement and maintain security measures in line with government regulations, including data protection and cybersecurity frameworks.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, design sessions and other meetings.
• Collaborate with government leads and stakeholders, as well as other contract technical leads, to define project requirements, goals, and timelines.
• Ensure system compatibility with all integrated dissemination applications.
• Monitor project progress, address any technical challenges, adjust priorities as needed to meet milestones, and provide regular updates to government and contract program managers.
• Perform software code maintenance for all applications and systems, on development and production servers, to ensure that the capability meets all security requirements for the applicable domains.
• Develop and maintain a conceptual data model to accommodate multiple intelligence domains and arrange for data transfer between the domains.
• Manage and update all authority to operate (ATO) documentation and processes in accordance with customer policies and guidance.
• Provide Tier 1, 2 and 3 help desk support on a schedule that meets the demands of an enterprise-wide user base, including multiple shifts to cover operations up to 24 hours per day.What does Leidos need from me?
  • Must have an active TS/SCI security clearance with an ability to obtain a Polygraph.
  • BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience with 10 plus years in software development, technology management, system engineering or related field. Eight plus years of experience with master's degree.
  • Experience with both front-end technologies/frameworks (e.g., Angular, React) and backend implementation.
  • Experience with database maintenance (e.g., SQL, NoSQL), and familiarity with search technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch, Solr).
  • Experience overseeing operational environment and presenting overview briefings and updates to government leads, partners, and customers; reporting on progress at performance improvement meetings; and identifying opportunities for increase effectiveness, efficiency, scale, and impact.
  • Experience in the identification and mitigation of any issues or trends that pose a risk to project priorities.Favorable if you have:
    • Experience leading O&M on critical classified systems.
    • Experience managing a technical team through a government ATO process.Original Posting Date:2024-06-24While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $122,200.00 - $220,900.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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