Tech Lead
Leidos is seeking an Engineering Technical Lead for a technical development program supporting the Sponsor’s Entitlement Programs as well as IdAM /ICAM, Authentication, Authorization, Attributes and Digital Policy Management. The Engineering Tech Lead supports existing systems and provides the guidance to build new technologies You will have the opportunity to develop new policies and integrate them into an enterprise service. You will participate in deployment/administration of tools and integration testing. You will lead a team of database developers, systems engineers, software developers, cyber security engineers, test engineers, who develop custom user interfaces and rest services to management digital policies, assist in installation, deployment, and maintenance of products.
Required Qualifications
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Typically requires Master’s degree and 16 years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience in lieu of degree.
- Supporting call-in on off hours; identifying personnel needs when issues arise during off hours
- Managing multiple product backlogs
- Leadership and project management experience
- Must have experience with security accreditation process
- Must have experience with the Cloud / Amazon Web Services
- Must have experience in Systems Engineer providing requirements and system interface analysis for enterprise scale development project
- Experience developing and maintaining interface control documents between components in an enterprise operational system
- Strong communication and organization skills in order to provide support to development team and stakeholders on intent of the requirements and user stories
- Translating user requirements into agile sprint stories and acceptance criteria that is achievable within each sprint
- Experience with agile project management methodologies, including managing product backlogs
- Hands on Experience with the customers A&A process to achieve system approval
Desired Qualifications
- Experience integrating COTS applications within the customer space
- Experience with requirements management on a program interacting with and supporting multiple customers
- Experience as a Scrum Master
- Experience with the XACTA security accreditation tool
FIP
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Original Posting:
June 16, 2026For U.S. Positions: While 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 $154,050.00 - $278,475.00The 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.
Software pay context
Based on 7,618 disclosed Software salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $158K/year, with most offers between $124K and $200K (10th–90th percentile: $102K–$236K).
This posting lists $154K–$278K, above the $158K market median.
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