Tech Lead

Employer description

Leidos is seeking an Engineering Tech Lead for a 200+ FTE technical development program supporting the Sponsor’s IdAM /ICAM program to include Authentication, Authorization, Attributes, Entitlement Management and Digital Policy Management.  This Engineering Tech Lead will be supporting the evolution of ICAM for the unclassified space to include building new services, web applications, and integrating new Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings. In the role, you will be the lead engineer of a team taking requirements through design and technical implementation to delivery, participate in deployment/administration of tools and integration testing, and lead an agile team of developers, system administrators, and testers through delivery.

While not required, it is highly desirable for the Candidate to have knowledge of key ICAM concepts such as Identity Providers, Secure Token Services, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), LDAP, and more. An innovative thinker with a desire to learn and take lead of hard problems is highly desired to fill this role.

** Applicants for this position are expected to have significant, hands-on systems architecture / engineering experience. **

Primary Responsibilities

Provide technical guidance to the team’s System Engineers and DevelopersWorks closely with the teams PM to ensure the technical baseline meets delivery requirements, schedule, and milestonesWorks closely with Portfolio Solution Architect to build future vision and drive vision into the unclassified solutionProvide status updates to contract PMO and government staff leadAssist in completing monthly Technical Program Management Review (PMR) charts and supports internal RRB processRepresent the team at staff meetings, requirements meetings, tech lead meetings, and TEMsSupport defining requirements and the breakdown of work efforts into actionable tasks for the development team to executeProvide technical diagrams, charts, and documentation for systemsEnsure designs are compatible with the architecture and security requirementsWork with the team’s security engineer to address/mitigate security findings stemming from system security scansDeeply understand the engineering and design of the system and be able to speak to it with internal and external audiencesWork with the government staff lead and project team lead to prioritize workResearch new technologies / products that will help modernize the Sponsor’s ICAM footprintGuide and advise technical staff in the implementation of the services and toolsWorks with PM to align the team, share technical direction, evaluate technology assumptions and alternatives 

Required Quals

Active TS/SCI with PolygraphMaster’s degree and 15+ years of experience. Additional experience in lieu of degree.Must have experience with IdAM / ICAM services and customers security accreditation (A&A)  process for system approvalMust have experience with the Cloud / Amazon Web ServicesMust have experience in Systems Engineering to include providing requirements and system interface analysis for enterprise scale development projectExperience developing and maintaining interface control documents between components in an enterprise operational systemStrong communication between development team and stakeholders on intent of the requirements and user storiesTranslating user requirements into agile sprint stories and acceptance criteria that is achievable within each sprintExperience with agile project management methodologies, including managing product backlogs 

Desired Quals

Experience with requirements management on a program interacting with and supporting multiple customersExperience with SaaS ICAM vendors (Ping, Okta, SavyInt, etc.)Experience as a Scrum MasterExperience working with CloudFormation / Puppet / Groovy, or other configuration and automation toolsExperience with containersNetwork engineering troubleshooting between Cloud environments and non-Cloud environmentsExperience working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions such as Ansible / Terraform, or other configuration and automation toolsSolid understanding of Web Application Firewall (WAF) configuration and managementExperience with networking (e.g., ports, routing tables, subnets, VPNs, firewalls, routers, etc.) to include design, integration and troubleshooting issuesExperience working in a cloud-based environment (AWS)

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Original Posting:November 4, 2026

For 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 - $278,475.00

The 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.