Mobile Application Technical Lead at Leidos

Description

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The Leidos National Security Sector is seeking an experienced Mobile Application Technical Lead in a key role to lead a team of applications developers, designers and task leads for a critical Intelligence Community customer. This crucial role involves leading a team to design and develop a client engagement and mobile intelligence delivery application on iOS and Android devices to replace a legacy solution. The application will facilitate the compilation of intelligence from various sources to create customizable digital intelligence for the customer’s executive leadership, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the combatant commands, and service intelligence centers. The application will also provide capabilities for global collaboration and use artificial intelligence/machine learning to generate intelligence recommendations. The ideal candidate is technically proficient across both front-end and back-end development and is keen on fostering collaboration between teams to achieve integrated and innovative solutions. Work with a diverse team of technical staff to modernize and expand the customer’s capabilities to the Defense Intelligence Enterprise. This key personnel role demands leadership and a hands-on approach to researching, developing, deploying, and achieving government authority to operate (ATO) a platform that is 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 application developers, designers and task leaders conducting technical and industrial research to identify advantageous approaches to replace the customer’s current applications.
• Create a system that supports the delivery of intelligence via platform agnostic digital tablets.
• Collaborate with government leads and stakeholders, as well as other contract technical leads, to define project requirements, goals, and timelines.
• Ensure the developed capabilities are compatible with the network operating environment and architecture and implement customer-directed security measures.
• Ensure the system prioritizes availability, reliability, and scalability, as the system is expanded to a larger customer base.
• Develop responsive and intuitive user interfaces employing modern front-end technologies such as JavaScript, JavaScript frameworks, HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Extensible Markup Language (XML), and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).
• Use back-end technologies such as SQL-lite Database, ElasticSearch, Solr, Structured Query Language (SQL), and Server-Side Languages (Java, etc.) to develop a secure, efficient, and reliable architecture.
• Ensure system compatibility with other customer applications.
• Implement best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, code reviews, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes.
• Monitor project progress, address any technical challenges, adjust priorities as needed to meet milestones, and provide regular updates to government and contract program managers.
• Lead the application development team in adopting Agile methodologies for iterative development, facilitating sprint planning, progress tracking, and ensuring the timely delivery of features.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity teams to embed security measures into the development process, including data encryption, authentication protocols, and adherence to compliance standards.
• Advocate for and implement best practices in code quality, conducting regular code reviews, and ensuring adherence to coding standards.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Must have an active TS/SCI security clearance with ability to obtain a Polygraph.
• BS in software engineering, computer science, information technology, or related field or equivalent experience with 10 plus years in software development, technology management, software engineering or a related field; or eight plus years of experience with master’s degree.
• Experience with front-end technologies to include HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Object Notation.
• Experience with mobile development using Swift, Java, or equivalent cross-platform technologies.
• Experience with database design and development (e.g., SQL, NoSQL), and familiarity with search technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch, Solr).
• Experience overseeing application development 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 managing a software development team through a government ATO process.
• Experience developing unclassified software for configuration in a classified environment.

Original Posting Date:

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:

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.