The Defense Sector of Leidos has a current job opportunity for a Senior On-site Product Owner supporting the C4ISR Solutions Operation. Our Senior On-Site Product Owner will manage and work closely with other levels of On-Site Product Owners. The on-site resides day-to-day with the Government planners and will analyze current and technical processes to formulate and develop new and modified application processing systems that enhance mission effectiveness.  

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the development of solutions to complex technical issues and problems that impact multiple mission areas.
• Provide direct contributions to the technical and operational direction of the program to government and Leidos leadership.
• Regularly employs ingenuity and creativity to develop new technical solutions in order to achieve functional objectives.
• Establish, maintain and expand strong relationships with senior government customers to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Provide technical support during routine, emergency, and USSTRATCOM exercise periods including 24-hour support as dictated by mission needs.  
• Work with both the software team and the Government to ensure issues, requirements, etc. are understood by all involved and resolutions are fully coordinated prior to implementation.
• Assist the Government with identifying new requirements and properly documenting software change requests (SCRs).
• Advise and assist the Government with the intricacies deploying the APS application to include permissions requirements, proper set-up of the MPAS environment, and providing deployment instructions.  

Basic Qualifications

• Requires expert knowledge of and ability to apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts.
• Experience managing a team.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline with 4+ years of recent experience in system and software integration, test, requirements analysis and definition, software deployment and troubleshooting. May be able to consider additional experience in lieu of degree.
• Must possess a Secret clearance based on a Special Background Investigation and be eligible for Top-Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Nuclear Command and Control (NC2) and Special Access Program (SAP) access.
• Prior active, guard or reserve military aviation experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience with USSTRATCOM Nuclear Planning process.
• Extensive experience with the use of the Air Vehicle Planning System (APS) for mission planning or similar DOD flight planning systems.
• Experience working with tools and technologies in, at a minimum, two of the following areas:  software development, configuration control, testing, security, automation, containerization, orchestration, cloud services, open-source technologies. 

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Original Posting:

February 25, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $73,450.00 - $132,775.00

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.