The National Security Sector Office of Technology at Leidos currently has an opening for a Force Protection Solution Staff Solution Architect to work in our Homeland and Force Protection Business Area. 

Position Summary:
This is an exciting opportunity to use experience in the Defense and Homeland industries to deliver innovative identity, security, and combat system solutions that help our customers transform and modernize their force protection missions. The qualified candidate will function as the technical and strategic lead, working with a broader cross-function team to generate requirements through ongoing customer interactions, and then develop and assist in delivering solutions based on our customers current and future needs in the Force Protection market.
In addition, the Force Protection Solution Architect will work as an interface between programs, customers and Leidos senior management, ensuring Leidos management understanding of customer domain, pain points, and strategy to drive business development and technology insertion initiatives, in order to ensure success of high-value capture and on-contract growth opportunities.

Primary Responsibilities
Responsibilities include engaging in customer shaping efforts, requirements gathering, and proposal support activities, leveraging understanding of industry trends and Leidos capabilities for product development and system integration within the Force Protection domain:
•Conduct market research and product comparisons for force protection processes and tools, tracking industry trends and assessing technologies for fit within customer tool sets
•Contribute to customer engagements; analyzing customer needs and align them with industry trends and Leidos solution offerings.
•Participate in opportunity shaping efforts to drive internal and external customer understanding of technical discriminators and assist in injecting Leidos technology differentiators into customer operations
Organizes project and task work-loads and selects individuals most qualified for assignments on specific projects.
•Directs technical organization to ensure progress according to technical specifications, campaign strategies, and business objectives.
•Develop solutions that are highly innovative and achieved through research and integration of best practices
•Participate in the identification of new technologies and lead investment projects focused on using those technologies to develop repeatable solutions that increase Leidos differentiation. Determine relevancy and customer impact of new force protection-based technologies
•Support customer and stakeholder meetings and technical discussions
•Leading IRAD activities in the Force Protection domain to include PM/PI functions for our most complex IRAD efforts. This includes managing cost and schedule to achieve the outcomes set forth in the beginning of the year.
•Act as a subject matter expert in the translation of solution requirements into design documentation
•Provide direction on a variety of design decisions including solution evaluation and selection, buy vs. build vs. reuse questions, early-phase project estimates, platform selection, and technical designs

Basic Qualifications
•Requires a Master’s Degree in a technical discipline with 15 years of prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree with 13 years or prior relevant experience
•Requires US Citizenship and active Secret Clearance
•Proven ability to reach out to Industry, Academia, and the USG Lab system synchronizing efforts across multiple lines of research, development and funding
•Experience in security and/or combat system definition, design, integration and delivery
•Knowledgeable in program management methodology and techniques; performance evaluation and change management principles
•Demonstrated ability in the areas of personnel planning, project reviews, scheduling, and budget control
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate complex ideas
•Experience using modern digital engineering practices to include MBSE knowledge on development or integration programs

Preferred Qualifications
•Operational experience in at least one or more of the following: Biometrics, Integrated Base Defense, Physical Security, Counter UAS, CBRNE, CWMD
•Previous Experience as a Senior Solution Architect
•Working knowledge of DoD C5ISR systems
•Previous experience managing complex solution development efforts / contracts
•Demonstrated ability to work across internal functions and with outside entities to facilitate successful product completion/delivery
•Clearances (TS/SCI)

Original Posting Date:

2024-07-03

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 $144,300.00 - $260,850.00

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.