CIO Strategy Lead

Overview

The Intelligence Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a CIO Strategy Lead to work in our Linthicum, MD location. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the customer mission. In this mission we provide comprehensive operational, analytical, technical, forensic, and program management support to the customer.

• Architecting Modernity:
  You will steer the customer's transition to hybrid‑cloud environments, modernizing legacy systems through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Driving Strategic Unity:
  You will be the voice in the room with the CIO and CISO, briefing agency‑wide roadmaps that align cybersecurity, AI/Data, and software engineering under a single "unity of effort."
• Strategic Governance:
  From "build vs. buy" cost‑benefit analyses to implementing enterprise Data Lakes, you will optimize how resources are deployed to defend and extend our global LAN/WAN footprint.
• Mission‑Critical Leadership:
  You will lead multi‑disciplinary teams across the full spectrum of IT‑securing multi‑level VTC systems (Unclassified to TS/SCI) and ensuring our infrastructure meets the highest cyber framework standards.

• General: BA/BS or equivalent experience, and 10+ years of prior relevant experience, or Masters with 8+ years of prior relevant experience supporting DoD/DoW or Federal networks in Government and private networking and infrastructure environments. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Management: Recent experience leading a DoD/DoW/Federal government and/or contractor Information Technology workforce.
• Leadership Presence: Recent experience briefing agency‑level CIOs/CISOs on operational effectiveness and risk.
• Mission Execution: A background interpreting and executing orders from USCYBERCOM or similar high‑level Command authorities.
• Technical Vision: Deep familiarity with modern tech stacks, including containerization, micro‑segmentation, and data‑driven portfolio management.
• Clearance: TS/SCI security clearance eligibility.

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 include the responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreements, and other law.

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.