Technical Lead, IT​/Tech, IT Project Manager

Description

Leidos is seeking a Technical Lead to support the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) Center of Excellence for Portfolio Governance, Architecture, Data Integration, and Dev Ops.

The Technical Lead will lead project definition and cross-functional technical execution across architecture, data integration, Dev Ops, automation, and digital-service modernization initiatives. The successful candidate will translate OJP mission priorities and customer needs into technical scope, roadmaps, epics, implementation plans, and measurable delivery outcomes; coordinate current-state production responsibilities with future-state solution delivery; remove technical blockers and manage dependencies and risk; and ensure delivery remains secure, compliant, accessible, measurable, and aligned with OJP architecture and product-management objectives.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead project definition by translating business problems, customer needs, mission priorities, architecture constraints, and approved solution decisions into technical scope, epics, features, user stories, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, and implementation approaches.
• Provide day-to-day technical leadership for cross-functional engineers, architects, Dev Ops specialists, data-integration personnel, business analysts, and subject matter experts.
• Coordinate maintenance and enhancement of current-state production capabilities while simultaneously guiding proof-of-concept, prototype, pilot, development, integration, testing, release, and production deployment of future-state solutions.
• Lead Agile delivery activities including backlog refinement, project-board management, sprint or Kanban planning, release planning, technical reviews, dependency management, and resolution of delivery blockers.
• Establish and reinforce technical delivery practices for Development, Security, and Operations (Dev Sec Ops ), automated code and data testing, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), Infrastructure as Code, compliance-as-code, configuration management, security scanning, monitoring, documentation, and release management.
• Coordinate application programming interface (API) and data-integration work, including WSO2 API Manager integration and governance activities and secure integrations with OJP's Identity and Access Management System (DIAMD), in coordination with DIAMD, networking, security, and service-delivery teams.
• Coordinate technical activities with OJP networking and security teams for server patching, vulnerability remediation, deployment security scans, Authority to Operate or Authority to Test activities, and related cross-product dependencies.
• Lead technical reviews, root-cause analysis, corrective-action planning, and resolution of recurring application, pipeline, API, integration, reliability, or production issues.
• Partner with architecture and governance personnel on standards, Alternatives Analyses, technology rationalization, current-state and target-state roadmaps, and governance-board activities.
• Support preparation of governance materials, agendas, technical decision packages, action items, minutes, SharePoint postings, and stakeholder communications when technical delivery matters require governance review.
• Define and track team and delivery measures such as backlog age, cycle time, lead time to change, release performance, defect and rework trends, reliability, delivery predictability, and other approved technical and delivery measures.
• Use Agile measures such as velocity, story points, level of effort, backlog age, cycle age, or similar measures at an appropriate team, workstream, or planning level while maintaining role-appropriate individual accountability.
• Maintain and execute quarterly roadmaps and release schedules showing prioritized capabilities, supporting rationale, delivery status, dependencies, risks, and Product Development Lifecycle status.
• Support preparation and leadership of recurring performance reviews with OJP covering roadmaps, delivery measures, risks, team status, blockers, and corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities for automation, Fin Ops, technology consolidation, process improvement, and improved engineering practices that increase operational efficiency and reduce cost.
• Support assigned help desk issues involving Data Integration and Dev Sec Ops  products and coordinate escalation to appropriate product, security, networking, or…