Description Job Description:The Government Health and Safety Solutions Operation is seeking a Chief Engineer to support a Federal Healthcare customer. This role is primarily telecommuting with a 10% travel requirement.The Chief Engineer will:Apply an enterprise-wide set of disciplines for the planning, analysis, design and construction of information systems on an enterprise-wide basis or across a major sector of the enterprise. Develop analytical and computational techniques and methodology for problem solutions. Perform enterprise wide strategic systems planning, business information planning, business and analysis. Perform process and data modeling in support of the planning and analysis efforts using both manual and automated tools. Apply reverse engineering and re-engineering disciplines to develop migration strategic and planning documents. Provide technical guidance in software engineering techniques and automated support tools. Provide daily supervision and direction to staff.The candidate will be responsible for directing the software architecture and design of a highly available and scalable system used by Emergency Management personnel worldwide. You'll ensure that services and technologies planned in the ASPR Ready roadmap align to and support the organization's product and application solutions priorities. You'll coordinate and communicate with the Leidos Enterprise Application Foundry (LEAF) team to ensure platform and framework services enhancements needed by ASPR Ready are planned into the LEAF roadmap. You'll coordinate with the ASPR Ready product team to ensure all LEAF-based solutions remain on a currently-supported LEAF baseline. You'll engage with technology leaders from other Health and Human Services Groups and other Federal customers to ensure their technical requirements are understood and translated into the software design and specifications of the products and applications developed for them. You'll direct research on and conduct spikes and prototypes of new technical solutions to reduce risk and evaluate capability. You'll recommend solution strategies, technologies, and tools to address technical challenges in the Federal government space. You'll direct major deliverables of the project through all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing. You'll mentor other software engineers and share your knowledge with the team and the organization to make us all better at what we do. You'll always respect the opinions of others, accept constructive criticism, share your views with a passion for improving the entire team's performance, and collaborate openly and positively with your teammates.Primary ResponsibilitiesParticipate in the full software development lifecycle, working within broadly defined parameters.Serve as the chief engineer overseeing software architecture and design for a large, complex project.Communicate and coordinate with the LEAF team to ensure enhancements and bug fixes needed by ASPR Ready are planned into the LEAF roadmap.Ensure the ASPR Ready roadmap aligns to product priorities and maintains an upgrade schedule to keep all software products on a currently-supported baseline.Work closely with the product teams to develop the best technical designs and approaches for new product development.Ensure team adheres to Agile processes and software engineering best practices.Build software solutions where the solution is not always well defined but always considers the customer first.Develop solutions to complex technical issues and problems that impact multiple area or disciplines.Communicate with internal team members across multiple areas and coordinate completion of key deliverables across teams.Liaise with external and internal customer stakeholders on technical design decisions and trade-offs and ensure software solution will meet required functional, performance, and SLA thresholds.Evaluate the selection and/or hiring of team members to ensure team has the right balance of skills and experience to implement the solution.Mentor other engineers in the art of building complex, web scale systems.Resolve roadblocks for the development team, working collaboratively with the Product Owner, technical leadership, and other engineers.Plan and estimate development tasks and work to improve performance metrics.Basic QualificationsBS degree and 12 - 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 - 13 years of prior relevant experience.Experience delivering entire projects or processes spanning multiple technical areas.Experience serving as a technical lead managing large projects or processes.Deep understanding of software design patterns.Extensive working experience with Java.Experience with designing and developing secure, high-volume, low-latency, high-availability, scalable applications for mission-critical systems.Working knowledge of Agile Development and continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies and tools.Experience with JavaScript and JS frameworks such as React.Solid understanding of software development process fundamentals.Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new programming languages, tools, frameworks, and techniques.Ability to complete tasking independently with minimal direct supervision.Ability to work and collaborate effectively within a multi-disciplined engineering team.Preferred QualificationsFamiliarity with basic web technologies (HTML, CSS, XML, REST, JSON)Familiarity with Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)Knowledge of object oriented programing languages (Java, C#, PHP, Python, C++)Knowledge of a version control system (eg, Git).Familiarity with CI/CD processes and tools (Jenkins)Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm)Familiarity with Containerized applications and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)Familiarity with Enterprise Service Bus Technologies (Kafka)Knowledge of Agile Development methodologies.Familiarity with multiple operating systems (Mac OSX, Windows, LINUX, etc.).Familiarity with at least one Relational Database Management System (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.).Familiarity with NoSql databases (MongoDB, etc.).Experience working with Leidos Enterprise Application Foundry (LEAF) a plusAbility to obtain Public Trust Clearance is required.Pay Range:Pay Range $113,100.00 - $174,000.00 - $234,900.00#Remote