Leidos - Baltimore, MD
posted 2 months ago
The Leidos Health Solutions sector is seeking a dynamic, mission-centric hands-on Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with program management experience to support a federal agency's mission-critical enterprise program. This program supports a profit and loss (P/L) structure and involves managing a team of over 100 professionals. The ideal candidate is a strong technical leader with a deep understanding of application modernization, cloud services, and solution architectures. They should be energetic, self-motivated, and capable of guiding and mentoring technical professionals while maintaining a value-driven and customer-centric mindset. As the CTO, you will be accountable for directing customer support services, engineering, and strategic support activities across all aspects of the program. This includes overseeing Application Modernization efforts for legacy COBOL and Java applications, Data Analytics, Service Desk operations, Low Code/No Code solutions, DevSecOps practices, Automation, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and engineering areas of the program. The CTO will leverage a broad IT background and a deep understanding of IT management and engineering processes, cost estimating, business acumen, and project management to make recommendations and advise on organization-wide system improvements and optimizations. In collaboration with the Program Manager, the CTO will steer technical efforts and work closely with clients to develop technical roadmaps and implementation plans. The successful candidate should possess strong communication skills and the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences. This role requires a collaborative, analytical, and innovative thinker with strong problem-solving skills, responsible for leading information technology initiatives and strategies to deliver optimal solutions for the customer's mission.